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Ten Estonian researchers among the world’s most influential scientists

By / December 2, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

The newly published Clarivate Analytics list identifies the world’s most influential scientists, including ten researchers related to Estonia, eight of whom work at the University of Tartu. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Clarivate is a company that monitors the world’s research. According to its statute, Clarivate …

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Estonian scientists: a science-based forest management is Estonia’s key contribution to combating climate change

By / November 19, 2020 / 6 minutes of reading

In a joint statement, 23 Estonian scientists say that a science-based forest management is Estonia’s key contribution to combating climate change; Estonian World publishes the statement in full. In the light of the current public debate in Estonia, scientists stress the importance of adopting science-based forestry policies that take into …

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Canadian and Swedish Estonians condemn EKRE ministers’ comments about US elections

By / November 11, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

The Estonian Central Council in Canada and the Association of Estonians in Sweden have issued a statement, condemning the comments by the ministers of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party – also known as EKRE – that undermine Estonia’s security and relations with its Western allies. Estonian World publishes the statement …

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The Estonian American National Council: We are dismayed by EKRE ministers’ comments

By / November 10, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

The Estonian American National Council (EANC), a representative organisation of the Estonian community in the United States, issued a strong statement on 10 November in which they question of whose interests are the Estonian Conservative People’s Party leaders, Mart and Martin Helme, furthering; Estonian World publishes the statement in full. …

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Former leaders: The responsibility for ensuring Estonian national security lies with the prime minister

By / November 9, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

Politicians who don’t share the United States’ and Estonia’s common understanding of democracy, and who disregard the Estonian people’s determined efforts to maintain the relationship between the two countries, can have no place in the Estonian government, according to a joint statement from five former prime ministers and president Toomas …

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The Estonian Foreign Investors’ Council warns against destroying Estonia’s current attractiveness

By / November 2, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

At the end of September, the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications submitted a draft Communications Network Act for public approval – a draft which, in the opinion of the Estonian Foreign Investors Council, does substantial harm to the local investment environment. Heikki Mäki, the chairman of the management …

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Editorial: A new low in Estonia’s politics as an openly homophobic minister neither apologises nor resigns

By / October 23, 2020 / 6 minutes of reading

The Estonian political culture took many steps back from the Nordic countries and closer to the pariahs of the East on 22 October when prime minister Jüri Ratas – a master demagogue – and his populist Centre Party decided to cling to power by backing up the openly homophobic and …

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Gallery: Hundreds rally in support of Estonia’s LGBT community

By / October 20, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

Approximately 250-300 people on 18 October gathered at Tallinn’s Freedom Square in protest against a referendum on the definition of marriage, proposed by the Estonian Conservative People’s Party – also known as EKRE; the populist party, part of the coalition government, wants to define marriage as a union of a …

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The US Library of Congress selects Estonian World for inclusion in its web archives

By / October 20, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

The United States Library of Congress has selected Estonian World for inclusion in its web archives. “We consider your website to be an important part of this collection and the historical record,” the US Library of Congress said in its email where it asked for permission to provide public access …

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