steves: a selection of ferries make the 50-mile crossing between helsinki and tallinn nearly hourly.htful two-hour cruise and the variety a quick trip over to estonia adds to your nordic travels, pairing helsinki and tallinn is a natural. stepping off the boat in tallinn, the capital of estonia, you feel you've traveled a long way culturally from finland. its a mix of east and west. tallinn's nordic lutheran culture and language connect it with stockholm and helsinki, but two centuries of czarist russian rule and nearly 50 years as part of the soviet union have blended in a distinctly russian flavor. fins and estonians share a similar history. first, swedish domination, then russian. then independence after world war i. until 1940, the estonians were about as affluent as the fins, but then estonia was gobbled up by an expanding soviet empire and spent the decades after world war ii under communism. when the ussr fell, estonia regained its freedom, and in 2004, it joined the european union. tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union. its business d

any russian actions aimed at influencing our partner's sovereign choices would be in breach of the helsinki principles. >> ukrainian president says he may be prepared to sign the eu deal in the future and europe is not prepared to burn any bridges. >> the door is open. we will discuss matters of concern that ukraine may have, and we are ready to discuss them with ukraine, with russia, or whatever country. >> it was not all failure. george and mulled over have initial partnership deals with the eu. that means in future, more access to the european market for the former soviet republics. it is a historic moment for both countries. >> in thailand, protests against the government are escalating. on friday, demonstrators broke into the compound of army headquarters in the capital, bangkok, demanding that the military choose a side. >> right after that, the thai prime minister ruled out the use of force against protesters. she also said there would be no early elections following six days now of demonstrations. >> protesters say they are even more determined to get the prime minister out of offic

we have used that role in the helsinki commission to promote an international agenda to deal with best practices to end discrimination on ethnic communities, religious communities and racial discrimination. as a result of u.s. leadership, we have made a difference. we made a difference in europe. we made a difference in north america. we made a difference around the world. today there are special representatives under the o.s.c. to promote tolerance in regards to minority communities on race, the muslim community and jewish communities. we made a difference in the roma population in europe which has been badly discriminated against. we have had conferences to deal with anti-semitism to help the jewish communities in europe. and we've helped religious minorities around the region. now the u.s. leadership is needed to help the lgbt community. we've seen countries in europe take discriminatory action to marginalize lesbians and gays and those who because of their sexual orientation, their gender identity have been discriminated against. in order to do that, we need to pass the legislation

aimed at influencing eastern european pop account is sober and choices will be in breach of the helsinki principles of double s c the chemical which has he made to sign a new deal in the future. york is keen to burn any bridges the doggies open field assessment of the phone so that ukraine may have a gatorade discuss them with ukraine. the pressure on whatever country i was not whole thing. georgia and moldova have initial partnership deals with the eu that means in future more access to the european market for the exits of the public's it's a historic moment of both countries. in thailand to protest against the government on a skin eighteen on friday demonstrators broke into the compound of the on the headquarters of the capital bangkok demanding that the military to lose sight of the call to tell right after that the thai prime minister your channel on rule out the use of force against the protesters. she also said there would be no early elections following six days now to mr. it's a day even more determined to get my ministry do not seen a lot out of office after no confidence motion

jonas of the snowflake helsinki tv news i'm at lamar biking. or was stored for use in the next hour with us thousands of anti government protesters have marched through the tiny capital demanding the resignation of prime minister being optional off the price has come a day off a massive demonstrations that were the longest in thailand since deadly political andreas swept the country in twenty ten protests have also spread to government offices military bases and state television channels. a few dozen protest is not just a few thousand protest is about more than a thousand now have reportedly pushed their way into the finance ministry building and the rallies will rise by the opposition democrat party which has been leading an anti government movement since the early this month they would trigger adopted the government backed an amnesty bill that would've led to the return of the prime minister's brother the ousted former leader talks in china last one up and facing jail time for corruption sentence handed down in two thousand a night meanwhile

cronburb and head of delegation and is in helsinki. i'm sure you heard mr.yahu's comments and does he have a right to be skeptical of any deal? >> i think he has his own analysis on the situation. and we know that israel is very opposed to any enrichment of uranian but they low not give up the right of enrichment so opposite positions which are difficult to reconcile. >> reporter: a lot of what is important in a deal is the verification process, isn't it? >> that's right. and i think that the deal will have to be very strict on verification. iranians will have to comply with all the requirements of the international atomic energy agency and they have to understand and ratify what is the protocol and even we are talking about maybe additional protocol plus verification and this will have to be very strict and i think the iran's know it. >> kerry is bringing weight to negotiations in geneva and what may derail the talks at this point? >> well, i understand that the talks that are going on now identify the first steps, maybe the measures for the first moves to

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helsinki commission travel to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document which started the international effort to use u.s. law as the model to protect universal -- universally the rights of people with disabilities. the united states is the leadership. the point that i would raise the failure to ratify compromises the u.s. ability to advance the standards globally. it weakens our own credibility to participate in the development internationally of the rights of the with disabilities and is the chairman pointed out and others have pointed out it also compromises very much american citizens who are in other countries and their own protections. we are certainly not in the same position as we would for the rights of people in our own country. secretary ridge your comments? >> thank you very much senator. i want to respond to an appropriate question from senator johnson if i might. i think regardless of where you are in the political spectrum we all feel very fortunate and grateful that we live in the united states of america and it's a very unique place. if america was con

helsinki commission travel to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document which started the international effort to use u.s. law as the model to protect universally the rights of people with disabilities. would raise,t i the failure to ratify, i think, compromises the u.s. possibility to advance the standards globally. it weakens our own credibility. as the chairman and others have pointed out, it also compromises very much american citizens other countries. we are certainly not in the same position as we would for the rights of people in our own country. ?our comments generally e regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, we all feel very fortunate and grateful that we live in the united states of america. if america was considered to be a product, and we do try to sell our product overseas, what is our brand? think our brand is the constitution, the rule of law, our value system. under that brand and value , there is the thinking of equal in the eyes of the law. to be the one you convene around that is elemental in nature the rights of people globally with

helsinki commission travel to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document, which started the international effort to use u.s. law as the model to protect universally the rights of people with disabilities. the point that i would raise, the failure to ratify, i think, compromises the u.s. possibility to advance the standards globally. it weakens our own credibility. as the chairman and others have pointed out, it also compromises very much american citizens other countries. we are certainly not in the same position as we would for the rights of people in our own country. your comments generally? >> i think regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, we all feel very fortunate and grateful that we live in the united states of america. if america was considered to be a product, and we do try to sell our product overseas, what is our brand? i think our brand is the constitution, the rule of law, our value system. under that brand and value system, there is the thinking of equal in the eyes of the law. to be the one you convene around that is elemental in nature the