· July, 2009

Stories about Estonia from July, 2009

Lithuania: Russian charter challenges loyalty

  13 July 2009

Lituanica comments on news that a Russian NGO is starting to issue so called Russian charters – a certificate of allegiance to Moscow – to ethnic Russians outside of the country and sees it as a potential threat that state citizens of other countries may declare loyalty to Moscow.

Estonia: Comparing 1989 with 2009

  11 July 2009

Gedanken über Estland presents [GER] a number of statistical figures comparing Estonia in 1989 and 2009, against the background of financial crisis, showing a decline in almost every sector of society.

Estonia: “Behind a Paywall”?

  1 July 2009

Cyrus Farivar writes that two Estonian papers are likely to put their online content “behind a paywall” soon: “But here’s where this plan might actually work where other online paywalls have failed: it’s happening simultaneously in a small, semi-exclusive, market. […] The entire Estonian-speaking population worldwide is roughly one quarter...