Residents Of Tallinn Elected Abdul Turay,
A Black Briton, To The City Council – A Breakthrough For The Almost Entirely White Baltic Country.

When voters in the tiny country of Estonia, along the Baltic Sea, elected their local representatives on October 20, they made history in more than one way.

Almost 13 percent of voters – and 35 percent in Tallinn, the capital – cast their vote online this time.

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Published: November 13 2013

October 17, 2013
BY SIMONE BROWN - Sun-Gazette Correspondent, Williamsport Sun-Gazette
         
World-renowned artist and composer Mark Kostabi is displaying his work for the rest of October in Williamsport, PA, at 33 East, 33 E. Third St. The event is presented by the Converge Gallery, who helped hang 11 original canvases created by Kostabi.

From Rome, Kostabi answered questions via email regarding his vast body of work, major accomplishments and personal feelings about art.

SIMONE BROWN: Initially, what attracted you to begin creating art?
MARK KOSTABI: I was in the daze of my early childhood and the pencil and paper appeared. I had a connection. I drew well and my shapers encouraged me: my parents, friends, fellow students and elementary school teachers.

SB: What medium of art did you first begin in?
MK: Crying, then laughing, as a baby conceptual artist. Staining my diapers was my first painting. Eventually I found a pencil in my hand and I started drawing monsters. Then robots, then computers much like today.

SB: How did your art begin to take off internationally?

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Published: November 13 2013

The fall pet care campaign in Tallinn urged citizens to "KIIBI OR KAOTA" – kiip or lose. The upper text reads Kiip on suureks abiks kaduma läinud kassi leidmisel. – "A kiip is of great help when trying to find a lost cat." The same message is repeated in Russian. Not only a cat or dog can carry a kiip; in fact there's one embedded in your debit and credit cards, your Estonian identification card (ID kaart) and perhaps even your passport. Since the relatively new word has only one definition in Estonian, the prefix mikro- is often dropped. Sound familiar?
Photo: Riina Kindlam

In Order To Keep, Make Sure To Kiip

The message on the poster goes: "Good citizen! Implanting your cat with a microchip is a procedure that is safe (ohutu) and quick. The microchip (mikrokiip) is the size of half a grain of rice. It contains the 16-digit code (16-kohaline kood) that is the only link (ühendus/lüli) between owner and pet (lemmik/loom). The chip can only be read with a special chip scanner (kiibi-/lugeja) from a distance of half a metre. As of January 1, 2015 microchipping cats and registering them at Tallinn's Pet Registry (lemmik/looma/register) is mandatory.  For more information go to www.tallinn.ee/est/lemmikloom/

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Published: November 12 2013

Kas fotol olev hoone on tuttav? See asub Tallinna kesklinnas Viru hotelli vastas ning selles paiknes kunagi Eesti esimene rulltrepp. Hoone ehitati üheks kindlaks otstarbeks, "mille keskus ei pea asuma suure kolossina Tallinna ühe kõige kallima krundi peal,” arvab selle endise nõukogu liige, küll aga jääb antud ettevõte koos paljude teistega edasi pinna rentnikuna.       Foto: Riina Kindlam

Kolmekorruseline hoone ei olnud muinsuskaitse all, kuid õnneks päris maha ei lammutatud; kohandati sisemust ja fassaadi. 26. oktoobril avab siin uksed kauplus, mis reklaamib ennast kui "sinu uus lemmikpood", "lõpuks kohal!" ning "oste seistmendast moetaevast".

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Published: November 11 2013

A Seabrook reunion was held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas  Oct. 7 - 8, 2013. The reunion was organized and hosted by an active group of Japanese Americans.  The reunion committee included  Fumio Ikeda, Ken and Sally Sasaki, Ann Lowe, Chris Hada, Chiz Hada Sakata, Hide Stevenson, Norman Fumio Ikeda and several others. 

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Published: November 11 2013

In Tallinn to mark Finnair's 90th anniversary, the carrier's vice president of business affairs, Allister Paterson, said he does not predict any vast transformations in the dynamics of the Baltic aviation market.

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Published: November 09 2013

ERR News - Ex-CEO of Estonian Air, Tero Taskila, said that Estonia lacks many of the necessary criteria for attracting top talent, including infrastructure, wages and leadership skills.

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Published: November 09 2013

A two-week visit by Russian food and veterinary inspectors to Estonian fishery and dairy industry companies is currently under way, with experts saying there is no way to predict the results.
The Head of the Estonian Veterinary and Food Board Ago Pärtel, who is accompanying the group, told Postimees on  October 17, that as Estonian companies want to export to Russia, there is no reason to oppose such checkups, which take place every few years.

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Published: November 09 2013