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As autumn is approaching, Matsalu Nature Film Festival  (September 14- 18 2011) is getting ready for lift-off. This year filmmakers from 54 countries will be shown – that is 206 wonderful nature films from all over the world! The films will be shown in Lihula culture house and in KuMa, which is situated just a few hundred meters down the street from the culture house. In Haapsalu, some films will also be shown on Saturday evening. 

Estonian Patent Office decided that the invention «Instrument for obtaining cytological, bacteriological and smear samples from uterus» (P200600019) met all the requirements of § 8 of the Patent Law and is now granted the Estonian Patent.

The course  (6 ECTS in total) will concentrate on landscape perception, assessments and analyses, landscape values and multifunctional landscape use and landscape identity.

The café in the Old Main Building of the University (Kreutzwaldi 64) will be open from September 1. Opening hours are 10.00 – 14.00. Soup of the day costs 0.95 EUR and the dish of the day 2.30 EUR. Café at the Main Building (Kreutzwaldi 1A) is open from August 30. They charge 2.70 EUR for the dish of the day. Bon Appetit!

The Opening Ceremony of the Estonian University of Life Sciences will take place in the Assembly Hall of the Old Main Building of the University (Kreutzwaldi 64) on Thursday, September 1 at 12. 00 am. The Opening Ceremony will be followed by briefings at respective institutes at 13.30 (buses to Eerika and Riia 181 at the end of the ceremony).

Svetlana Belova, a veterinary doctor and lecturer of dermatology passed her Diploma Examination a...

Estonian universities are launching five new centers of excellence in research. Archimedes Foundation has chosen the projects, which will be given between 1.5 and 3.1 million euros apiece from among 17 applications it received. Center for Excellence in Research on Adjusting to Environmental Change (ENVIRON) was one of the winners. 

The EMU is holding an event, geared partially to smallhold farmers, to introduce health-conscious organic agriculture and the history of Tõnisson House.

A newly-published survey by the Erasmus Student Network has found that, when asked to rate their overall level of satisfaction with their stays abroad, international students gave Estonia the highest marks of all 25 countries covered, says ERR News.