This video stockshot is the first in a series of portraits of the applicant states for EU membership. It is being released in advance of the publication of the Regular Reports on the candidate countries on 08/11/00. The subjects covered are Ecology/Environment, Ethnic Issues, Culture, Education, Agriculture, EU Assistance, Graphics and General Views of the capital city, Tallinn. There are many aerial pictures throughout the stockshots. There are also tables (on paper) taken from the Statistical Yearbook on candidate countries prepared by Eurostat.