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Estonia Air

Will airBaltic and Estonia Air Merge?

2012-09-10 by Phil Butler

airBaltic takes off

In airline news from the Baltic region, Latvia ministers seem to think that Estonian and Latvian national air carriers should merge. Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia’s Prime Minister, and transportation head Aivis Ronis spoke recently of a Riga central hub serving both countries.

Tags: airBaltic, Aivis Ronis, Baltic Business News, Baltic flights, Baltic travel, Estonia Air, Estonian Air, Ilona Eskelinen, Latvia travel, Valdis Dombrovskis

Positivus Festival Artist Raise Profile of Estonian Music

2012-07-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Niki and the Dove

On Saturday, July 7th, visitors to the 6th annual Positivus Festival can enjoy popular and talented musicians of various genres: Abraham’s cafe will share its Hebrew and Arab style folk music; Elephants from Neptune will play catchy blues-rock; Animal drama will perform its well-known brand of light and positive indie pop-rock. Talbot will rock out with psychedelic music; Tiit Kikas will play its melodically charged electric violin; State of Zoe will mix electronica and acoustic acoustic sounds; Dahling will share lyrical rock music; and Sethh, loving to experiment, will combine their vocals with humor for their performance.

Tags: Estonia, Estonia Air, Estonia travel, Estonian Music, Positivus Festival

Estonia, The Baltic Tiger of Economics and Travel

2010-09-25 by Phil Butler

TallinnEstonia

The EU’s most progressive and potentially successful partner states, Estonia, moves forward into the euro zone. The Baltic state’s economy is renown for its recent growth. Estonia as a travel destination leaves little to be desired as well. Will the businessmen of Estonia catch up to the digital age though?

Tags: Baltics, digital world, Estonia Air, Estonian business, Jean-Claude Trichet, KLM, SAS, Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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