Big 7 Travel, a Hong Kong-based global travel site, listed “50 best places for remote working in 2021”, crowning the Estonian capital, Tallinn, in the top spot. “It’s no surprise that the world of remote workers and digital nomads is growing at a rapid rate. With more and more yearning …
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Jüri Ratas, the Estonian prime minister and the head of the Centre Party, has resigned, following the party’s suspected criminal involvement in a corruption case, bringing an end to the current coalition government; On 14 January, the Estonian president nominated the opposition leader Kaja Kallas as the candidate for new …
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In 2020, the NATO-allied air forces in Europe scrambled around 350 times to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching the alliance’s airspace – including 48 times by the NATO jets based at Estonia’s Ämari Air Base. The NATO headquarters said in a statement that the alliance’s aircraft were scrambled more than …
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A museum of forbidden literature has opened in the Old Town of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia; the aim of the museum is to present banned, burned or censored books to the general public from different parts of the world. “In the museum, books from different parts of the world …
A group of Estonian singers are due to sing at a concert on Christmas Eve to support Tartu Maarja Church renovation; the concert will be broadcast on a television and viewers are encouraged to make donations. The Estonian Church Foundation and an Estonian television channel, Kanal 2, will on Christmas …
“Chasing Unicorns”, directed by Estonian startup entrepreneur Rain Rannu – the founder of Fortumo – is now available to watch on Amazon Prime and other online platforms around the world. The semi-satirical story, “Chasing Unicorns” (“Ükssarvik” in Estonian), is told from the perspective of Õie, a young woman from rural …
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The Swedish government said on 18 December it would allow a new underwater examination of MS Estonia; the ferry sank in the Baltic sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives. Sweden’s government decision follows the screening of a new footage that revealed a wide hole in the ferry’s hull, …
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Two brand new patrol boats, christened Risto and Roland, have been handed over to the Estonian Navy – the first ones built in post-Soviet occupation independent Estonia. Built by the Saaremaa-based Estonian company, Baltic Workboats, the patrol boats are meant to ensure the military protection of NATO and its partner countries’ …
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On the first Sunday of Advent, lights were lit on the Christmas tree and the brand new ice rink at Town Hall Square in Tartu, Estonia’s second-largest town. The Village of Light, with its cosy surroundings, awaits residents and visitors of Tartu to spend Christmas time in the town centre. …
Tartu, Estonia’s second-largest town, is planning to consume only green electricity from 2021. In 2015, Tartu’s local authority established an action plan for the town’s sustainable energy economy, the strategic goal of which is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions related to energy consumption. Based on this goal, Tartu will conclude …
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