Abdul Turay

Ansip through the eyes of a reporter Published Postimees April 1 By the time you read this, we will have a new Prime Minister. Whilst everybody is speculating about the future, I thought I would reminisce about the past and pay a personal tribute to Andrus Ansip. There is an old saying “All political careers end in failure.” It seems that Ansip has bucked the trend. He wasn't pushed out, nor did he jump, he stepped down gracefully. I have met Andrus Ansip on quite a few occasions, most times he would buy me lunch, we had some good chats together. The first time I met him was he held a meeting with foreign correspondents. At the time I had only been in the country a few months and I was then the editor of The Baltic Times There were 12 of us. Most of the correspondents were Finns. When Ansip entered, he took in the room. Then he spied me, and he looked a little surprised, he smiled a little. I guess he was thinking; “Ahoo you are probably not...

29.04.2014 Televised debate  The rise of Euroscepticism The Stream looks at the emergence of anti-EU parties ahead of the European parliamentary elections. Is the very idea of the European Union under threat? EU Parliament elections are coming up and, according to opinion polls, the far-right is projected to do well. Right-wing Eurosceptic parties have been on the rise in recent years, but ahead of these elections there are renewed concerns about their impact on the European Union. We look at what may happen if the EU Parliament gets a sizable coalition of far-right Eurosceptics at 1930GMT. In this episode of The Stream, we speak with: Paul Oakley  @PaulJamesOakley Member of the European Parliament Candidate for London ukip.org Abdul Turay  @abdul_turay British politician and journalist, standing for European Parliament in Estonia estoniatoday.blogspot.com Amelia Andersdotter  @teirdes  Member of the European Parliament, representing...

Social Democrats are solid as a rock  Ansip through the Eyes of a Reporter Quiet Storm About the local Election in October 2013 . Descendants of a gang of pirates In defence of the British monarchy  Mere Anarchy Promoting Estonia's young anarchists.  Cut it Out  About immigration. Frankly I am getting tired of the issue. Britain and Referenda   Why Cameron will lose the next election and we will have a government more favourable to Europe and Estonia... Chartist versus the World It was just perfect timing, I write a book discussing amongst other things, whether Estonian political culture is failing on not, and a month later, some of the country's leading minds, let's call them the chartists, get together and say categorical that failing it IS! ..   A Black  President for a Small White Nation II An opinion piece. The title is self-explanatory. About the 2009 local elections in Estonia. Four years ago I outraged the nation when I suggest...

Quiet Storm About the elections  Descendants of a gang of pirates In defence of monarchy  Mere Anarchy Find out more about Estonia's young anarchists.  Cut it Out  About immigration. Frankly I am getting tired of the issue. Thatcher's Legacy  Celebrating Thatcher T he Conservative Solution   The big issue in Estonia right now is cohabitation rights for same-sex couple. This is an opinion pieces on this subject. Britain and Referenda   Why Cameron will lose the next election and we will have a government more favourable to Europe and Estonia... The Second Sex   We are are told that we live in a male dominated society, that men have it easier than women; there are people who make a living by telling us this. I think that men have it tough and the situation is getting worse. I believe that feminism., or at least the radical form of it that has come to dominate, is wrong., and the effects of feminism that are causing great harm i...

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Quiet Storm Published Postimees 21 October 2013 Readers will probably know I stood as a candidate in the recent local election. Let's talk about something you don't know. The other foreign candidates who stood. Hopefully it will help you make sense of some issues in this election. Whatever the outcome of this election, one thing is clear, I will not be the most successful and most talented foreign candidate. That honour falls to Ole Michael Ramussen, a 45 year old sales manager from Denmark. Ramussen is so successful precisely because has caused little impact. The local press have shown no interest in him. Yet he is the de facto leader of the Social Democrats in Saue. Ramussen was elected as councillor four years ago in Saue district for the Social Democrats. He has been in Estonia for 15 years. Like many foreigners he left Denmark because he didn't fit into there any more. He lived in Germany for a while and then Britain. He has been a visitor...

Quiet Storm About the elections  Descendants of a gang of pirates In defence of monarchy  Mere Anarchy Find out more about Estonia's young anarchists.  Cut it Out  About immigration. Frankly I am getting tired of the issue. Thatcher's Legacy  Celebrating Thatcher T he Conservative Solution   The big issue in Estonia tight now is cohabitation rights for same-sex couple. This is an opinion pieces on this subject. Britain and Referenda   Why Cameron will lose the next election and we will have a government more favourable to Europe and Estonia... The Second Sex   We are are told that we live in a male dominated society, that men have it easier than women; there are people who make a living by telling us this. I think that men have it tough and the situation is getting worse. I believe that feminism., or at least the radical form of it that has come to dominate, is wrong., and the effects of feminism that are causing great harm...