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.

Arvo Pärt celebrates his birthday with a new album launch

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The German record label, ECM, has released a new album of Arvo Pärt’s music – “The Deer’s Cry” features the composer’s vocal pieces performed by Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve. The new album mainly comprises cappella choral pieces written since 2000. Alongside better-known compositions, such as “Da pacem Domine” and the eponymous […]

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Estonian Liisa Hirsch wins the European Composer Award

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Young Estonian composer Liisa Hirsch’s orchestral piece “Mechanics of Flying” won the European Composer Award at the festival Young Euro Classic in Berlin. Hirsch, who is relatively unknown in her homeland, competed at the Young Euro Classic competition in Germany. Taking place for over two weeks every summer at Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the contest has become an

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Tartu University achieves a new record in the world rankings

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According to one of the most important higher education lists, the QS World University Rankings, the University of Tartu (UT) now holds the highest position ever. The university’s position in the ranking has improved from 501 in 2012 to 347 in 2016. In the process of preparing the ranking list, the QS takes into account a survey

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The Estonian Opinion Festival in 2016.

Silver Tambur: Non-native residents benefit Estonia

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High rewards with almost zero problems: Estonia’s experience with its non-native resident population in the last 25 years has been extremely positive. Residents of the non-native community of Estonia participated for the first time in the Opinion Festival, reflecting on their life in the country. Co-hosted by the Estonian World and moderated engagingly by Stewart

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Honey and bees win Estonian students a prize in China

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The students from the University of Tartu (UT) won the first place at the international innovation competition in China with their idea about creating an innovative environmental indicator based on the analysis of the chemical composition of honey; their idea also promoted keeping bees in urban environments. The doctoral students of the School of Economics

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves – the president of the Tiger-Leap children

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Looking back at Estonia’s last quarter of a century, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the fourth President of Estonia, who will hand over the presidency to his, as of yet unknown, successor in the autumn, notes that the country has primarily achieved success when it has dared to do something in a new or different way. This interview was first

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