Elina Nechayeva, an Estonian soprano, will represent her country at the 2018 Eurovision song contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Nechayeva’s song, “La forza”, was a favourite to win the local contest, Eesti Laul, long before the combination of a jury and a public vote decided its fate at the televised concert in Tallinn on 3 March. […]
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In a wide-ranging interview with Estonian World, the Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, said that a small country like Estonia only has one natural resource and it is located between our ears; and therefore, education that is accessible to all children is a good thing that the country must keep. Kersti Kaljulaid, who was elected by
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Mart Taniel has received the American Society of Cinematographers’ Spotlight Award for his work as the cinematographer of the Estonian movie, “November”. The award is one of the highest honours given out by the members the American Society of Cinematographers. The award was given to Taniel by cinematographer and the society’s president, John Bailey, who
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Using bicycles, vintage cars, motorcycles and tractors in a short road movie, several hundred of Latvians from different towns and villages joined in and personally forwarded their good wishes to Estonians by delivering a “birthday cake” across the border. “We thought of a way how our people could send Latvian birthday greetings to their neighbours
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Despite its small size, Estonia has done remarkably well in the history of the Olympics; it is the 151st country by the size of its population, but 27th by the number of gold medals in the winter Olympics. The twenty-two athletes, who have been selected to represent Estonia in the winter Olympics 2018, in Pyeongchang,
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Estonia has opened an e-residency collection centre in Seoul, South Korea, that will help Korean entrepreneurs more easily enter the EU market without leaving the country. The centre was opened by the Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, who’s visiting the country. As part of her visit, the two countries also agreed on new trade and technology
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Estonia’s LHV Bank is to open a branch in London, the UK, after the Financial Conduct Authority granted it an operating licence. LHV will open the branch to develop its business line. The UK branch will allow it to join the pound payments system and provide financial intermediaries with a real-time payment service in both
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The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and its honorary principal conductor, Neeme Järvi, are to perform in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan; in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi; and in the Georgian town of Batumi by the Black Sea as part of the Estonia’s centennial celebrations. The performances are given to introduce the Estonian culture to
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The Estonian-founded global clean-up initiative, Let’s Do It! World, aims to bring together 150 countries from all over the world for a massive waste clean-up on 15 September. The Let’s Do It! movement, which started in Estonia in 2008 when 50,000 people came together and cleaned up the entire country in five hours, has since
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An image of the winter scenery in Prandi Springs in Estonia has been commended by the Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition, a prestigious international photography contest. A picture taken by Jaak Sarv in Prandi Springs, Järva county in Estonia, was “highly commended” by the international photography competition. The competition, which on its seventh year
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