Helen Külvik, who lives in the small village of Obinitsa in Setomaa – a home of Estonia’s ethnic Seto minority – gives an overview of the local life, culture and customs. This is an edited version of the article originally published in Hear It From Locals magazine. Helen Külvik, a …
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Estonian World had yet another record year in 2019, but we need your ongoing support to sustain the independent media outlet – please consider helping us in our efforts. First, we want to use the opportunity and wish all the best to all our readers and thank those 224 people …
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Estonian World has a long history in compiling lists of top Estonians for pretty much any occasion. 2019 was a volatile year in the world, in Estonia and for Estonians globally, so this year, our editors decided to put together a list of Estonians who stood out in their field …
Estonia’s only ancient forest in Järvselja hosts a research station, led by Steffen Noe, a senior researcher at University of Life Sciences. One of his research interests is how the forest affects the atmosphere and vice versa. What is his story and why did a German citizen decide to move to Estonia 15 …
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Estonian language technologists from the University of Tartu are helping improve the flexibility and quality of Mozilla’s new translation programme, Bergamot. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Recently, news of Mozilla’s new translation programme, Bergamot, spread through international technology news portals. Few know the high-level team also …
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The newly published Clarivate Analytics list identifies more than 6,200 of the world’s most influential scientists, including nine researchers from Estonia. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Seven of the Estonian researchers on the list work at the University of Tartu, one at the Estonian University of …
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Do bears have as good a life in Estonia as we think? A doctoral student at the University of Tartu, Peeter Anijalg, explains why we need Russian bears; what happened to Estonian bears during the bottleneck a century ago; where Estonian bears take refuge in tough times, and why genetic diversity …
Precipitation extremes that lead to floods or droughts are related to the severest damages to human activities in nearly all regions of the world – what will our weather be like in the future? Jüri Kamenik, a lecturer of climatology and meteorology at Tallinn University has got some answers. This …
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The Estonian digital society, dubbed as e-Estonia, has witnessed many attackers in the past, not least the cyber-attacks originating from Russia in 2007; on 20 November, however, it had to briefly concede to unexpected warriors – rats. Estonia is rightly proud of its digital services. You can pretty much do …
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The Estonishing Evenings event series, supported by Estonian World, continues in Tallinn on 25 November, this time taking a closer look at a more serious topic in the Estonian society – racism and hate crimes. Estonia’s current penal code is futile against hate speech for its wording requires words to …
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