Metal detecting Latvia - Gorgeous Ventspils Beach
In the summer of 2016 I continued my journey from Pärnu, Estonia to the port city of Ventpils, on the northwestern coast of Latvia, which has in recent years become a quite favored holiday destination by many visitors from neighboring countries and elsewhere. In addition to the clean and historic small town, there are tens of kilometers fine sandy beaches in and around the city, which are ideal for outdoors, swimming, fishing and, of course, metal detecting.
First I headed to the city beach. There I accidentally met another detectorist, a Lithuanian tourist who had a heavy looking Soviet-type detector. We didn’t have a common language, so the discussion was short. However, I understood that he hadn’t found anything exciting on the beach.
On this trip I also wanted to test my new scoop, which I had made using electric conduit, bailer and cable ties. It can be used without bending down and since it’s all plastic, it doesn’t cause unnecessary beeps on the detector.
I was amazed at how clean and neat the Latvian beaches were. At some point, I even thought the detector was not working correctly, since the beeps were so few, even around the benches and trash bins, which are typically full of bottle caps and aluminum wraps. I tried different places on the beach and nearby dunes, such as beach volleyball courts, but beside few 80s Soviet coins, I didn’t find anything worth mentioning.
After visiting the city beach, I went to another place about 30km south of Ventspils. The same cleanliness immediately caught my eye, and the results of couple of hour detecting were pretty much the same than in the city. Perhaps part of the reason is that the coastline of Latvia, like in the rest of the Baltic states, have opened up to the public only after the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the Soviet era, the entire coastline of the Baltic Sea was part of the closed border zone, which was carefully guarded by the Soviet Union to stop their own citizens fleeing the country.
As shown in these aerial photographs, the Latvian beaches are worth a visit even without great findings. If you love and value the sun, peace and tranquility, you will surely find your own comfortable cove, where you can spend a relaxing summer day with or without the detector.
Thanks for joining me and see you next time!
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How Nations Can Cope with Digital Transformation
Estonia has focused significant efforts on implementing a wide-scale digital transformation of its public and private sectors culminating in an advanced digitized society, referred to as ‘e-Estonia’.
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Operation Dragoon Ride crosses Poland
Operation Dragoon Ride crosses Poland, and is well greeted by the locals. This footage shows the Stryker Armored Vehicles and support vehicles traveling through the country and interacting with Polish citizens. (U.S. Army video by 1st Lt. Henry Chan)
Logistics Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade prepare for a day of convoy operations with infantrymen from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment on Operation Dragoon Ride; an 1,800 km road march from locations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to Rose Barracks, Vilseck. Operation Dragoon Ride is the 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s capstone exercise for their rotation at Operation Atlantic Resolve, where the Soldiers test their skills and equipment on the long ride home and greet communities from NATO allied nations along the way. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Henry Chan, 16th Sustainment Brigade public affairs, 21st Theater Sustainment Command)
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Keynote presented on the conference Service State in Warsaw, in October 2015 organized by Polish Center for Information Technology (COI). More about this event:
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Information Society Services Development at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia made a catalog of public services available on its website. The aim of the project was to create a place where the services are presented in a standardized and organized way. The catalog contains descriptions of the services, the most comfortable ways of their implementation and statistical information about them. The product provides citizens access to information about services provided by the state, as well as helps the public sector to develop and improve new one.
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Helmet cam, year compilation. Many of videos are unavaliable due to personal data, some cases are missing (thanks to forgotten camera).
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Germany joins ‘fake news’ battle in Baltics with new Russian-language media
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Germany will help Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to set up Russian-language media outlets to counter the alleged “systematic disinformation” coming from Russian channels broadcasting in the region, according to Foreign Office spokesperson Martin Schaefer.
The announcement came just before German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s upcoming tour of Sweden and the Baltic states, which is scheduled to take place this week.
“During his trip, Mr. Gabriel will also employ what we already started last year in the Baltic states, which is – as we say in new German – handling Russian 'fake news' together with appropriate partners,” said Schaefer in Berlin on Monday.
The main goal of the initiative, according to Schaefer, is to create of Russian-language radio and TV channels, which will be “attractive to Russian speakers living in the three Baltic states,” in order to produce news “in a different way” from Russian outlets.
Germany has eagerly joined the trend to combat the 'fake news' phenomenon - which gained traction following the scandal-plagued US presidential elections - already blaming Moscow for alleged “election meddling” in a poll which is only scheduled for September. Germany’s security services have even mulled the creation of a special unit to tackle 'fake news' exclusively.
But while the German government is preoccupied with countering perceived “Russian propaganda” in the Baltic states, it turns a blind eye to the very real and discriminatory “non-citizen” status of Russian speakers in these countries, Rainer Rothfuss, a political analyst and consultant told RT.
“It’s really unacceptable that we engage in media programs in Russian language on behalf of the German government and its broadcasting station, Deutsche Welle, to inform the Russian population, but we neglect that at the same time that a population of Russian origin, greater than 100,000 people in Estonia alone, has non-citizen status,” Rothfuss said.
“They are discriminated against by the government, they are barred from certain professions, and nobody seems to care inside the EU and also the German government, even though we abide by minority protection inside the EU.”
Such double standards can be explained only “by geopolitical, strategic thinking,” as we live through an “information war going on between East and West,” Rothfuss added.
The decision to create new Russian-language outlets in the Baltic states accompanies other allegedly “defensive” activities against the so-called “Russian aggression,” which range from building impressive border fences to deploying additional NATO troops. Germany’s forces, deployed to Lithuania, plays a major role in this buildup.
Moscow has repeatedly denied the allegations of aggressive behavior, saying it’s the biggest NATO’s military buildup in Eastern Europe since the Cold War which undermines the security balance in the region.
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The Dragoon march in Romania - 2nd Cavalry convoy during Saber Guardian 17
1st of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the US Army Europe crossed the continent from Germany to Bulgaria, making a big impact on their way trough Romania.
The Dragoons - with their convoys and static displays in Romanian towns have sparked public attention.
It's designed as a deterrence exercise to show any potential adversary we are in close alliance with Romania, as part of NATO, should anyone impede on the sovereignty of Romania, said Lt. col. Adam Lackey in an interview with HotNews.ro.
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Estonia in World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:52 1 Preface
00:03:09 1.1 Kellogg-Briand Pact
00:03:32 1.2 Non-aggression treaty
00:03:46 1.3 The Convention for the Definition of Aggression
00:04:35 1.4 Declaration of neutrality
00:05:27 1.5 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
00:06:37 2 The beginning of World War II
00:10:39 3 Soviet occupation
00:17:53 3.1 Soviet terror
00:20:55 3.2 Soviet repression of ethnic Russians
00:21:46 3.3 Historical Soviet sources
00:25:30 4 Summer War
00:30:05 4.1 Damages
00:32:49 5 German occupation
00:36:52 5.1 The Holocaust
00:41:02 6 Estonian military units in 1941–1943
00:41:16 6.1 Estonian units in German forces
00:44:18 6.2 Estonian Rifle Corps in the Red Army
00:46:11 7 Battles in 1944
00:48:14 7.1 Formation of bridgeheads in Narva
00:50:00 7.2 Narva Offensives, February and March
00:54:15 7.3 Sinimäed Hills
00:56:39 7.4 Southeastern Estonia
00:59:15 7.5 Baltic Offensive
01:01:57 8 Attempt to restore independence
01:03:40 9 Soviet return
01:07:39 10 Controversies
01:07:53 10.1 The position of the European Court of Human Rights
01:09:44 10.2 The position of the Estonian government
01:10:48 10.3 The position of the Russian government
01:11:48 10.4 Positions of the veterans
01:13:09 11 Notes
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Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, concerning the partition and disposition of sovereign states, including Estonia, and in particular its Secret Additional Protocol of August 1939.The Republic of Estonia declared neutrality in the war but fell under the Soviet sphere of influence due to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. Mass political arrests, deportations, and executions followed. In the Summer War during the German Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the pro-independence Forest Brothers captured South Estonia from the NKVD and the 8th Army before the arrival of the German 18th Army. At the same time, Soviet paramilitary destruction battalions carried out punitive operations, including looting and killing, based on the tactics of scorched earth proclaimed by Joseph Stalin. Estonia was occupied by Germany and incorporated into Reichskommissariat Ostland.
In 1941, Estonians were conscripted into the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps and in 1941–1944 to the Nazi German forces. Men who avoided these mobilisations fled to Finland to be formed into the Finnish Infantry Regiment 200. About 40% of the Estonian pre-war fleet was requisitioned by British authorities and used in Atlantic convoys. Approximately 1000 Estonian sailors served in the British Merchant Navy, 200 of them as officers. A small number of Estonians served in the Royal Air Force, in the British Army and in the U.S. Army.From February to September 1944, the German army detachment Narwa held back the Soviet Estonian Operation. After breaching the defence of II Army Corps across the Emajõgi river and clashing with the pro-independence Estonian troops, Soviet forces reoccupied mainland Estonia in September 1944. After the war, Estonia remained incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Estonian SSR until 1991, although the Atlantic Charter stated that no territorial arrangements would be made.
World War II losses in Estonia, estimated at around 25% of the population, were among the highest proportion in Europe. War and occupation deaths listed in the current reports total at 81,000. These include deaths in Soviet deportations in 1941, Soviet executions, German deportations, and victims of the Holocaust in Estonia.
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LIVEstonia Episode 16 EST/ENG
Täna saavad Pärnus kokku Valgevenest pärit vanaproua Oksana ja Eesti noormees Simon. Simon valmistab õunapiruka 100 aasta vanuse retsepti järgi, Oksana aga paneb end proovile ööklubi DJ-na.
LIVEstonia 16
The 16th show of LIVEstonia is in Pärnu, the elder lady Oksana from Belarus will meet with the young man Simon from Estonia. Simon will bake an apple pie according to the 100 year old recipe. And Oksana will try herself to be a DJ in the night club.
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