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.

Global P2P medical expense donation platform launched in Estonia

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DonoBot is a multidimensional, personalised charity platform, set up in Estonia. The firm is a unique peer-to-peer (P2P) donation platform and combines different approaches and services for donors, donees and small charities. DonoBot focuses on medical conditions like diseases, accidents, hereditary conditions or situations that arise from the former. Estonian World spoke with Mai-Liis Kivistik from […]

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Estonian-Georgian film “Tangerines” among nine Oscar nominees

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The Estonian-Georgian movie, “Tangerines” (“Mandariinid” in Estonian), is among the nine films that have advanced to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards. According to the academy, the shortlist will be winnowed down to the category’s five nominees by specially invited committees in New York, Los

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Estonia second in the world by internet freedom

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Estonia continues to be one of the most wired countries in the world, with increasing internet access and online participation among citizens, the latest Freedom House report “Freedom on the Net 2014” said. Estonia secured the second position in the country rankings. “Estonia ranks among the most wired and technologically advanced countries in the world.

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Estonia becomes the first country in the world to offer e-residency

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Estonia is set to make a history by starting the first supranational e-residency scheme in the world. More than a hundred years ago, the renowned Estonian poet Gustav Suits proclaimed: “Let us remain Estonians, but let us become Europeans!” This task has successfully been accomplished for the ancient Nordic nation, but from 1 December, foreigners can turn the old call around

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Book review: Coming Home by Charles (Kalev) Ehin

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Estonian-American writer Charles (Kalev) Ehin tells a moving story in his book of the reconciliation of an Estonian family torn apart by war. In September 1944, approximately 75,000 Estonians fled their beloved homeland. Memories still fresh from the brief Soviet occupation in 1940-41, and the Red Army advancing towards Tallinn, they hoped to avoid what

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Estonian artist Kaido Ole among the “100 Painters of Tomorrow”

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The Estonian artist, Kaido Ole, has been chosen among the “100 painters of Tomorrow”, an art exhibition and a book authored by the famed London gallerist, Kurt Beers, and published by the Anglo-American publishing house, Thames & Hudson. “100 Painters of Tomorrow” is the result of a major new project to find the “100 most

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Estonia invests €40M in the American Javelin anti-tank missile system

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Estonia’s Defence Minister Sven Mikser has signed a contract to buy 80 Javelin anti-tank missile systems from the United States, in a deal worth €40 million. It is expected that the proposed sale will improve Estonia’s capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security to the country. Mikser said in October that

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