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Strengthening Administration Of Justice Through Technology, International Best Practices, Media, And Public Feedback
Daily Independent
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June 19, 2025
1 Delivering the keynote at the Annual Lecture of the Nigerian Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC), Justice Folashade Bankole-Oki emphasised the need for a tech-driven and people-focused justice system. The event, themed...
Minister: Estonia to consider airBaltic shares when Latvia makes concrete offer
ERR
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June 18, 2025
Latvia's government has agreed to offer Estonia and Lithuania the opportunity to purchase shares in Latvian airline airBaltic, LSM reported on Wednesday. Minister of Infrastructure Kuldar Leis (Reform) said no decision will be made until a...
Taiwan a focus country at Czech music festival debut
Focus Taiwan
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June 17, 2025
Taipei, June 17 (CNA) Taiwan will make its debut at the 2025 Czech Music Crossroads festival as a "focus country," presenting genre-defying performances that blend rock, electronica, and traditional Indigenous ballads by three musical acts....
Choose your Chancellor
The Critic
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July 9, 2025
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Cambridge! More Nobel prizes than well-known country France! Being its Chancellor must be...
Beyoncé Gets Blasted For ‘Cowboy Carter Tour’ Outfit That Looks Exactly Like The Russian Flag
Whiskey Riff
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July 9, 2025
Well, that probably shouldn’t have made it to the stage… Of course, Beyoncé is currently on the road for her Cowboy Carter tour, which kicked off in May in Los Angeles, in support of her latest “country-inspired” album. It’s already had a few...
Watchdog wants Estonian MEPs to return sums deemed illegal donations
ERR
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June 17, 2025
The Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee (ERJK) is demanding that Jaak Madison (Center) and Marina Kaljurand (SDE) return €15,330 and €13,439, respectively, to their European Parliament groups. ERJK considers ads funded by EP...
Island Games: Everything you need to know about Orkney 2025
BBC
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ShareSave Orkney is hosting the 20th edition of the biennial Island Games The Island Games will be taking over Orkney this week, with thousands of visitors from around the world expected to descend on the Scottish archipelago. An estimated 2,000...
Pippi Lotta Enok crowned US student champion, breaks Estonian record
ERR
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June 15, 2025
Estonian multi-event athlete Pippi Lotta Enok (Oklahoma) scored 6,285 points in the heptathlon at the U.S. collegiate championships, setting a new Estonian record and earning the NCAA title. On the first day, Enok ran the 100-meter hurdles in...
New music this week (part 1): Songs from Marco Mengoni, Blanka, IOLANDA and more
wiwibloggs
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June 15, 2025
Summer is the quiet period for Eurovision fans as we wait for the new season to commence. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new songs for us to enjoy. Contrary to the commonly...
New music this week (part 2): Songs from Louane, Alessandra, Andrei Ursu and more
wiwibloggs
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June 15, 2025
Summer is the quiet period for Eurovision fans as we wait for the new season to commence. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new songs for us to enjoy. Contrary to the commonly...
Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events – week 25
Estonian World
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June 16, 2025
16 June – 22 June 2025 Not sure where to be this week? Every week in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection of the five most compelling events taking place in and around Tallinn – it’s time to plan your week with purpose....
Everything you need to know about the sport of fencing
The Irish News
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What is the history of fencing? The combat sport of fencing was added to the Olympic Games in 1896 and remains to be a highly popular sport. It was first created in the Medieval Era and has developed greatly into the sport it is recognised as...
Gallery: Song and Dance Festival fire lit in Tartu County
ERR
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June 15, 2025
On Sunday morning, the flame for the XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival "Iseoma" was lit in the park of the Estonian National Museum in Tartu. The sunrise ceremony marked the beginning of an 18-day journey for the flame through Estonia's counties....
Issue 4/2025: Rebalancing the Baltic Sea region
New Eastern Europe
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July 9, 2025
Now available: This issue of New Eastern Europe explores the changes taking place in the Baltic/Nordic region, from new defence strategies and alliances, to civil preparedness and social resilience. July 9, 2025 - New Eastern Europe - Issue 4...
When everything external falls apart: Ukrainian artist opens new exhibition in Tartu
ERR
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June 14, 2025
"I didn't want to create an exhibition about the war in a direct sense," says Ukrainian artist Viktoria Berezina of her solo show "A Face Assembled from Noise," which opens at the Tartu Art Museum on June 20. "This isn't a chronicle of events or a...
World's largest axe throwing center opens in Estonia
ERR
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June 15, 2025
The world's largest axe throwing center was opened Saturday in Mäetaguse, Ida-Viru County, during the Estonian national championships. The construction of the facility was supported by the Just Transition Fund. The first competitions in...
F1 driver move rankings: What are the next five most likely signings?
Planet F1
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July 8, 2025
It’s summer in the F1 calendar, and that naturally brings about contract ‘silly season’ as drivers and teams contemplate their next moves. Even though most of the grid is contractually locked for 2026 already, there are still rumours flying around...
Half of Estonia's feature films being shot abroad this year
ERR
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June 14, 2025
Estonia is producing six feature-length films this year. But with production costs lower in Latvia and Lithuania, half are being shot there instead, allowing filmmakers to tap into local cash rebate funds to stretch their budgets. Filming is...
84th anniversary of June deportations marked across Estonia
ERR
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June 13, 2025
To mark the 84th anniversary of the Soviet Union deporting thousands of Estonians to Siberian prison camps, several events and ceremonies are being held in Tallinn and Tartu this weekend to honor the victims. Saturday is Estonia's national Day of...
Cultural events saving Estonia's summer hotel market, says hotel director
ERR
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June 14, 2025
Europe's hotel market has yet to fully recover from the pandemic and war, but summer cultural and sporting events are bringing relief to Estonia's hotel sector, according to Radisson Collection Hotel and Palace Hotel CEO Ain Käpp. Speaking on...