Estonia

 
General

• CountryWatch.com - Estonia
  
• Delfi - searchable Web directory (in Estonian)
  
• Estonia - Wide Web - in English / Estonian / Russian
  
• NETI - Estonian Search Engine
  

 
Country Overview

• CIA World Factbook - Estonia
  1. Factbook 2000
     
• UNDP Human Development Report
• Agenda 21 - Country Information - United Nations Sustainable Development
  
• US State Department Background Notes 1997
  
• Nations in Transit - Estonia - from Freedom House's 1998 annual report
  

• Postimees - daily (Estonian)
  
• M-KIOSK - in Estonian
  
      International Press and News Agency
  

• Washington Post - Estonia
  

 
State & Politics

• European Forum - Country Update Estonia
  

    Government

• Curricula Vitae of the Estonian Government Members - by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  

    President

• Office of the President

    Parliament

• Riigikogu - Estonian Parliament
  
• Riigikogu - The Estonian Parliament - information from the PARLINE database
  

    Elections

• Estonian National Electoral Committee - Election Results
  
• Election Results 1992-1999 - by CSPP
  
• Estonian MFA's Website
  1. 1999 General Elections
     
  2. 1996 Local Government Council Elections
     
  3. 1996 Presidential Election
     
  4. 1995 General Elections
     
  
  

    Political Parties

• Political Parties in Estonia
  Eesti Reformierakond (Estonian Reform Party) - official Website
  
• Isamaaliit (Fatherland Union)
  
  
  

 
Foreign Affairs

• Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  
• Estonia-U.S. Relations: Security and Political Aspects - Estonia Today (14 Nov.1997 )
  
• The Estonian-Latvian Sea Border Agreement: A Success of Regional Co-operation - Estonia Today (10 Feb.1997 )
  
• Estonian - Ukrainian Relations - Estonia Today (July 23, 1998)
  

 
Defense & Security

• Estonian Ministry of Defence - in English / Estonian
  
• Estonian Defence Forces - in Estonian
  
• Estonian Defence Forces - Organisation and Development - Estonia Today (18 December 1997)
  
• World Air Forces - Estonia - by John Hayles
  
• FAS Military Analysis - NATO and Estonia - by John Pike
  

 

 
Law

• Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
  1. English translation from the official Website of Estonia
     
  2. English translation from the Website of MFA
     
     

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Economy

Republic of Estonia - Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - IMF Staff Country Reports No. 98/47

Statistical Office of Estonia

Estonian Economy - a monthly survey of the most important economic indicators

• Estonian Customs
  

Agriculture

• Ministry of Agriculture - in Estonian
  
• Maaleht - weekly agriculture related newspaper (in Estonian)
  

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EU Enlargement and Estonia

• Estonia and the European Union - from the Website of the Estonian MFA
  
• Estonia and the enlargement of the European Union - a briefing paper from the Website of the European Parliament (November 18, 1999)
• Europe Agreement between Estonia and EU
  
• Free Trade Agreement with the EU
  
• Estonian and EU - Estonia Today (21 July 1998)
  
• The Structure and Preparations for Estonia's EU Accession Negotiations - Estonia Today (April 13, 1998)
  

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Environment

• Estonian Environmental Home Page
  
• State of Environment in Estonia - by Estonian Environment Information Centre
  
• The Baltic Sea Environment Home Page
  
• Stockholm Environment Institute - Tallinn Center
  
• Estonian Green Movement
  
• BALLERINA - Baltic Sea Region On-line Environmental Information Resources
  
• Agreement Between Estonia and the Russian Federation on Procedures and Deadlines for the Decommissioning of the Nuclear Reactors and the Guarantee of Nuclear and Radiation Safety on the Pakri Peninsula
  
  
  

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Human Rights

• U.S. Department of State - Estonia Country Report on Human Rights Practices
  1. for 1999(Feb 25, 2000)
     
  2. for 1998(Feb 26, 1999)
     
  3. for 1997
     
  4. for 1996
     
     
  
  

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Ethnic Minorities

• Citizenship Statistics
  
  1. An update as of December, 1997
     
  2. An update as of March, 1998
     
• Population by Ethnicity - Estonia Today (10.September 1998)
  

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Language

• Tim Kroll's Estonian Language Page
  
• UCLA Language Materials Project - Estonian Profile
  
• Estonian Basic Phrases and Pronunciation
  
• English-Estonian Dictionary
  
• Russian-Estonian-Russian Dictionary
  
• Dialectological Dictionary of Estonian
  
• Estonian Slang Dictionary

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Culture

    Litarature

• Estonian Literature - by Loone Ots
  
• Estonian Poetry - in Estonian
  
• Anton Hansen Tammsaare - by Endel Nirk
  
• August Gailit - Libahunt (1926) - in Estonian
  

    Music

• Estonian Band Database
  
• WWW Directory of Estonian Bands
  

    Art

• Estonian Art - a biannual magazine from the Estonian Institute
  
  

    Folk Culture

• Folklore - an electric journal published by The Institute of the Estonian Language
  
• Estonian Holidays and Customs - by the Estonian Foreign Ministry
  
  

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Religion

• Documents of the Estonian Church Crisis (2)
  
• The Estonian Church: Background Information - a document made by Moscow Patriarchate (29 Feb 1996)
  
• The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief
  

 
Miscellaneous

• Estonian Educational System and Studying in Estonia