Recycling as a way of life for Estonians
Recycling is a hot topic these days: it keeps the planet cleaner and is also a great way to save…
A report: the ferry Estonia was not seaworthy
The intermediate report of the preliminary assessment of the ferry Estonia, presented by the safety investigation authorities of Estonia, Finland…
Tallinn becomes the European “green capital” of 2023
The Estonian capital, Tallinn, has become the “European green capital 2023”; the title was handed over by Virginijus Sinkevičius, the…
The most attractive employers in Estonia
According to job hunting portal cvkeskus.ee, the most attractive employer in Estonia in 2022 was LHV Bank, followed by the…
A million-euro investment up for grabs at Estonia’s Latitude59 conference
Startups can compete for an investment of up to one million euros at the startup conference Latitude59, due to take…
World’s biggest cryptocurrency payment company is run from Tallinn
CoinsPaid is a Tallinn, Estonia-based cryptocurrency processing company, currently the world leader in its field; its payment system helps any…
Estonian diaspora choirs and dance groups to participate at the Youth Song and Dance Celebration
Silver Lumi directs the Estonian Children’s Choir in Helsinki with a sense of mission to preserve the culture, that can…
Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer
The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has become the most performed living composer in the world again; in 2019, he was…
Rael Kõiv: I carry Estonian nature with me wherever I go
Rael Kõiv, a Tallinn and London-based Estonian musician and composer, talked to Estonian World about her new album, “Return to…
World’s biggest cryptocurrency payment company is run from Tallinn
CoinsPaid is a Tallinn, Estonia-based cryptocurrency processing company, currently the world leader in its field; its payment system helps any…
Estonia to have two new research centres
Two international research consortia, led by the University of Tartu, received €30 million from the European Commission for the development…
How the Estonian researchers invented the best supercapacitor
Decades of work and collaboration led to a green energy storage solution – Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson…
Estonia calls a snap defence readiness exercise
The Estonian government on 26 January approved the defence readiness exercise Okas (Quill) where 830 members of territorial defence units…
Russia expels the Estonian ambassador
The Estonian ambassador to Moscow, Margus Laidre has been told to leave Russia on 7 February, the Russian foreign ministry…
Updates: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – reactions in Estonia
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Estonian World brings you the latest reactions from Estonia – one…
Estonia to have two new research centres
Two international research consortia, led by the University of Tartu, received €30 million from the European Commission for the development…
Podcast: Disability rights in Estonia
The Tallinn University Podcast with Terry McDonald seeks to shed light on the research and activism taking place in Estonia; in…
How the Estonian researchers invented the best supercapacitor
Decades of work and collaboration led to a green energy storage solution – Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson…
Sten Hankewitz: Receiving a parcel in Estonia from outside the EU – it’s treated as an offence
The Estonian postal and customs system deliberately makes receiving parcels from outside of the EU difficult – and for no…
Martin Herem: Russia’s defeat in Ukraine won’t put an end to danger we face
However Russia ends the aggression against Ukraine, its hatred and its need for revenge, and the conviction in its own…
Estonians should not be afraid to lead internationally
Aure, a 28-year-old blogger from Belgium, analyses how the Ukrainian war inverted the power dynamics in the European Union: Estonians,…
Rael Kõiv: I carry Estonian nature with me wherever I go
Rael Kõiv, a Tallinn and London-based Estonian musician and composer, talked to Estonian World about her new album, “Return to…
Edgar Savisaar, a legendary Estonian politician, dies
Edgar Savisaar, one of the leaders of the Estonian independence movement in the late 1980s as well as the head…
Politico picks Estonia’s Kaja Kallas as one of the most influential people in Europe
Politico, the American-born international current affairs magazine, has picked the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, as one of the most…
Pictures: The UK deploys Chinook helicopters to Estonia
The UK’s Royal Air Force has deployed several Chinook helicopters to Estonia as part of an agreement between the two…
Pictures: Rishi Sunak and Kaja Kallas serve a Christmas dinner to the NATO troops in Estonia
The British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and his Estonian counterpart, Kaja Kallas, participated in a defence summit in Riga, Latvia,…
Pictures: A former Tallinn prison to be turned into a business and leisure centre
The Patarei Sea Fortress, a former notorious prison by the Tallinn seaside, will be turned into business and event centre…
Video: Skiers on the streets of Tallinn’s Old Town
The Estonian capital has seen so much snow in recent days that skiers are now having fun right on the…
Live: A virtual forum for Estonians worldwide
The Estonian foreign ministry holds a virtual forum for Estonians worldwide on 3 December; Estonian World will live broadcast the…
Video: Conductor Paavo Järvi discusses his life and work
In an interview conducted by the Living the Classical Life videocast, Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi discusses his musical beginnings, the…