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(Latvian Public Broadcasting) A number of public officials signed a “Computer for Every Child” cooperation memorandum, which aims to provide an adequate computer for learning process to every pupil and teacher by 2025, the President's Chancellery said May 14. “It's not just a simple purchase of computers, but it is a system where computers are purchased, changed after some time, maintenance is provided, and there are also opportunities for users to learn how to handle the computer,” President Egils Levits said. Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation “Co...

Independence Day, February 24 2021, Estonia's 103rd birthday, has been and gone, and ERR has been active traveling the length and breadth of the land, and beyond, to capture a glimpse of how the big day was marked in different locations. The eastern town of Narva, due to its location, sees dawn arrive a little under 15 minutes earlier than does the capital, meaning the town had the first flag-raising ceremony, at 7.18 a.m. Tallinn's ceremony started at 7.32 a.m. and saw the traditional speech in the governor's garden on Toompea from the Riigkogu speaker, and blessing from the head of the Luth...