According to the United Nations’ data on drugs, Estonia is among the top 30 nations for marijuana consumption. Despite the ultra-orthodox public thinking on all kind of drugs and fierce opposition for legalising cannabis by most Estonian politicians, officially 6% of the country’s population regularly smoke weed. With this number, Estonia is 28th biggest marijuana […]
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The Estonian team won the women’s épée battle at the World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, beating China. Team Estonia emerged victorious in the German town of Leipzig that hosted the most important fencing event in the world. The Estonian épée fencers – Irina Embrich, Julia Beljayeva, Kristina Kuusk and Erika Kirpu – demonstrated some power
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The Estonian-Finnish film, “The Fencer”, premieres in New York on 21 July and runs until 1 September. Distributed by the California Film Institute, “The Fencer” will be screened at 16 cinemas across the United States. The opening night is on 21 July in New York City, where the film will be shown at the Angelika
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According to a report by the World Economic Forum, Estonia is globally among the safest countries to visit. The World Economic Forum has, for the past 11 years, engaged leaders in travel and tourism to carry out in-depth analysis of the industry’s competitiveness in 136 economies across the world. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index
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A Kihnu-themed exhibition has opened in London, presenting images taken by the French photographer, Jérémie Jung, that portray the cultural heritage in the Estonian island. Since 2003, when UNESCO proclaimed Kihnu’s cultural space and traditions as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, an international interest in the island, lying just over ten kilometres
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Estonia has joined the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats – three months after the centre was established in Helsinki and following a domestic criticism of missing out. The main activity of the centre, which will commence its work in the second half of 2017, is developing strategic level dialogue and consultation between
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Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is to start selling the Estonian war film, “1944”, on DVD. The movie’s US distributor, Film Movement, announced “1944” will hit the Walmart stores on 1 August. “Walmart will sell it exclusively for 60 days and then it will go to other accounts as well,” Michael Rosenberg, the president of
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As the United States celebrates Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776, the date on which the country formally separated from the British Empire, it’s timely to send good wishes from Estonia and be grateful for the American support throughout the years. On 4 July, 1776, there were
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Almost 40,000 young singers and dancers gather to the Estonian capital to take part in the 12th Youth Song and Dance Celebration, lauding the connection between the younger generation, their homeland, their culture and the older generation – their roots. The tradition of the Estonian song celebrations dates back to 1869 and has for long
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According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject, the Estonian University of Life Sciences is one of the top 100 universities in the world in the field of agriculture and forestry. Published by the international consultation company, Quacquarelli Symonds, the QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s universities by 46 subjects. The
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