Category Archives: Estonia

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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“I ran Iraq for 24 years, and all I got was a port named after me?”

Posted on 2014-01-08 by Andreas Moser

When I saw this in Tallinn, I wondered why on earth any city would name its harbour after Saddam Hussein. Especially so far away from Iraq. Until I realized that “sadam” is Estonian for “harbour”. (Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Fundstücks.)

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Bad Taste in Estonia

Posted on 2012-09-16 by Andreas Moser

I will soon travel to Estonia and it seems I will have to brace myself for a massive amount of bad taste, if not anti-Semitism. First, an Estonian gas company put this photo of the Auschwitz concentration camp on their … Continue reading →

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