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Estonian World is a global independent online magazine, founded in London in 2012 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The magazine has editorial representations in London, Boston, Los Angeles and Tallinn, and contributors all over the world, on every continent. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Estonian cloud synchronisation startup Cloutex raises US$600,000 in seed round funding

There’s a new kid on the block – the Estonian tech startup scene. Cloutex, which launched its service in spring 2013, has closed a US$600,000 seed round from United Partners, SmartCap and EstBan business angels. The former Skype Estonia General Manager and angel investor, Tiit Paananen, is also part of the round. Cloutex, set up by Estonian Peeter

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Estonian-founded, US-based open engineering platform GrabCAD hits million members

Estonian-founded and Massachusetts-based open engineering platform GrabCAD has passed the 1,000,000 member mark. GrabCAD is an open engineering platform that allows engineers and non-engineers to collaborate and edit 2D and 3D CAD (computer aided design) models online. The company was founded in Estonia in 2009 by two young Estonian mechanical engineers, Hardi Meybaum (CEO) and Indrek Narusk, who

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Estonian World’s dozen most popular original stories in 2013

We have compiled a dozen of the most popular original stories published by EstonianWorld in 2013, in no particular order. Here they are, in case you’ve missed any of them. I Tallinn named one of Top 7 Intelligent Communities in the world Intelligent Community Forum named the world’s Top 7 Intelligent Communities, all with a

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Estonia and Finland become first in the world to digitally sign international agreement

The prime ministers of Finland and Estonia, Jyri Katainen and Andrus Ansip, have concluded the world’s first known digitally signed intergovernmental agreement focusing on common development of e-services between the two neighbours. While remaining in their respective offices in Helsinki and Tallinn and using ID cards, the prime ministers signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

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Video: A song written by Estonian artist Kerli becomes UK’s Christmas number one

“Skyscraper”, a song originally written by the Estonian recording artist Kerli Kõiv with Toby Gad and Lindy Robbins in 2011, and in 2013 re-recorded and sung by British singer Sam Bailey, has become the Christmas No. 1 in the United Kingdom. The battle for Christmas number one is traditionally fiercely fought in Britain and the

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Expats corner: Adrienne Warren from the United States

In “Expats corner” we catch up with foreigners who live or have lived in Estonia, to find out what they really think of the country. Adrienne Warren is a Tallinn-based research journalist, working for Warsaw-based portal Eastbook.eu. Adrienne, what brought you to Estonia? I originally came to Estonia for university, to study International Relations at Tallinn Technical

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Military conflict in the Baltics – the worst-case scenario

It has been suggested that in the scenario of a hypothetical Russia’s attack on the Baltic States, it would commence with an attack on Lithuania, not Estonia or Latvia. The Lithuania Tribune recently presented an overview of the possible attack, based on Lithuania’s defence analyst Aleksandras Matonis’ analysis. The original article can be found here. At

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