August Rei News Today

The fate of the Baltic countries was decided during seven days in August 1991; Hannes H. Gissurarson, a professor of politics at the University of Iceland, recalls the events as they unfolded as Iceland became the first nation to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.

TALLINN - Estonian President Alar Karis opened a commemorative plaque created by designer Kaarel Vahtramae and dedicated to the Estonian Constit...

TALLINN - Estonian President Alar Karis said at the opening of a commemorative plaque for the Constituent Assembly at the Estonia Concert Hall i...

A plaque to the 1919 Constituent Assembly, the first representative body elected by the people in independent Estonia, was unveiled by President Alar Karis at the Estonia Theater on Saturday (April 23).

Eestil puudus esimesed 16 aastat riigipea suuresti sotsiaaldemokraatide vastuseisu tõttu, kes muu hulgas pelgasid, et temast võib kujuneda Vene tsaari taoline isevalitseja. Konstantin Päts sai 1934. aastal esimeseks riigipeaks, riigivanemaks, suuresti tänu Ameerikast alguse saanud depressioonile, mis ajendas poliitikuid ja rahvast otsima kindla käega peremeest, kes korra majja lööks, sõnas ajaloolane Ago Pajur.

Of the former heads of state of the Republic of Estonia, eight out of ten were arrested during the first year of occupation. They were either murdered or died in captivity. Curiously enough, Konstantin Päts escaped this fate, Priit Uring writes in a comment first published in Sirp magazine.