Silver Tambur

Silver Tambur is the cofounder and publisher of Estonian World. He has previously studied journalism at the University of Tartu, and politics and society at the Birkbeck College, University of London. Silver has been the editor at the Estonian Public Broadcasting’s news service in English, as well as contributing for the Business Sense magazine in the UK, Deutsche Welle and Radio New Zealand. You can also follow him on Twitter and like his page on Facebook. You can write to Silver at silver@estonianworld.com.

A still from the animated film “Eve”. Courtesy of Eesti Joonisfilm/Adriatic Animation.

Estonian animated film “Eve” wins at the European Animation Awards

The animated film “Eve” by Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak has won the Emile Award for best characters and backgrounds in the short animation category at the 2024 European Animation Awards ceremony. The Emile Awards, presented on 23 September at the opening of the Animasyros International Animation Festival in Greece, were established in 2017 by […]

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Äio's team at TalTech's laboratory. Photo by Andrei Ozdoba.

Estonian food tech startup Äio secures €6 million to turn wood into oils

Estonian biotech startup Äio has raised €6.1 million in venture capital to build a demonstration plant in Estonia to produce environmentally friendly oils and fats from wood and agricultural residues as an alternative to conventional oils in the food industry. Founded in 2022 as a spin-off from Tallinn University of Technology – known as TalTech

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One of the Singing Revolution concerts, on 17 June 1988, at the Tallinn Song Festival grounds. Photo by Tõnu Talivee.

Estonia: how the singing revolution sparked independence

Estonia’s path to freedom began with mass singing at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in the summer of 1988; following the pivotal events of the Singing Revolution, Estonia’s journey to independence gained swift momentum. On 11 September 1988, the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds witnessed what was arguably the largest mass gathering in the Estonian capital’s

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A still from "8 Views of Lake Biwa". Photo by Allfilm.

Estonia submits “8 Views of Lake Biwa” for Oscars

The Estonian Film Institute has selected Marko Raat’s feature film “8 Views of Lake Biwa” as its submission for the Best International Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. The movie, filmed near a Russian Old Believers’ village on the shores of Lake Peipus in Estonia, is framed through the Japanese artistic tradition of depicting

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“Singing Revolution: The Musical”, staged at the Broadwater Theatre in Los Angeles in February 2022. Photo by Jenny Graham.

A musical about Estonia’s Singing Revolution to be staged in London

“The Singing Revolution”, a musical about Estonia’s peaceful independence movement, will be presented in a West End showcase at London’s prestigious Savoy Theatre on 5 September. “The Singing Revolution” is a love story inspired by the incredible events of the peaceful Estonian independence movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a nation sang

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Estonia joins the ranks of nuclear research nations

Estonia has officially joined CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, as its 24th member state, becoming the first Baltic country to achieve the full membership status at the world-renowned scientific institution. Estonia’s journey to full membership began in 2018, following a long history of cooperation with CERN that dates back nearly 30 years. Over

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Pactum's founders Kristjan Korjus, Martin Rand and Kaspar Korjus. Photo by Pactum.

Estonian-American AI startup Pactum raises USD20 million

Danish logistics giant Maersk is among the investors in Pactum AI, an Estonian-American automated negotiation startup that has raised USD20 million in Series B investment. Pactum’s AI agents unlock value by conducting thousands of simultaneous negotiations on behalf of large companies with their suppliers, resulting in better deals for both sides. “While the current wave

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Estonian students rank first in Europe in PISA creative thinking test

According to the results of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment 2022 Creative Thinking test, part of the larger PISA study, Estonian students ranked first in Europe and between fifth and eighth in the world. The results were released on 18 June in all participating countries; the study involved 64 countries. The assessment of

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Forty-one per cent of women in Estonia have experienced violence

Statistics Estonia has published the results of the largest and most comprehensive relationship survey in Estonia, which looked at violence against both men and women in intimate relationships and found that 41 per cent of women in Estonia have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime. According to the survey, 39 per cent of women

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