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05. April 2009

Screenings of Documentaries by Belarusian Film Director Viktor Dashuk, April 6-7

NGO New Way for Belarus is pleased to invite you to the film screenings of well-known Belarusian documentary filmmaker Viktor Dashuk at Tallinn Cinema House (Uus Str 3) on 6 and 7 April at 7 PM. The…

03. April 2009

Public lecture by Evgeny Morozov "Internet and Democracy: Enemies or Friends?", April 3

Today's lecture by Evgeny Morozov will be held in Tallinn Folk University, Estonia avenue 5A, 1st floor, i.e one floor below the Open Estonia Foundation (in the same building). The public lecture…

30. March 2009

Invitation - public lecture on European Neighbourhood Policy, March 31

The Open Estonia Foundation (OEF) is pleased to invite you to a lecture and discussion entitled “The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Europe's Crisis-Prone Eastern Neighbourhood“ tomorrow,…

29. March 2009

Estonians expect the EU to move towards more flexible labour policies and a stricter control over commercial banks

Estonian people expect the European Union to offer new solutions in labour and social policies, revealed the European Citizens’ Consultations held last weekend in Tallinn. In two days, 25 randomly…

09. March 2009

In Memoriam Yana Polyakova

The night before yesterday we lost one of most important Belarusian human rights defenders, Yana Polyakova. The signatories offer their deepest condolences to all Yana Polyakova’s close ones and…

18. February 2009

Estonian Opinion Leaders Advise Ukraine in NATO Integration

The Tallinn-based Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association and a number of well-known Estonian experts will hold a training session for Ukrainian NGOs aimed at passing along Estonia’s experience in the…

18. February 2009

Estonian-Russian cooperation in combating violence against women and children

How to combat violence targeted against women and children is at the heart of the project taking place in Tartu this week. The study visits and seminars are attended by representatives of civil…

17. February 2009

Open Society Institute (OSI) calls for proposals under the program “Sustainability of Human Rights and Accountability Watchdog NGOs in the European Union”

While several new EU member states have successfully made the leap from closed Communist societies to functioning market-oriented democracies, democratic culture and institutions remain weak and…

12. February 2009

Katrin Enno’s contribution to the development of nongovernmental organisations earned high recognition from the President of Estonia

21. January 2009

Invitation: Burma photo exhibition opening on January 22

The Open Estonia Foundation and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Estonia are honored to invite you to the opening reception of the Burma photo exhibition on Thursday, January 22 at 4 PM at the…

20. January 2009

Picture Gallery: Human Rights Seminar "Human, for Real: Focus on Central Asia"

On December 5, 2008, the seminar "Human, for Real: Focus on Central Asia" was organized by Open Estonia Foundation, Black Nights Film Festival and TTU Human Rights Centre. Pictures of the seminar can…

11. December 2008

European Commission asks Estonia to stop discriminating foreign-based foundations

On 27th November 2008 the European Commission sent a formal request to Estonia, asking it to stop the discriminatory tax treatment of public-benefit foundations based in other EU Member States.[1] According to Estonian tax law, both individual and corporate donations to public-benefit foundations are tax deductible to the donor, but only if the recipient organisation is based in Estonia and registered as a public-benefit organisation in Estonia.

04. December 2008

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