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12 results found for '"Estonia"' in Keywords.
Tension growing in Lithuania (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Sue Jameson reports from Lithuania where tension is growing over fears of a military coup. The roads are blocked off around the Lithuanian Parliament and President Landsbergis has information that an air...
Hurd on Soviet collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, prior to a meeting of fellow European ministers in Brussels today, where he’ll argue that the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia must be...
21.00 IRN news (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech; Vox pop
IRN 21.00 news with Roger Walker on US recognition of the Baltic States (with statement by US President George H W Bush); shooting of demonstrators in Republic of Georgia; Prime Minister John Major’s trip...
Douglas Hogg on USSR and Baltic States (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Douglas Hogg on the break up of the Soviet Union, and the relationship Britain has with the Baltic States who are struggling for independence and where he is due to visit....
Baltic republics claim independence (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Kremlin admission the Soviet Union now recognises the Baltic States of lithuania, Estonia and Latvia as three independent countries. Sue Jameson reports from Moscow.
Estonia ferry disaster - search operation continues (1994)
- Genre
- Speech; Interview
4 related cuts. 822 people from the sunk ferry, Estonia are missing, presumed dead; only 144 are known to have survived. 1: Estonian President, Lennart Meri thanks Sweden and Finland for their part in the...
Estonia ferry disaster - survivors’ accounts (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
826 people are believed to have died in the Estonia ferry accident, including Briton, John Manning. 138 passengers and crew, including Briton, Paul Barney(?), were rescued and are being treated in...
Swedish inspectors uncover ferry faults (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Swedish maritime inspectors are reviewing up to ten incidents which could have led to tragedies like the Estonia ferry disaster and inspecting all ferries travelling to Sweden. In each case there were...
Sole British survivor tells of Estonia ferry sinking (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
The lone British survivor, 35 year-old Paul Barney, describes clinging to a lifeboat and watching the Estonia ferry go down. Interviewer not heard.
Ferry safety tested (1994)
- Genre
- Press conference
Transport Secretary, Brian Mawhinney speaks to press following a demonstration of a test on the safety of the doors on a roll-on-roll-off ferry about the results of a Marine Safety Agency investigation into...