In 1999, Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, sent camera crews to countries formerly oppressed by the Soviet Union to get acquainted with and introduce the candidates for accession to the European Union. They wanted to find out what hopes the people had for their countries’ EU membership and how they expected it to affect their own lives. […]
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The head of the country’s renewable energy association says it should be possible for heat and power systems to fully switch to renewable sources by 2030, if there is political will. Rene Tammist, director of the Renewable Energy Association, told to Estonian Public Broadcasting that wind energy, supplemented when necessary by imports from Nordic hydroelectric
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The last but one Estonian combat unit in Afghanistan, ESTCOY-16, conducted nine bigger operations in Afghanistan in the area of responsibility of Task Force Helmand since taking over responsibility in mid-May. The longest operation of the nine lasted four days. During operations the soldiers have searched through 344 building complexes and found forbidden objects, such
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The International Arvo Pärt Centre (IAPC), located in Laulasmaa, Estonia, celebrated its third anniversary this summer. It was on 22 June 2010 that the Pärt family established the archive and research centre in Estonia in order to preserve the creative heritage of the composer. The IAPC was deliberately located in Laulasmaa, away from the city,
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Twenty five scientists from Estonian universities belong to the top one per cent of the most cited scientists in the world. Twenty of them are from the University of Tartu. By Kristiina Kruuse The most referenced among them are Risto Näätänen, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Tartu, and Ülo Niinemets, a
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Selection of summer images from around Estonia. Photos by: Fabio Durigon/Gert Holmertz/Liisi Tambur/Harald Lepisk/VisitEstonia/Tallinn Tourism Portal/University of Tartu/Pärnu Hanseatic Days Festival/Lisa & Kristen Dobbin/Hando Nilov/Annika Haas/Aivar Ruukel/Jaak Nilson.
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The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is an annual music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held during the last weekend of July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed, as the small city center is suddenly flooded with people. On average, over 25,000 people attend the concerts every year, but many
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At the recent TED Houses of Parliament event in London, British conductor David Drummond spoke about the Estonian Singing Revolution and also conducted his choir to sing “Mu isamaa on minu arm” (“My Fatherland is My Love”), a much loved patriotic song in Estonia. David Drummond has been director of the London Oriana Choir, one of the
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Estonian World has become the first media outlet to launch a security section dedicated to the defence matters of the Baltic Sea region. In 2007, Estonia faced cyber-attacks that have been widely acknowledged as the world’s first cyber war. At the peak of these attacks, fifty-eight Estonian websites were offline, including those of the government, most
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Group exhibition by Estonian painters opens in Corfu Municipal Art Gallery. “Two-Way Street. Contemporary Estonian Painting” by Vano Allsalu, Mihkel Ilus, Mihkel Maripuu and Jaan Toomik is open from 12 July until 31 July. The exhibition provides an insight into contemporary Estonian painting and creates an opportunity to view it in terms of current international
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