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Why the world is silent about the Estonian election Playing around with higher education Response from Education Minister (ed note: in Estonian, will translate into English when I have time) Right is Right ? Why I write in Estonia Sotsid are not freaks Why are the Social Democrats still failing? Room 101 A comparison between British kids and Estonian kids Go West Where is Estonia exactly? Venture Capitalist Allan Martinson view Follow up story Musician Jaan Tätte view Follow up story The greatest speech of all time A review of Unite Estonia a very successful political play held 8 May at Saku Suurhall. For Europe's sake: Stop the Tories How the British elections will influence Estonia. The libertarian tradition Why Estonian Health care is better than the USA Brave new Estonia Estonian Independence day Cancel the debt Haitian crisis Who's in charge here How the leader of the opposition in Estonia can bully the PM. The man who annoys Estonians: Q and A with Priit Pull
Why the world is silence about the election By Abdul Turay Published Postimees 10 March 2011 Nobody cares. The World didn't care. The global reaction to the Estonian election has been total apathy. In the UK, The Financial Times ran a brief inside story on the election saying who won but not why. The Chicago Tribunal carried a brief wire report as did The Herald Sun in Australia and The Telegraph in Britain. The BBC covered the story, but buried away somewhere. It had no analysis on the lead up to the election and no real analysis of the reasons for the results. The New York Times was better. It gave the story brief analysis, but from its Moscow correspondent, which as many people believe, is a bit like writing about the activities of the French resistance in World War II from the point of view of the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin. “Estonians stoically absorbed the suffering,” wrote The New York Times correspondent. “The opposition leader Edgar Savisaar, the mayor of th