Time of Andres Uibo's concert: May 27, 18.30
Venue: Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, 13/15 Długa Str., Warsaw
Programme: A.Uibo, A. Pärt, D. Buxtehude, J. S. Bach – organ compositions

More information available at: http://www.kapitula.org/mfmskal.html

Border controls will be carried out in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code and State Borders Act.

In accordance with the visa representation agreement, Poland will begin representing Estonia in North Korea, Turkmenistan, Ethiopia, and Columbia. Estonia will begin to represent Poland in Pskov. “Visa representation agreements help countries in the Schengen area be represented as widely as possible all over the world. Estonia’s network of foreign representations is limited, and co-operation like this makes it possible for somebody to get an Estonia visa even in a country where we don’t have our own embassy,” Paet explained.

Paet introduced Estonia’s steps towards joining the euro and balancing the state budget to Sikorski and Deputy Speaker of the Polish Seim Jerzy Smajdzinski. His Polish colleagues recognised Estonia’s successful activities for meeting the criteria to join the euros. Paet also told Sikorski about Estonia’s candidacy to be the location for the European Union’s IT agency for justice and home affairs and called on Poland to support Estonia’s candidacy. In speaking about the development of Estonia-Poland bilateral relations, Paet emphasised the importance of the Tallinn-Warsaw flight route that will soon be opened.

The Estonian foreign minister thanked the Polish foreign minister for Poland’s participation for the third time in the rotation of Baltic airspace policing that will begin in May. “Poland also does commendable co-operation with Estonia at the Baltic Defence College, and our views on NATO’s new strategic concept are in agreement,” Paet added. Paet stated that Poland joining the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn is also important.

At his meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, Paet emphasised Estonia’s support for commemorating victims of the Holocaust. “Estonia has condemned all crimes against humanity, including the Holocaust. These horrors must never occur again,” he stressed. Paet informed Sikorski that Estonia responded to Poland’s request and made a donation of 20 000 euros to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Fund.

During Paet and Sikorski’s meeting, they also discussed adding substance to the Eastern Partnership Programme more quickly. “We must work together in the name of making the European Union progressively more open to Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and the other Eastern Partnership nations,” stated Paet. “Estonia is prepared to establish an Eastern Partnership training centre.”

Paet said that in order to increase energy security, it is important to connect the electricity networks of the Baltic states with those of Poland, in order to put and end to the situation in which the Baltic states, due to limited energy connections, live on an isolated “energy island”.

On Saturday, 19th of December 2009, at 16.00 opening of the photo exhibition "Republic of Estonia 1917-2007" at the exhibition hall of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Warsaw (address: Parafia Św. Trójcy w Warszawie, Kredytowa 4, Warszawa). The exhibition is compiled by the Estonian Institute.

The exhibition will be opened by Mr Taavi Toom, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to Poland; pastor Arho Tuhkru from Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and pastor Piotr Gaś from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Warsaw. The opening will be followed by the Advent Evening and Estonian snacks will be served. The exhibition will stay opened until 31 of January 2010.

On Sunday, 20th of December 2009, at 10.30 4th Sunday Advent Service with sermon in Estonian translated to Polish and historical baptism of an Estonian child at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Warsaw conducted by the pastor Arho Tuhkru from Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

More information in Polish, please follow the link: http://trojca.waw.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218:wzor&catid=1:w-parafii&Itemid=6

Your support of this event would be greatly appreciated.
Entry tickets may be purchased in advance from the Embassy or on spot.

7 Estonian films will be presented during the review:

1. "Taarka", dir. Ain Mäeots, Estonia 2008,  94 min
2. "Kinnunen", dir. Andri Luup, Estonia 2007, 85 min
3. "Klass", dir. Ilmar Raag, Estonia 2007
4. "186 kilometers/Jan Uuspõld Goes to Tartu", dir. Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk, Estonia 2007, 106 min
5. "Shop of Dreams", dir. Peeter Urbla, Estonia 2005, 110 min
6. "Knife", dir. Marko Raat, Estonia 2007, 60 min
7. "Frank&Wendy", dir. Priit Pärn, Kaspar Jancis, Ülo Pikkov i Priit Tender, Estonia 2005

You can watch the films in the following cinemas:

1. Krosno, cinema Artkino, 6-12 November 2009 http://rckp.krosno.pl/artkino.php
2. Łódź, cinema Cytryna, 20-26 November 2009 http://kinocytryna.pl/ 
3. Gliwice, cinema Amok, 27 November-3 December 2009 http://www.amok.gliwice.pl/page.php
4. Krakow, cinema Agrafka, 1-6 December 2009 http://www.kinoagrafka.pl/   
5. Lublin, cinema Chatka Zaka, on the following days: 2,3,5,6 December 2009 http://www.chatkazaka.kina.lublin.pl/ 
6. Katowice, cinema Swiatowid, 4-10 December 2009 http://www.swiatowid.katowice.pl/ 
7. Poznan, cinema Muza, 4-10 December 2009 http://www.konfrontacje.kinomuza.pl/kino.html, http://www.kinomuza.pl/index.php
8. Gorzow Wielkopolski, cinema 60 Krzesel, 18-20 December 2009 http://www.mosart.pl/kino-60-krzesel.html

The event is organised by the foundation "Filmowa Warszawa" in co-operation with the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw and its friendship organization ProEstonia, the Polish Film Institute, Filmoteka Narodowa (National Film Library), Arthouse Cinemas Network and Estonian Film Foundation.

The main character of the 39-minute short film “Strays” is Nazeeya, a 24-year-old Muslim woman who has one day left to find a man in Estonia before her grandfather takes her back home and, according to tradition, marries her off to his friend. “Strays” is a tragic story of the lack of understanding between generations, and about the high price of personal freedom. “Strays” is loosely based on the director’s own experiences—Sutharsan Bala was 4 years old when she emigrated to Norway from Sri Lanka due to a civil war.

The lead roles in “Strays” are played by actors Jekaterina Novosjolova, Ago Soots, Jevgeni Gajchuk, and 14-year-old Paulo Kulešov, who was studying at the French Lyceum of Tallinn at the time of filming and made his film premier in this piece. The film is in Estonian and Russian and was filmed in Tallinn.

9 October at 21.30
13 October at 11.30
17 October at 19.00

"Disco and Atomic War" tells the story of a strange kind of information war, where a totalitarian regime stands face to face with the heroes of popular culture. And loses. Western popular culture had an incomparable role in shaping Soviet children's world-views in those days-- in ways that may seem slightly odd today. Finnish television was a window to a world of dreams that the authorities could not block out. Woven into the political thriller are staged scenes based on the memories of people who were children at the time. "Disco and Atomic War" offers its own version of recent history, mixing spy games into a human tragicomedy.

The film days were organised by the foundation "Filmowa Warszawa" in co-operation with the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw, its friendship organization ProEstonia, the Warsaw Cultural Education Centre, the Union of Film Studios, the National Film Archive, and the Polish Film Institute.  

FILM DAYS PROGRAMME:
02.10.2009 at 18.00 Opening of the film days, followed by the film “Taarka”, dir. Ain Mäeots, 94 min, Estonia 2008.

03.10.2009 at18.00 "Kinnunen", dir. Andri Luup, 85 min, Estonia 2007
04.10.2009 at 18.00 "Shop of Dreams", dir. Peeter Urbla, 110 min, Estonia 2005
05.10.2009 at 18.00 "Jan Uuspõld Goes to Tartu", dir. Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk, 106 min, Estonia 2007
06.10.2009 at 18.00 "Autumn Ball", dir. Veiko Õunpuu, 120 min, Estonia 2007
07.10.2009 at19.00 "Knife", dir. Marko Raat, 60 min, Estonia 2007
08.10.2009 at 18.00 "Soviet Union" dir. Marek Piestrak, 104 min, Poland and Estonia 1979

The films are in Estonian with Polish subtitles.