Jonatan Vseviov sets out a new vision for Estonia, but difficult questions remain
Jonatan Vseviov, a former secretary general of Estonia’s foreign ministry who left his post to join the Social Democratic Party…
Estonia to lower the voting age for the EP elections
Estonia will lower the minimum voting age for European Parliament elections from 18 to 16, while reducing the minimum age…
Ülle Madise takes office as Estonia’s president with a call to rebuild trust
Estonia’s new president, Ülle Madise, used her first address to warn that fear, indifference and political hostility were corroding public…
Estonia’s Pipedrive to cut 70% of local workforce as AI disrupts its business model
Estonian-founded software unicorn Pipedrive is preparing to eliminate 267 jobs in Estonia and close offices elsewhere in Europe, in a…
Estonia joins Europe’s top tier for knowledge-intensive jobs
An estimated 9.9 per cent of Estonia’s working-age population is employed in sectors such as technology, advanced services and the…
Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the OECD – again
For the 13th year in a row, Estonia is the country with the most competitive tax code in the Organisation…
Anu Põder’s sculptures take centre stage at Sweden’s Moderna Museet
A major exhibition of the late Estonian artist Anu Põder has opened at Sweden’s Moderna Museet in Malmö, bringing her…
Estonian-American composer Lembit Beecher turns family memory into music
Estonian-American Lembit Beecher grew up speaking Estonian with his mother and English with his father; now the composer, pianist and…
Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events this week
26 October 2026 – 1 November 2026 Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma,…
Updated: a delivery robot runs a red light in Tallinn, Estonia, injuring bus passengers
A delivery robot ran onto a pedestrian crossing against a red light in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, on Monday evening,…
Estonia has the freest internet in the world
According to the Freedom on the Net 2026 index, compiled by Freedom House, Estonia has the freest internet in the…
How the sinking of MS Estonia changed passenger ships forever
On 28 September 1994, the ferry Estonia vanished into the Baltic Sea, and passenger shipping has never been the same….
Updates: Russia’s war against Ukraine – Estonian perspective
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Estonian World brings you the latest reactions from Estonia. For updates…
Estonia to liberalise its firearms’ policies
The Estonian parliament has adopted amendments to the Weapons Act that simplify the acquisition, possession and use of firearms, reducing…
NATO chief says there is no imminent military threat to alliance
The secretary-general of NATO, Mark Rutte, urged Europe to strengthen its conventional defences and called for faster advances in drone…
The book that helped shape the Estonian language
In 1739, the Bible was published in Estonian; it helped establish North Estonian as the dominant written standard and shaped…
How Estonia brought the white-tailed eagle back from the brink
In less than half a century, Estonia’s white-tailed eagle has risen from near-extinction to a population of about 300 breeding…
Estonia remains among the world’s best education systems in PISA 2025 – but reading scores fall
Estonia remains among the world’s top 10 education systems, according to the OECD’s latest PISA results; its 15-year-olds outperformed the…
Jaak Treiman: how Estonia’s presidents have made a small country heard
After four decades as Estonia’s honorary consul, Jaak Treiman reflects on how the country’s presidents have built its influence abroad…
Amir Naser Hojati: EstLink 2 exposed a gap in Europe’s infrastructure resilience
The six-month outage of the Estonia–Finland power link showed that resilience depends on more than spare equipment: Europe must be…
Ülle Madise: When did we stop fighting for Estonia’s future and start fighting one another?
In the address she delivered shortly before the Estonian parliament elected her president on 2 September 2026, Ülle Madise urged…
Ingrid Lukas: “Words tell a story – but the sound tells the truth”
She was five when she joined the Baltic Way, too young to understand its politics but old enough to feel…
How Ando Kiviberg turned the Viljandi Folk Music Festival into an Estonian institution
Musician, former mayor and self-styled “chief” Ando Kiviberg has spent three decades turning a fledgling folk gathering into one of…
One river, 12 paintings: Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro
Every month for a year, Keili Major returns to the same spot on the Tanaro river and paints it –…
Gallery: The Baltic Way in pictures
On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from…
A salon in the wilderness: Kikumu 2026 – in pictures
Cinema in a century-old manor, contemporary art inside a modernist landmark and music beside the lake: the second Kikumu festival…
Gallery: Street artists bring dozens of new works to Tartu at the Stencibility festival
The 17th International Street Art Festival Stencibility filled the streets of Tartu, Estonia, with more than 30 new works, turning…
From a Tallinn tower block to the world stage: film traces Arvo Pärt’s journey
A new Deutsche Welle documentary explores how Soviet repression, exile and spiritual searching helped shape the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt’s…
Watch live: Lennart Meri Conference 2026 in Tallinn
Estonian World is providing live coverage of the Lennart Meri Conference 2026, which brings global leaders, diplomats, defence experts and…
Video: Team Rowtalia rows into Antigua, completing Estonia’s first Atlantic crossing
Four Estonians competing as Team Rowtalia arrived in Antigua just after 1pm Estonian time, completing an unassisted Atlantic crossing in…