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.

Estonia once again in the top 10 of the world press freedom index

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Compared with last year, Estonia has improved its position by one place in the Reporters Without Borders world press freedom index 2015. The index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety and freedom of journalists, and the legislative, institutional and […]

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Samuel Goldwyn Films acquires “Tangerines” rights in the US

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The American motion-picture company, Samuel Goldwyn Films, has acquired the US rights to the Estonian-Georgian film, “Tangerines”, a nominee for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.  “Zaza Urushadze has created a beautiful film with remarkable performances from his cast. The writing, directing and acting help balance both the humour and serious tones captured on film. I

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Britain to let Estonia use its top-secret Skynet 5 military satellite system

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British media has reported that the United Kingdom has signed up to a NATO initiative to share billions of pounds of military hardware with other countries and Estonia and Latvia could benefit. The Daily Mail reported that British defence chiefs have signed up to the Lead Nation Procurement Initiative to permit flexible sharing of equipment

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Estonia contemplates female conscript service

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The Estonian parliament’s national defence committee recently held a public sitting to discuss the participation of women in national defence. The discussion resulted in a consensus that female voluntary service should be favoured, but that it was not yet necessary to make it mandatory. The chairman of the committee, Jürgen Ligi, said that greater involvement

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Estonia eighth in the world by economic freedom, second in Europe

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According to the latest economic freedom index, compiled and published by the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, DC, based think-tank, Estonia has the eighth freest economy in the world, and the second freest in Europe, behind Switzerland. The Heritage Foundation said that despite the eurozone crisis and a half-decade of weak regional growth, Estonia’s domestic economy

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NASA uses Estonian-founded GrabCAD to design a part for the International Space Station

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US government agency responsible for the civilian space programme as well as aeronautics and aerospace research, is using the Estonian-founded, US-based, online engineering platform GrabCAD to design a handrail clamp assembly (HCA) for the International Space Station (ISS) that can be printed on the ISS 3D printer.

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Estonian-Georgian movie “Tangerines” nominated for an Oscar!

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The Estonian-Georgian movie, “Tangerines” (“Mandariinid” in Estonian), has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards. The shortlist of five nominees was selected by specially invited committees in New York, Los Angeles and London. “Tangerines” is the first Estonian film nominated for an Academy Award. “Tangerines” has

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An expat in Tallinn, Scott Diel, tells Estonians to “dream bigger”

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In “Expats corner” we catch up with foreigners who live or have lived in Estonia, to find out what they really think of the country. Scott Diel, originally from the United States, is a colourful and charismatic writer and journalist who runs Slothrop’s – the first and only second-hand English/foreign language bookshop in the Estonian capital.

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Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer fourth year running

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fourth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. Placing 37th in the overall composers’ ranking, Pärt was ranked a place higher than last year. Among the living composers, John Williams and John Adams came respectively second and third,

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