ESTONIA MAY DECLARE AUGUST 20 A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 55

The Estonianparliament, which will convene in extraordinary session August1-2, may declare August 20 a national holiday, BNS reported July18. On August 20, 1991, in the midst of the attempted coup inMoscow, Estonia declared the reestablishment of its independenceas a state.

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