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Reindependent vs. Post-Soviet
Recent days have brought news articles pertaining to the "post-Soviet" condition that Estonia is said to be in.
An Estonian Public Broadcasting news item in English on August 20 was headed "Estonia Marks 19 Years of Post-Soviet Independence.” National Public Radio in the US followed with "Russian Minority Struggles In Post-Soviet Estonia" on August 23.
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| Read the Full StoryBALTIC NEWS — Posted August, 2010 |
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IMF: Baltic states have turned corner on crisis
The economic crisis in the Baltic states has begun to ease and the region's growth prospects are encouraging, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.
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| Read the Full StoryBALTIC NEWS — Posted August, 2010 |
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Estonia Marks 19 Years of Post-Soviet Independence
Flags will fly throughout Estonia on August 20, as the nation marks its 19th anniversary re-establishing its independence, when it formally ended decades of Soviet rule. Estonia first won its independence from Russia in 1918, but it was re-occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II until 1991.
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| Read the Full StoryBALTIC NEWS — Posted August, 2010 |
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Monday Open Thread: Baltic Way Edition
Today, in 1989, on the 50th Anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a human chain of patriots stretched across the Baltic States to demand independence from the Soviet Union. The human chain stretched almost 400 miles.
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| Read the Full StoryBALTIC NEWS — Posted August, 2010 |
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Witness The Baltic chain protest
One of the key moments in the protests in Eastern Europe in 1989 came when millions of people in the Baltic states formed a human chain by holding hands across their three countries. It was a key point in what became known as the Singing Revolution.
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| Read the Full StoryBALTIC NEWS — Posted August, 2010 |
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