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 […]
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.
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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€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 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
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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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
A man with dual Estonian-Israeli citizenship was killed in the terror attacks launched by Hamas in Israel near Gaza last weekend. The Estonian foreign ministry announced the death on 12 October. “I was deeply saddened to hear the shocking news about the death of an Estonian citizen in the terror attack against Israel near Gaza.
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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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An Estonian student satellite, called ESTCube-2, was on 9 October transported to orbit onboard the European Space Agency’s Vega launcher. The Vega launcher, carrying 10 satellites, including the Estonian ESTCube-2 student satellite, took off towards the orbit from French Guiana at 4:36 AM on 9 October. Researchers at the Tartu Observatory of the University of
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