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.

The University of Tartu to lead six Estonian research centres of excellence

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Over the next seven years, the Estonian government will fund ten Centres of Excellence to address scientific issues of importance to Estonia, with the University of Tartu leading six of them and participating as a partner in all other Centres of Excellence that are starting work. The Centres of Excellence bring together high-level research teams […]

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The Estonian parliament issues statement in support of Israel

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The Estonian parliament has condemned the terrorist attacks by Hamas and the war launched by Hamas against Israel. In the statement, 78 members of the parliament (out of 101) point out that “there can be no justification for the murder of civilians, the taking of hostages and attacks on civilian objects” and underline that, according

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Tallinn Christmas market. Photo by Kaupo Kalda.

The Tallinn Christmas Market among the best in the world – the Financial Times

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The Financial Times has named the Tallinn Christmas Market one of the world’s top ten, while Conde Nast Traveler, CNN and The Times have all named it one of the best markets in Europe. The British business newspaper listed what it considers the world’s best Christmas markets – “where to stock up on stollen, glögg,

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Arvo Pärt, Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at the Carnegie Hall in New York in 2014. Photo by Eleri Ever.

ECM releases Arvo Pärt’s new album Tractus

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The German record label ECM has released Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s latest original album Tractus, featuring his latest work performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and soprano Maria Listra under the baton of conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; the US National Public Radio has named Tractus one of the ten best classical

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Estonia’s Milrem to develop robotic systems with the Ukrainian defence industry

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Estonian robotics and autonomous systems developer Milrem Robotics and the Ukrainian Defence Industry, which consolidates national defence industry companies, signed an agreement in Kyiv to start forging next-generation multi-domain robotic defence systems. As a first step, the parties will begin working together to identify Ukraine’s requirements and use cases for robotic systems that can enhance

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Estonia’s “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” wins the best documentary at European Film Awards

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Anna Hints’ “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”, a documentary about women who come together in the protective darkness of a smoke sauna in southern Estonia, won the best documentary award at the European Film Awards on 9 December in Berlin, Germany. “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” (“Savusanna Sõsarad” in Estonian), a collaboration between the Estonian, French and Icelandic production

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Estonian high school students. Photo by Aivo Kallas.

PISA: Estonian 15-year-olds top the European knowledge scoreboard

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According to the PISA 2022 education survey, Estonia’s 15-year-olds are the absolute leaders in knowledge and skills in Europe and among the top eight in the world, together with leading Asian nations. In Europe, Estonia is tied with Switzerland for first and second place in mathematics, tied with Ireland for first and second place in

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Estonia to be the guest of honour at the 2025 Bologna International Children’s Book Fair

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Estonia has the opportunity to introduce its children’s literature to a wider audience at one of the oldest and largest children’s literature fairs. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, held annually since 1963 in Bologna, Italy, is one of the leading professional fairs for children’s books. It is the meeting place for all professionals involved with creating

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Estonia hosts NATO’s flagship cyber defence exercise

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The annual exercise Cyber Coalition, NATO’s flagship cyber defence exercise and one of the largest in the world, has begun in Tallinn, Estonia, and will continue until 1 December.  The 2023 iteration aims to enhance the NATO and its partners’ resilience to cyber threats and their ability to conduct cyber operations together. The exercise is

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The Estonian consulate general in New York City is located in this building at 305 E 47th Street.

Parliament committee: Estonia should keep its consulates in the US open

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The foreign affairs committee of the Estonian parliament finds that the diplomatic representation of Estonia in the United States should not be reduced, proposing to the country’s foreign ministry to revoke the decision to close the consulates general in New York and San Francisco. The Estonian foreign ministry announced in September that it would close

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