Silver Tambur

Silver Tambur is the cofounder and publisher of Estonian World. He has previously studied journalism at the University of Tartu, and politics and society at the Birkbeck College, University of London. Silver has been the editor at the Estonian Public Broadcasting’s news service in English, as well as contributing for the Business Sense magazine in the UK, Deutsche Welle and Radio New Zealand. You can also follow him on Twitter and like his page on Facebook. You can write to Silver at silver@estonianworld.com.

A new documentary highlights the challenges facing Kihnu island

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The Estonian island of Kihnu, famous for its distinctive identity and traditional costumes, faces population decline and a new documentary, Meite Kodo (Our Home), draws attention to these issues. Kihnu is a well-known island among Estonians, partly for its odd yet very interesting traditions, the inhabitants’ sense of strong community and their own dialect which […]

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The Estonian Academy of Arts breaks into world’s top 200

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For the first time, the Estonian Academy of Arts is among the world’s top 200 art and design universities. The only public university in Estonia offering higher education in the fine arts, design, architecture, media, visual studies, art culture, cultural heritage and conservation is placed at the 151-200 ranking among the world’s top 200 art

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Estonian culture introduced in three Hungarian cities

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A week full of Estonian cultural events is taking place from 14-26 March in three Hungarian cities – Budapest, Debrecen and Szeged. For the tenth time already, the Estonian Institute brings the latest highlights in the country’s cultural scene to Hungary. For those unaware, the two countries share linguistic connection – Hungarian is a member

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Estonian film “November” selected for Tribeca screening

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Estonian movie “November”, based on Andrus Kivirähk’s novel “Rehepapp”, has been selected to compete in the International Narrative Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. “November”, directed and written by Estonian film director Rainer Sarnet, was co-produced by Estonia, the Netherlands and Poland, and debuted in the domestic market in January 2017. The film,

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Estonia promotes its defence industry in Abu Dhabi

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The Estonian government and defence industry delegation recently took a trip to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to introduce the country’s capabilities in cyber defence, border defence and unmanned systems. The delegation, led by the country’s minister of defence, Margus Tsahkna, met with the local industry as well as political leaders.

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Estonian students and Volkswagen are collaborating on China project

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The Estonian Business School (EBS) and Volkswagen Financial Services have signed an agreement that provides the students of EBS and its partner university, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with an opportunity to draw up a project for the development of Volkswagen business activities in the Chinese market.  The project involves twelve EBS and six Hong Kong

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Estonian underground musician Maria Minerva appears on the LA influentials’ list

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The British daily, the Guardian, has included Estonian singer-songwriter Maria Minerva, aka Maria Juur, on the list of most important contemporary music artists in Los Angeles. “From searing political hip-hop and cosmic jazz to new age, Los Angeles is home to some of today’s most important music – this is our guide to the acts

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Tallinn’s “Oak of Russalka” shortlisted for the European Tree of the Year

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For the third year in a row, a tree in Estonia is competing for the title of the “European tree of the year”; this time, the “Oak of Russalka”, located by the Tallinn seashore, is competing with 15 other trees from all over Europe in a contest that has been running since 2011. The tree

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