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…
Remembering Estonia’s Second World War refugees
In the autumn of 1944, as the Red Army closed in and renewed Soviet occupation became inevitable, around 80,000 Estonians…
Ülle Madise is elected the next president of Estonia
The Estonian parliament has chosen the country’s long-serving chancellor of justice and one of its leading constitutional lawyers, Ülle Madise,…
Estonia criticised over €261 million in idle venture funds
Estonia transferred hundreds of millions of euros to state-backed venture capital funds before the money could be invested, leaving €261…
The Estonian economy is set for 2.5% growth
Estonia’s economy is emerging from recession, with the Bank of Estonia forecasting growth of about 2.5 per cent this year…
Europe must think bigger to create global technology champions
Fragmented markets and limited access to growth capital risk forcing Europe’s most promising technology companies to look elsewhere, leading Baltic…
Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events this week
12 October 2026 – 18 October 2026 Not sure where to be this week? Every week, in partnership with Gamma,…
The Estonian wooden beer tankard and the brew within
When the landscape offers wood and brewing grain in abundance, what do Estonians do? Fashion the wood into tankards and…
From Finnish radio to Tottenham: Estonian jungle pioneer LU:K makes UK debut
Virko Veskoja discovered Britain’s emerging jungle scene through late-night Finnish radio and recreated its futuristic sound on homemade equipment in…
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….
Estonians increasingly use artificial intelligence
The latest information technology surveys conducted by Statistics Estonia show that the use of artificial intelligence increased significantly in 2026…
Toronto and back in an EV: 1,200 miles without losing my mind
Estonian World’s executive editor, Sten Hankewitz, drove his all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E – affectionately known as his “Pony” – from…
How Norway was able to arrest a Russian state-owned ship in Svalbard
Norway’s arrest of the Russian state-owned vessel Professor Molchanov in Svalbard raises a question of direct relevance to Estonia and…
Russia ordered an arson attack on Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics
Russia’s intelligence services ordered an arson attack on premises used by Milrem Robotics in Tallinn, Estonia’s domestic security agency has…
The US promises to send a new unit to Estonia in November
The United States has told Estonia that it will maintain its rotational military presence in the country, with a new…
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…
Estonia is less religious, but not less spiritual, a survey finds
More than half of Estonian residents do not follow any religion, but many still believe in fate, higher powers, sacred…
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…
Karsten Staehr: Rail Baltica – a predictable failure
Rail Baltica was meant to be the railway that carried the Baltic states into the heart of Europe – instead,…
Editorial: Estonia’s cool opportunity
As much of Western Europe becomes unbearably hot, Estonia has a chance to turn its climate, space and slowness into…
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…
