In an interview to the Associated Press on board the flight back from Khanty-Mansiisk president Ilves explains why he walked out of the Fenno-Ugric Congress, and gives his thoughts on Russian developments. Nice balanced reporting from the AP, including the final quote from Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission:
“The EU is completely against all [...]
Responding to ca 30 000 petitions, here are some notable quotes from the draft document approved by the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament:
12. Emphasises that alternative gas pipeline routes, which do not disturb the marine environment, should be analysed first, and notes that it is possible to run such routes to the Russian border overland, solely through [...]
I was wrong in underestimating the song and the efforts Dima made in order to win. The song is not bad and Dima did deserve to win, in my opinion for not winning with Never Let You Go, which is was my favourite. Russia hosting the Eurovision is another opportunity to ignate democratisation in the [...]
from a BBC correspondent who at one time worked at Radio Free Europe with president Toomas Ilves. Read the article.
According to Council of Europe press release, the Russian Duma elections were “not held on a level playing field”.
In particular, the following major areas raised concern:
The merging of the state and a political party is an abuse of power and a clear violation of international commitments and standards.
The media showed strong bias in favour [...]
22 September 2007 – 20:54
The Estonian government on Thursday refused to allow the environmental surveys in the Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the proposed Nord Stream Russia - Germny gas pipeline project. The decision was influenced mostly by populist propaganda, which seemed to overturn the opinions of all ministries and specialists consulted in Estonia (except one). The rational [...]
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