Apart from Russian, English, Finnish and German are the most common foreign languages. IDD service is available. To make international calls, dial 8, wait for the long tone and then dial 00. Public telephones, which are plentiful, are operated by phonecards, available from kiosks. GSM 900 and 1800 networks cover the whole country.
Public access is available at cybercaf s and libraries in main towns and cities.
There is free Internet access at Tallinn airport. Post to Western Europe takes up to six days. Poste Restante is available at the central post office in Tallinn. Newspapers are published in Estonian. The Baltic Times is published in Latvia and available weekly.