TeliaSonera and the Estonian government reached a deal over the sale of Eesti Telekom in September 2009.

In 2009, Halonen rejected calls to apologize for Finland's attitude towards Estonian independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Since March 29, 2009 the airport is officially known as Lennart Meri Tallinn International Airport, in honour of the leader of the Estonian independence movement and second President of Estonia Lennart Meri.

The Estonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht erroneously announced that Viktors Bertholds, who died on 28 February 2009, was the last native speaker who started the Latvian-language school as a monolingual.

* ISBN 978-9985-3-1983-3, Estonian translation by Piret Salur, Varrak 2009

* I DRAW, THEREFORE I AM ( 2009 )( aka Piirrän, siis olen )-The documentary describes the strong-minded and fearless Estonian Ilon Wikland's childhood and growth towards adolescent and independence, by Kim Finn and John Hakalax

Other notable sites in Toompea include the building of the Government of Estonia ( also known as " The Stenbock House ") and the building of the Estonian Knighthood, which from the early 1990s until 2005 housed the Estonian Art Museum and since 2009 is temporarily used by the Estonian Academy of Arts.

In the European Parliament elections of 2009, the Centre Party gained the most votes and 2 out of 6 Estonian seats, which were filled by Siiri Oviir and Vilja Savisaar.

The party served in government again from March 1999 to December 2001 in a tripartite government with Pro Patria Union and People's Party Moderates, from January 2002 to March 2003 with the Estonian Centre Party, from March 2003 to March 2005 with Res Publica and People's Union, from March 2005 to March 2007 with the Centre Party and People's Union, from March 2007 to May 2009 with Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and the Social Democratic Party.

By April 2009, the Estonian media released an article noting that the company was in financial difficulties and had not paid taxes in Estonia.

* In 2009 the Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits wrote a score for small orchestra ( for L ´ Ensemble De Basse-Normandie 2009 / 10 concert season ) for this film.

* Väike eestimaine laul ( Little Estonian Song ) for children's chorus ( 2009 )

* Arnold Meri ( 1919 – 2009 ), Soviet World War II veteran and Soviet Estonian politician

* Hindrek Meri ( 1934 – 2009 ), Estonian statesman

Anssi Vanhala solving a 3 × 3 × 3 Rubik's Cube with his feet in 36. 72 seconds, at the 2009 Estonian Open.

The record of the most international caps by an Estonian international ( 157 ), is held by Martin Reim, who held the European record in 2009 until November of that year.

2009 was declared the 100th anniversary of Estonian football.

He retired after Estonia's 0 – 0 draw against Portugal on 10 June 2009 to focus on his job as goalkeeping coach at Arsenal and the Estonian national team, as well as other more " personal " projects.

Andres Tarand ( born 11 January 1940 in Tallinn ), is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2009.

* Jaan-Mati Punning ( 1940 – 2009 ), Estonian ecologist

According to an Amnesty International report from 2009: " In June, the Estonian Security Police Board published its annual report which made serious allegations against the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights ( LICHR ), an NGO promoting and defending the rights of those belonging to linguistic minorities.

Search and Rescue aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force in special markings for RIAT 2009.

Paratroopers on an exercise near Bezmer Air Base, 2009

She retired from the Air Force in November 2009.

Thunderbirds at the 2009 Dayton Air Show

Club Eifel's DJ Blaze performing at the 2009 Air Force Ball.

* 2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.

In 2009 Air Greenland reportedly was interested in starting a route from Iqaluit to Nuuk.

* 2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Air Marshal Fahad Al-Amir, Chief of the General Staff, speaks to United States Marine Corps | U. S. Marines in 2009

In 2009, it emerged that a British Special Air Service team were training Libyan special forces.

The IISS Military Balance 2009 listed an Army of 7, 350, Air Force of 400, and Navy of 50.

In 2009, the operations and maintenance contract for the day-to-day management and operation of the Fence was awarded to Five Rivers Services, LLC, based out of Colorado Springs, CO. On September 30, 2011, Five Rivers Services was awarded a $ 7, 022, 503 firm fixed price with cost reimbursable line items contract modification to manage, operate, maintain, and logistically support the nine Air Force Space Surveillance System field stations, presumably for Fiscal Year 2012.

Another change in late 2009 and early 2010 resulted in the transfer of the ICBM force from AFSPC and the B-52 and B-2 strategic bomber force from ACC to the newly-established Air Force Global Strike Command ( AFGSC ), which is a direct descendant of SAC.

In late 2009, the ICBM force was transferred yet again, this time from AFSPC to the newly-established Air Force Global Strike Command ( AFGSC ).

* On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean following instrument failure, making it the deadliest crash in Air France history.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz in an interview with Lara Logan, April 15, 2009

In July 2009, the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base confirmed that DISA will host the Air Force instantiation of the RightNow Technologies ' Commercial off-the-shelf personnel customer service and self-service applications at its Defense Enterprise Computing Centers ( DECC ).

* Up in the Air setting based in Milwaukee ( 2009 )

In May 2008 the two governments agreed a new deal to replace those 36 MiG-29SMT by a new batch of 16 Su-30MKA which meet all requirements of Algerian Air Force, but the issue does not appear to be completely resolved in 2009.

In the PlayStation 3's social gaming platform, PlayStation Home, Red Bull has developed its own in-game island, specifically advertising its energy drink and the Red Bull Air Race event ( for which the space is named ) released in January 2009.

Because of the current access limitations, the 2009 and 2010 Open Air Festivals could not be held.

* terminated certain subsidies for carrying mail were terminated effective January 1, 1986 and Essential Air Service subsidies effective 10 years from enactment ( however, as of 2009, the EAS is still in existence, serving 146 communities in the US );