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Pärt, Kaljuste, Järvi among the nominees of the Grammy Awards 2014 (video)

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Composer Arvo Pärt and conductors Neeme Järvi and Tõnu Kaljuste are among the nominees of the Grammy Awards 2014. Composer Arvo Pärt’s album “Adam’s Lament” has been nominated in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category. Recorded with Pärt’s active participation in the resonant 13th-century church of St. Nicholas in Tallinn, that surrounds the singing with a […]

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Performance of Estonian students among world’s best – PISA study

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The scholastic performance of Estonian 15-year-old students is among the best in the world and Europe, results of the international worldwide study Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show. In science Estonia shares the first and second place in Europe with Finland, and among the 65 countries surveyed around the world, Estonian students placed between

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An Estonian-invented robot turtle will help underwater archaeologists inspect shipwrecks (video)

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The Robot Safari exhibition at the London Science Museum will see the world premiere of the Estonian-invented underwater robot, u-CAT, a highly manoeuvrable robot turtle, designed to penetrate shipwrecks. The u-CAT’s locomotion principle is similar to sea turtles. Independently driven four flippers make the robot highly manoeuvrable – it can swim forward and backward, up and

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Estonians join the Scandinavian Christmas market in London

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The Estonian expat community in London, led by the Estonian Guild and supported by the Estonian Embassy in London, joins the Scandinavian Christmas market, held next to the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe, southeast London. A range of Estonian food and drink companies, including the biggest and oldest confectionery company Kalev, food and wine

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Estonian-Georgian film Mandariinid (Tangerines) wins prizes in Germany (video)

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The Estonian-Georgian film, Mandariinid (Tangerines), won two prizes at the 62nd International Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival. The film took home the Special Award of the Jury and the Audience Award; in addition it was named a potential German cinema distribution favourite, the Estonian Film Institute said. The jury was headed by the Hungarian movie director and

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University of Tartu researchers receive a European award

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Young researchers Karlis Zalite, Kaupo Voormansik and Kalev Koppel from the University of Tartu received the Copernicus Masters innovation competition DLR Environmental Challenge award with their project, “Urban Analyser – Your City Development Tool”. The winning project allows people to see population changes, the number of new buildings, built-up area animations with fine time-steps and

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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to form Baltic Battalion

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Estonian Defense Ministry has released details of a planned joint battalion between Estonian, Latvia and Lithuanian forces, which would begin operating within NATO in 2016. The Baltic Battalion would consist of Estonia’s Scouts Battalion as well as infantry companies, anti-tank units, military police, and air traffic controllers from Latvia and Lithuania. The unit will be

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Estonian startup Weekdone raises US$200,000 in investment

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An Estonian software startup Weekdone has raised US$200,000 in new funding from a group of investors led by KIMA Ventures. The investment round also included existing investors – the founding engineer and chief architect of Skype and Kazaa, Ahti Heinla; Rubylight venture fund; and Taavi Lepmets, a former backer of Odnoklassniki, Russia’s largest social network.

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Estonian startup Plumbr raises US$1 million in investment

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Estonian startup Plumbr, a company that helps its clients predict and avoid software failures, has closed a US$1 million seed round, led by London-based investor Matt Arnold and attracting other investors, such as the former head of Skype Estonia, Sten Tamkivi, and the founders of a mobile payment company, Fortumo. Tamkivi said that Plumbr was

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EstDocs 2013: showcasing new filmmaking talent and binding diaspora Estonians

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EstDocs 2013, the annual Estonian documentary film festival and competition in Toronto, has come to its conclusion. Already in its 9th year, the festival drew in over 1,500 audience members to witness Estonian filmmaking talent, old and new, on the big screen in venues across the city. The Jury Award went to Heilika Pikkov’s “Flowers

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