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	Toomas Hendrik Ilves -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born December 26 1953) is an (The official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages) Estonian (An official engaged in international negotiations) diplomat, (A person active in party politics) politician, and (A writer for newspapers and magazines) journalist.
		He was born in (additional info and facts about Stockholm, Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden.
		In 2004, Ilves was elected to the (additional info and facts about European Parliament) European Parliament for the (additional info and facts about Estonian Social Democratic Party) Estonian Social Democratic Party in a landslide.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/toomas_hendrik_ilves.htm (351 words)

	Toomas Hendrik Ilves - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born December 26 1953) is an Estonian diplomat, politician, and journalist.
		In 2004, Ilves was elected to the European Parliament for the Estonian Social Democratic Party in a landslide.
		He sits with the Party of European Socialists group in the Parliament.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Toomas_Hendrik_Ilves (264 words)

	"Dialogue" Program: Baltic Partnership Council
		ILVES: If I might add, if we look back, say 15 years ago, it was clear at that point there was a distinction, because we were dealing with a concrete threat from Communist dictatorships.
		ILVES: Well, I don't know what the game is, but certainly I would say from an Estonian point of view we are wholeheartedly and strongly in favor of including Russia in discussions between NATO and Russia.
		ILVES: Well, if the question is to me, I would say that I think where one of the hallmarks of our foreign policy is that it's extremely realistic, and I think it matches the understanding of people within NATO.
	www.state.gov /p/6918.htm (5130 words)

	NATO :: Press and Information :: Interviews and Articles :: City Papers Interview with Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas ...
		CITY PAPERS interview with the architect of Estonia’s foreign policy at the turn of the millennium, Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves
		The Economist earlier this year pegged Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves as one of the most effective foreign ministers in Europe.
		Ilves, 46, grew up and spent much of his adult life in the United States.
	www.vm.ee /eng/nato/kat_200/1208.html (2181 words)

	CER \| Estonia: Ilves heads Moderates
		A congress of Estonian Moderates elected Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves head of the party on 19 May with a vote of 299 to 14.
		Commenting on his election, Ilves said he wants to raise the level of political discussion in Estonia.
		Talking about growing unemployment in Estonia, Ilves suggested reconsidering the abolition of corporate income tax because dropping it has not helped to increase jobs, but acknowledged that such a tax reform could not happen immediately.
	www.ce-review.org /01/19/estonianews19.html (826 words)

	Finnish Foreign Policy 2001, May
		The Foreign Minister of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, made an official visit to Finland, where he met Foreign Minister Tuomioja.
		Ilves estimated that a relatively small number of Estonians would move abroad after the opening of the EU labour market.
		Ilves also thought that since Finland is not a member of NATO, it cannot speak for the NATO membership of the Baltic countries.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/chronology/chrono2001_05.html (2074 words)

	Article - Future EU members could strain EU-Russia ties - News From Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		That was widely seen at the time as an expression of gratitude to and affinity for the US, but it was more an insurance policy against Russia.
		Ilves made these remarks during his visit to Berlin late last year.
		Since then, a reassessment of Russia seems to have begun across the West, in response to concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading in an authoritarian rather than a democratic direction.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_212872.php (613 words)

	NATO :: Press and Information :: Speeches :: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian Foreign Minister at the UN General Assembly ...
		NATO :: Press and Information :: Speeches :: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian Foreign Minister at the UN General Assembly 56th Session General Debate
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian Foreign Minister at the UN General Assembly 56th Session General Debate
		In conclusion, please allow me to express my personal condolences, and the condolences of all Estonians, to the families of those who perished in the air tragedy that occurred just a few days ago in the borough of Queens.
	www.vm.ee /eng/nato/kat_140/476.html (2206 words)

	CNN Specials - Enlargement
		The prospect of membership, however, carries enormous symbolic weight for many of the candidates.
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Foreign Minister of Estonia -- a Baltic nation of 1.4 million people that will join in May 2004 said: "We were cut off from the union by being invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940 and we have followed the development of Europe since then without being a part of it."
		The European Union, an economic and political alliance of 15 European states, is changing faster than at any other time in its 50-year history.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/eurounion/story/enlarge (1176 words)

	Belarus: European Commission Plans For Independent Media Come Under Fire - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an Estonian and a vice chairman of the parliament's foreign-affairs committee, noted that indigenous languages, not Russian, had served as the main vehicles for democratic change in Eastern Europe.
		Ilves, a former director of the RFE/RL Estonian Service, also warned that the 2 million euro budget for television and radio broadcasts stretched over two years would allow for "minuscule" amounts of programming.
		A number of MEPs also attacked EU current funding rules that require it to clear assistance with the government of the country targeted.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/09/067d6bb6-95a4-4bf7-b23d-1b68f30b1ad1.html (914 words)

	Art - The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
		The victory was in part due to Toomas Hendrik Ilves, whose experience in foreign affairs is unrivaled in Estonia, and in part a reaction to the smear campaign waged by right-wing parties to discredit him.
		As a result, he was named vice chairman of Europarliament's foreign affairs committee, and Res Publica, Estonia's ruling party, had to stay home.
		The Baltic Times recently caught up with Ilves - who might be the only ex-American in the European Parliament (he gave up his U.S. citizenship in the early 90s) - in Brussels to learn more about his new position in the capital of Europe.
	www.baltictimes.com /art.php?art_id=11168 (1745 words)

	EUROPA : The Future of Europe - Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Constructing a New Europe -Lecture by Toomas Hendrik Ilves Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia at Humboldt University, Berlin 5 February 2001
		Constructing a New Europe Lecture by Toomas Hendrik Ilves Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia at Humboldt University, Berlin 5 February 2001
		I am greatly honoured to be here today to speak before this distinguished audience about European integration and the European future.
	europa.eu.int /constitution/futurum/documents/speech/sp050201_en.htm (4219 words)

	Mission
		EVI is an independent, non-profit, partly publicly supported foundation managed by its Director, Dr Andres Kasekamp, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tartu.
		EVI was established in 2000 on the initiative of Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
		The Foreign Minister is ex officio the Chairman of the Advisory Board, which also includes the Minister of Defence and the Chairmen of the Parliamentary Committees for Foreign Affairs, Defence, and European Affairs as well as other international relations experts.
	www.evi.ee /english/miss.html (195 words)

	IPI - International Press Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The vice-mayor of Tallinn, Toomas Vitsut, filed a libel lawsuit against the Eesti Paevaleht daily in August.
		The case stems from a 26 August article in which the newspaper alleged that Vitsut and others connected to his brother's firm appropriated some building materials of the bankrupt firm Hansainterjoor.
		The head of RFE/RL’s Estonian department from 1988 to 1993, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, said that while it is comprehensible that future EU and NATO members do not need such broadcasts in addition to their own mass media, it is regretful that this network of journalists in Europe would be lost.
	www.freemedia.at /wpfr/Europe/estonia.htm (5659 words)

	Riigikogu Toimetised RiTo 1/2000
		More than on the Riigikogu Procedure Act, the results depend on the level of democracy and the professionalism of the Riigikogu, and the level of cooperation between the coalition and opposition.
		Address by Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Estonia to the Riigikogu, 25 November 1999*
		Ilves pointed out three strategic directions of Estonian foreign policy.
	www.riigikogu.ee /rva/toimetised/rito1/artiklid/summary.htm (9295 words)

	Global Policy Forum - Globalization
		Tiny Estonia now not only takes exception to the label "post-Soviet state," it also dislikes being called a "Baltic" country.
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the country's foreign minister, refers to Estonia as a "pre-EU" or a "Scandinavian" country.
		Lacking blue-chip brands such as Finland's Nokia or Sweden's Volvo, Estonia may also try to push itself as a "green country" to attract environmentally conscious individuals and foreign direct investment.
	www.globalpolicy.org /globaliz/cultural/2001/13flo.htm (2232 words)

	TCS: Tech Central Station - Model Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yet limited spending did not keep the Social Democrats from gaining half of the seats available to Estonia.
		Kass ended with 2,315 votes (in 21st position, alongside average politicians), compared with the 76,128 votes collected by Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former foreign minister and the top name on the Social Democrats list for these elections.
		Third, the doings of European Parliament seem so far removed from the majority of voters that even the addition of glamorous celebrities fails to generate excitement.
	www.techcentralstation.com /062904A.html (893 words)

	NIS Observed
		Moreover, in a bizarre demonstration of what can at best be termed diplomatic naivete, Estonia's foreign minister, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, gave some astonishing answers according to an interview published in the The Ottawa Citizen.
		An official of the foreign ministry press service quoted Ilves as saying that certain Canadian media had misrepresented his remarks.
		In the continuing saga of the Third Unit surveillance scandal, the chairman of the special parliamentary commission established to investigate this issue has been unable to find sufficient evidence that high-ranking state officials had been the victim of surveillance by the recently disbanded unit.
	www.bu.edu /iscip/digest/vol3/ed0310.html (8281 words)

	ETTK / ETTK News 22-23/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Social Democratic Party won the elections with 37% of votes and three seats in the European Parliament.
		According to the preliminary results, the six members elected to the European Parliament were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Marianne Mikko and Ivari Padar from the Social Democratic Party, Siiri Oviir from the Centre Party, Toomas Savi from the Reform Party and Tunne Kelam from the Pro Patria Union
		Estonian Employers' Confederation hopes for a versatile co-operation with the Members of the European Parliament, to forward the positions of Estonian employers and receive information on the activities of the Parliament.
	www.ettk.ee /en/newslist/2004/item20302 (2062 words)

	Symi Symposium: Organised by the Andreas G. Papandreou Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Home Page > Participants > Toomas Hendrik Ilves
		Toomas Hendrik Ilves is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
		A graduate of Columbia University, New York, and the University of Pennsylvania, he began his career as a Research Assistant in Columbia University’s Department of Psychology.
	www.symisymposium.org /participants/ilves.stm (224 words)

	Finnish Foreign Policy 2000, March
		Guterres invited President Halonen to an additional meeting of the EU.
		The new Foreign Minister Tuomioja made his first official visit to Estonia where he met Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
		Tuomioja said that he was delighted to see that Estonia has advanced so well in its EU membership negotiations.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/chronology/chrono2000_03.html (4036 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The parliament by a vote of 39 to 32 decided on 22 October not to discuss this week the amendments to the laws on parliament and local elections that would abolish the Estonian language requirements for candidates to the parliament and local governments, ETA reported.
		Moderates Chairman Ilves said he is willing to explain his reasons for favoring making amendments to the elections laws.
		On the other hand, Prime Minister Mart Laar asserted that the amendments cannot be supported in their current form and must modified to ensure that they cannot lead to a change in the working language of the parliament.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2001/10/231001.asp (8515 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		The first choice of the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Moderates Chairman and former Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves, was opposed by the ruling coalition, and the People's Union offered Janno Reiljan as a substitute.
		The Moderates and Pro Patria Union, however, did not consider the People's Union to be part of the opposition and, after Ilves withdrew his candidacy, decided to back Kelam.
		Both Kelam and Reiljan, however, failed to receive sufficient backing in the parliament, which will debate the appointment of permanent delegates in March.
	www.rferl.com /newsline/2002/02/3-CEE/cee-270202.asp (2679 words)

	NATO Speech: Budapest, Hungary - 30 May 2001 - Remarks by Toomas Hendrik Ilves,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
		NATO Speech: Budapest, Hungary - 30 May 2001 - Remarks by Toomas Hendrik Ilves,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
		Let me welcome here the colleague from the Federal Republic of
		To sum up I would like to underline again that we have to concentrate our work in the EAPC on real issues, use the experience of other countries, stress the importance of regional cooperation and not forget that there are other regions which need our attention.
	www.nato.int /docu/speech/2001/s010530i.htm (594 words)

	‘EU Good for the Baltics’
		Inside, Estonia is an equal partner and can affect the nature of those laws.
		A CITY PAPER interview with recent Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an architect of the country's pro-European Union policies, on lingering Estonian doubts about joining the EU.
		CITY PAPER: How do you react to arguments paralleling the EU and the Soviet Union?
	www.balticsww.com /toomas_ilves_EU.htm (686 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		The trade unions want the minimum wage to be established at 165 hryvni ($31) per month in January-June 2002, and increased to 183 hryvni beginning on 1 July 2002, while the government and the deputies suggest that the 2002 minimum wage should be 140 hryvni.
		During a one-day visit to Tallinn on 29 November, Lord George Robertson met with President Arnold Ruutel, Prime Minister Mart Laar, Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Defense Minister Juri Luik, and parliament deputies, ETA reported.
		He stressed that the next six to seven months will be crucial for Estonia's efforts to join NATO, as the organization will be making its decision on new members at its Prague summit meeting in November 2002.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2001/11/301101.asp (9007 words)

	ESIS extension / Estonia / Regulatory Developments / Update Memo 6
		However, the information technology field and the need for regarding development plans were found to be of great importance in course of several events:
		At the end of June during the meeting of Baltic Sea countries' Ministers of Foreign Affairs the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Toomas Hendrik Ilves suggested the formation of a development plan concerning the information technology of the Baltic Sea region.
		Elaboration of the regarding action plan is the first task of the information technology group lead by Estonian and Finnish experts.
	www.eu-esis.org /esis2reg/EEreg6.htm (4997 words)

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