On Wednesday, May 16, Beit Bella synagogue — the only one in modern Estonia — was opened in Tallinn. The building, which served as a synagogue in the beginning of the 20th century, was destroyed during WWII.
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May 17, 2007Pro-Kremlin young activists tried to attack Estonian Ambassador while she was holding a mews conference in Moscow. She said that computer vandals with Kremlin Internet addresses hacked Web sites of Government of Estonia.
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May 4, 2007Estonia is to set up a Red Army monument in a military cemetery in time for the anniversary of the end of World War Two after its removal from the center of the capital sparked riots, the Reuters news agency reported on Sunday quoting Estonian officials.
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May 2, 2007The Estonian consulate in Russia “closes down because of the situation, which is taking shape around the embassy,†an Estonian diplomat told Itar-Tass news agency on Saturday, April 28.
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April 28, 2007Estonia’s parliament was behind barricades Saturday as violence rocked Tallinn for a second night after the removal of a Soviet war memorial, the AFP news arency reports.
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Police clashed with protesters at a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn on Thursday as authorities prepared to remove the bodies, The Associated Press reported.
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April 27, 2007Excavations at a common gravesite near the monument to Soviet soldiers in Tallinn apparently started early on Thursday, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
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The Estonian authorities’ attempts to legalize the dismantling of monuments to Soviet soldiers are insulting and could have an impact on Russian-Estonian relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry website said on Thursday.
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January 19, 2007
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Estonia to ease contentious language and citizenship laws that it said have alienated the Russian-speaking minority in the Baltic country.
Popularity: 2% [?]
December 7, 2006Russia is indignant about “blasphemous†moves by Estonia to criminalize displays of Soviet symbols in public, the AFP news agency reported quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry release.
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December 4, 2006
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