There are many ways to celebrate Christmas…One of our readers, Carmen Ceka, spent the Christmas Day with friends by Viimsi seaside, near Tallinn. We loved their idea so much that we decided to share it with you. “All of my friends who gathered together to celebrate Christmas, now live outside Estonia. But the festive season […]
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Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus. The frontier location of Narva is the most characteristic feature of both the past and the present of the town. The historic border has been running there since the Middle Ages, along
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Economic growth of 3 per cent in the eurozone? It sounds like a statistical error at a time when the common currency area is braced for a 0.4 per cent drop. But Estonia is set to record a 3 per cent expansion in 2012, nearly double the government’s forecast at the start of the year.
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In recent years, Estonia has developed a notable start-up ecosystem. How can others benefit from Estonia’s booming startup economy? Estonia has been said to produce more start-ups than any other country in Europe per capita. In addition to Skype’s success story, there are many new companies which have taken the world as well – amongst them GrabCad, Transferwise, ZeroTurnaround, Fortumo, Pipedrive and Click&Grow. How
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Estonia’s national ID card has now been used to give 100 million digital signatures. Since 2002, 1.6 million chip-enabled identity cards have been issued and around 500,000 card holders have used its electronic functions to give e-signatures or authenticate their identity – the latter has occurred 164 million times. One hundred million digital signatures is
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Estonian architects Maarja Kask (33), Karli Luik (35) and Ralf Lõoke (34) from the Tallinn-based practice Salto have built the world’s longest trampoline in a Russian forest, submitted as part of an arts festival. The trampoline, called „Fast Track“, is 51 metres long and made of black rubber. According to the young architects behind this
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Tallinn’s Christmas market has been running since 1991 and gone from strength to strength. Considered among the Europe’s finest, the Town Hall Square becomes a romantic and atmospheric place where the local merchants sell a range of Estonian arts and crafts, as well as mulled wine and traditional food. Once you have slowly walked through
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Agricultural efficiency startup VitalFields has successfully raised a €250,000 seed investment from venture investors. The company focuses on increasing the productivity of farmers by offering a field based weather forecast, plan disease forecasting and farm efficiency analysis. VitalFields said that their system is already used by hundreds of farmers in Europe. The investment will enable to
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Kadri Voorand is an up-and-coming Estonian jazz singer. Voorand grew up in the environment filled with folk music and tradition. She sang, danced and played violin since early childhood in her mother’s folk ensemble, where her task was from the beginning the improvise, to fill the melodies or keep the rhythm. When she was 5
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GameFounders, the first startup accelerator in Europe that is purely focused on gaming and gamified apps, was founded this year by Estonians Kadri Ugand, Lauri Antalainen, Sven Illing, and American Paul Bragiel. The accelerator, co-financed by the Startup Estonia program (itself co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund) offers starting game companies startup capital in
