Category Archives: Estonia

“Sovietistan” and “The Border” by Erika Fatland

Posted on 2021-01-15 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Rezension auf Deutsch. Do you also have so many travel guides at home for countries you never made it to? I still got a Lonely Planet guidebook for Central Asia, which I bought in 2007. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Hiiumaa, the real Adventure Island

Posted on 2020-09-15 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. I have been on lots of islands, some of them far away like Australia or Easter Island. After paying a lot and polluting heaps of air to get there, I was wondering if it’s really … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (17)

Posted on 2017-10-30 by Andreas Moser

Now I know why it’s called CATalonia: it doesn’t know if it wants to walk through the door or not. Shouldn’t nobody sign no contract that they ain’t read before. (I am now giving legal advice in country lyrics, at … Continue reading →

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Where is the center of Europe?

Posted on 2017-08-11 by Andreas Moser

Reading the book Schwarze Erde, I became aware of a village in Ukraine that was calculated and named as the geographical center of Europe in 1887: Dilove. “Really?“ I wondered, not because I would begrudge Dilove the distinction, but because I had … Continue reading →

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How rich is Estonia?

Posted on 2017-03-14 by Andreas Moser

You can tell that a country is abundantly rich and has a prospering economy when there are signs next to the toilet that tell you “Don’t throw money down the toilet”. (Seen and photographed at Tallinn Airport in Estonia.)

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Why Eastern Europe cannot accept more Refugees

Posted on 2015-09-06 by Andreas Moser

Dear Western Europe, it seems you are in sulk about our unwillingness to accept more any refugees. It hurts us to hurt your feelings, so please allow us to explain things from an Eastern European perspective. We are certain you that … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Estonia, Europe, Human Rights, Hungary, Islam, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Politics, Statistics | Tagged , | 20 Comments

The Revolutions of 1989

Posted on 2014-12-24 by Andreas Moser

1989, those were the times! With each broadcast of the evening news, the world changed so quickly that most people already lost track back then. Now, 25 years later, only a vague recollection of falling walls, fired shots and popping champagne … Continue reading →

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Peak Oil

Posted on 2014-10-04 by Andreas Moser

(Photographed on the island of Hiiumaa in Estonia.)

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The Towers of Tallinn

Posted on 2014-05-04 by Andreas Moser

As many churches and castles with beautiful towers you may build, one guy is going to dwarf them all by building a huge chimney.

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There are more important things than territorial integrity

Posted on 2014-03-25 by Andreas Moser

Democracy and self-determination are great. But nobody should believe that a referendum hastily pulled out of a hat, with limited choices and without a proper prior public debate about the question posed at the polls is a good example of direct … Continue reading →

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