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.

Anti-Jewish leaflets distributed in Tallinn, people arrested for chanting Hamas slogans at protest

Anti-Jewish leaflets were distributed on the windscreens of cars in the Tallinn city centre on 7 November; two days before, five protesters were arrested for chanting Hamas’ slogans at the demonstration protesting against Israel’s war against the terrorist group in Gaza. On 7 November, several people in the Estonian capital were shocked to find leaflets […]

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Estonian conductor Maria Seletskaja becomes the music director of the English National Ballet

Estonian Maria Seletskaja, a former ballet dancer turned conductor, has been appointed the new music director of the English National Ballet. Seletskaja will work closely with Aaron S. Watkin, the artistic director of the institution, in overseeing the creative direction and quality of music at the English National Ballet and the English National Ballet Philharmonic.

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Estonia celebrates the Finno-Ugric Peoples’ Day

Estonia is celebrating the Finno-Ugric Peoples’ Day, also called the Tribal Day, in a nod to the country’s Finno-Ugric roots on the third Saturday every October; the theme of this year’s Tribal Day is “Courage”, referring to difficult times and the courage to persevere. Based on a decision of the fourth Finno-Ugric Cultural Congress in 1931,

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Rail Baltic to go ahead

€230 million is allocated for the construction of Rail Baltic’s main route in Estonia from 2024-2027; the project aims to link Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with a high-speed railway, but it’s behind the schedule, prompting a scepticism about the future of the venture. A financing agreement was signed on 17 October, allocating €196 million

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The Estonian Lutheran Church: The clergy can only officiate a marriage of a man and a woman

The Episcopal Council of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church decided on 17 October that the clergy of the Lutheran Church, who have the right to officiate marriages on behalf of the state, may only officiate a marriage between a man and a woman. According to the council’s decision, the clergy may continue to officiate marriages

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Estonia signs a deal with Turkey to buy 230 armoured vehicles

The Estonian National Defence Investment Centre on 18 October signed contracts with Turkish manufacturers Nurol Makina and Otokar to purchase around 230 armoured vehicles for the Estonian Defence Forces, as well as four vehicles for the Estonian Police and Rescue Board’s mine clearance department. “The purpose of the armoured vehicles is to protect the members

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Pictures: Estonian projects nominated for the 2024 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture

Six new architectural projects from Estonia have been nominated for the 2024 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. A total of 362 works from 38 different European countries are nominated for the 2024 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe on 13 October announced. Six new projects from Estonia

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Estonian police wins the Europol innovation award

The Estonian Police and Border Guard has won the Europol Excellence Award in Innovation for a narcotic analyser called the Drug Hunter, developed together with the researchers from Tallinn University of Technology. The analyser, called the Drug Hunter, is a novel and fast technical solution for rapid drug detection. While rapid saliva or urine-based tests

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