Estonian artist Kaido Ole is to open an exhibit in Moscow, Russia, that will feature his paintings from the 2011-2017 time period. The exhibition will take place from 6-24 September at the Triumph Gallery that focuses on contemporary art and works with major Russian and international artists. The 54-year-old Ole lives and works in Tallinn, […]
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The new International School of Tallinn with close to 20 pupils from more than ten different countries starting their studies in the first year opened in the Estonian capital on 4 September. There are two composite classes in the first year with pupils coming from a variety of countries including Estonia, South Korea, Denmark, USA,
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The West Coast Estonian Days, taking place from 31 August to 4 September, will see several hundreds of visitors celebrating Estonian culture, identity and the upcoming centenary of the republic. The United States hosts one of the most vibrant Estonian expat communities in the world – there are cultural societies, singing choirs and hobby groups
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Zaha Hadid Arcitects, the London-based and internationally renowned architecture and design firm, will draw up the development plans for the Estonian capital’s old harbour. The Port of Tallinn launched an international competition for the Masterplan 2030 for the Tallinn Old City Harbour in 2016 with plans to introduce more urban development in the area, alongside
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According to the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network, Tallinn, the Estonian capital is among the beta level world cities. Since 1998, the geography department of Loughborough University in the United Kingdom has created a bi-annual categorisation of world cities into “Alpha”, “Beta” and “Gamma” tiers, based upon their international connectedness. The university’s think tank, the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network
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Ten years on from the world’s first cyber war, Estonia has become a global cyber security superpower. In 2007, following a disputed relocation of the Soviet-era Bronze Soldier monument, Estonia faced cyber-attacks that have been widely acknowledged as the world’s first cyber war. At the peak of these attacks, fifty-eight Estonian websites were offline at
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A Silicon Valley company, Intertrust Technologies, has acquired the assets of the Estonian-founded geospatial big data service provider, Planet OS. Planet OS, founded by the Estonian technology entrepreneur, Rainer Sternfeld, is a big data infrastructure company for geospatial IoT (Internet of Things), solving the most difficult data discovery, data access and decision support problems for
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The 25th Viljandi Folk Festival more than deserved its theme name, “New and old”. It’s almost inconceivable to think that the Viljandi Folk Festival was started in 1993 – the year when the music scene in Estonia became gradually dominated by poorly written and primitive synth-based local pop, sometimes mockingly called “elf disco”. Yet, the
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Taxify, the Estonian-founded taxi booking startup, announced a strategic partnership with Didi Chuxing, a Beijing-based ride-sharing company. Taxify said in a statement that under the partnership, DiDi will invest in and collaborate with the company to support its further growth and innovation across all markets. “We will utilise this partnership to solidify our position in core markets
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The new characteristics of the Estonian eID-based identity cards will enable the country to launch numerous new e-services. The Estonian eID card system, one of the most advanced in the world, is the basis for all of the digital services that are available in the country. Celebrating its 15 years in service in 2017, the
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