Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Estonian opposition publishes in English

The biggest opposition party in Estonia, the centre-left Estonian Centre Party has opened an English-language section of its weekly newspaper’s website.

I think that’s a very positive step, as there’s never enough information available about Estonia in English. Reading unfiltered messages from the Estonian current parliament opposition can provide a welcome insight into our domestic political debate. Both about the issues raised and sometimes about the level or style of the discussion as well.

I would recommend also another quite interesting resource about Estonian affairs:  the blog of Mr. Abdul Turay, who contributes regular columns in the Postimees newspaper. The English-language versions of his columns present a locally informed but unmistakably British take on Estonian affairs, and sometimes on international affairs relevant in Estonia.

Freezing

The weather has become a bit extreme here in Estonia. The thermometer behind my window showed -20 centigrade the second morning in a row (that’s -4 in Fahrenheit). And last night it was -32 C in Southern Estonia (-26F, this winter’s top minus score).

This is certainly nothing new around here, but mostly the winters have been mild during the last years, and white Christmas has been a rare occurrence.

Global warming, where you at?