Stories about Estonia from June, 2006
Estonia: “A Simple Estonian Woman”
J. Otto Pohl writes about historians and the human suffering, quotes from a collection on Estonian women, and accuses certain U.S. university professors of lying: “Here we have ‘a simple Estonian woman’ providing more truth about the experience of communism than dozens of leftist university professors in the US who...
Estonia: Presidential Candidates
Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa writes about Estonia's potential presidential candidates.
Estonia: Linguistically Annoying
Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa writes about Estonians’ “most annoying habit”: to not let the well-meaning foreigners like him practice their Estonian – by speaking the foreigners’ native tongues in reply.
Baltic States: Deportations Anniversary
J. Otto Pohl writes about a sad anniversary of the deportations of “over 17,500 Lithuanians, 17,000 Latvians and 6,000 Estonians” by the NKVD in 1941.
Estonia: Homophobia and Racism
Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa and Estonia in World Media (RUS) report that the Dutch Ambassador has decided to leave Estonia due to the recent racist and homophobic attacks on his partner.
Estonia, Russia: A Stalemate
Vilhelm Konnander posts a comprehensive overview of the Russian-Estonian relations.
