Commander of the Defense League, Brigadier General Riho Ühtegi, yesterday quoted the legendary general of the War of Independence, Aleksander Tõnisson: “Every Red must meet the bullet at every corner, every tree, every bush.” It was meant to explain the plan to strengthen the territorial units of Estonia’s territorial defense.
Many language enthusiasts have expressed concern recently - the Institute of the Estonian Language (EKI) is doing something incomprehensible with the written Estonian language. We have heard the signal: the language norms and style assessments taught in the mother tongue class may become a thing of the past and the indispensable and up-to-date “Estonian orthographic dictionary” (ÕS) may no longer be available for language editors and teachers. However, the Ministry and EKI are muddying the waters.
Thousands of customers have announced that they do not want to use the universal service and will continue with the previously selected electricity package. Some of them hope to save money with the exchange package.
Cooperating with colleague Inge Pitsner, Einar Ellermaa has come out with «People of Estonia», a book looking back to Baltic Sea’s severest shipwreck in times of peace 20 years ago, and recounting the stories of those that were saved – as well as the pain of people who lost loved ones.
Estonian companies have great opportunities in Mozambique, confirms Jose Dai, honorary consul of Estonia in the African country with a population of 31 million people.