Narva: Estonia’s next big success story?
Station Narva, the first edition of the music and city culture festival in Estonia’s third largest town, kicks off on 21 September; Estonian World caught […]
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30 years since the most important Singing Revolution concert
On 11 September 1988, an estimated 300,000 people gathered at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds to listen speeches by the Estonian independence movement activists and
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The Estonian Institute launches a new programme to integrate newcomers
The Estonian Institute, a non-governmental organisation that promotes Estonian culture, will start a new project called “Culture Step”, aimed at English and Russian-speaking residents in
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A high-ranking Estonian defence officer arrested for treason
Deniss Metsavas, a former officer in the Estonian Defence Forces, has been arrested in Estonia on suspicion of passing state secrets to the GRU, the
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Estonia joins the European supercomputer programme
Estonia has become the 21st European country to sign the European declaration on high-performance computing with the aim to pool European and national resources to
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A memorial to the victims of communism opens in Estonia
A memorial to the victims of communism has been opened in the Estonian capital, Tallinn; the memorial is dedicated to all the people of Estonia
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The Hiroshima International Animation Festival to have a special Estonia focus
The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, held biennially in the namesake Japanese city, is to have an intensive focus on Estonian animation this year. The festival
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Estonia sends a drama about fatherhood to join the Oscar race
Estonia has submitted Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo’s drama, “Take It or Leave It”, as the country’s submission for the foreign language Academy Award. The film is about a
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Say hello to a Japanese manga character called Estonia
“Hetalia: Axis Powers” (Japanese: ヘタリア), a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, features a male character called Estonia. Created by manga artist Hidekaz Himaruya and having had
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Estonian descendant Nicole Aunapu Mann selected for American space flights
Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, whose grandfather was Estonian, is due to take her first space flight onboard the Boeing Starliner. NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and
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