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Estonia,Latvia hope for early EU-Russia talks on new ties pact
people.com.cn 8 hrs ago 1 related
Estonia and Latvia on Monday expressed hopes for early talks between the European Union and Russia on signing a new partnership accord, according to Baltic News Service (BNS) reports reaching here from Tallinn. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet told BNS that he hopes the EU and Russia will...
RUSSIA: Youth Get a Push Towards Nationalism
ipsnews.net 5 hrs ago
MOSCOW, May 13 (IPS) - A new plan has been set up to promote nationalism among Russian youth. ... Religious and political extremism also threaten stability in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. "The priority is to offer the public awareness and education about the negative...
Climate change barely bothers wealthy, polluting nations: study
ecoustics.com 7 hrs ago
Another study ties cavalier attitudes about global warming to national wealth and carbon pollution. ... Posted by Elsa Wenzel | Post a comment The bigger a nation's wealth and carbon footprint, the less its residents care about global warming. The prosperous Dutch...
Freedom From Hate
voiceoftech.com 8 hrs ago
My family will tell you that I have a very long fuse. It takes a lot to make me visibly angry, but when I do blow, I can silence the house. So it shouldn’t be taken lightly when I tell you that I’m spittin’ mad about a situation on Twitter. Twitter is a service [...]
NATO turns to its smallest newcomer to learn web warfare
indiaenews.com 9 hrs ago
Four years ago almost to the day, Estonia became the smallest country to join NATO since 1949, increasing the number of soldiers the alliance commands by approximately 0.1 percent. On Wednesday, the tiny Baltic nation (population 1.3 million) is set to prove that size doesn't always matter as it...
'Think before you drink'
hindu.com 42 mins ago
People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits. A team of health psychologists at The University of Nottingham plan to discover whether using the workplace to supply information on the health effects of binge...
Nordea Union Board meets management and members of Polish Works Council
union-network.org 4 hrs ago
Nordea Union Board meets management and members of Polish Works Council Description / Introduction: Discussions tackled the collaboration with trade unions in the New Economic Markets (Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia) and the level of Profit Sharing in the region. - Labour news from...
Think before you drink, says research
physorg.com 19 hrs ago 6 related
People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people`s binge drinking habits. ... People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits. A team...
Estonian farmers face flatulence tax on cattle
smallgovtimes.com 16 hrs ago 2 related
TALLINN, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Estonian farmers have received tax notices for methane emissions from their cattle, the country's opposition party, the People's Union of Estonia, said on Thursday. Ruminants produce large quantities of methane gas through belching and...
3 accused of taking credit, debit numbers
upi.com 18 hrs ago 13 related
NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Three men have been indicted for allegedly hacking into a restaurant chain's registers to steal credit and debit card numbers, the U.S. Justice Department said. ... The 27-count indictment was returned March 12 and unsealed Monday in Central...