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.

Estonian design to be introduced in Brussels for the first time (picture gallery)

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From 24 April to 25 May, the Estonian design review exhibition “Size doesn’t matter” will take place in Brussels at the Design Flanders Gallery; it’s the first time Estonian design is exhibited in the Belgian capital. According to Ilona Gurjanova, the curator of the exhibition, the Estonian Association of Designers developed the concept of “Size […]

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Click a button and grow herbs – the story of Estonian startup Click & Grow

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Three years after coming up with its first product, Smartpot, a Tartu-based smart houseplant producer Click & Grow launches its second one – Smart Herb Garden. The third one, Smart Farm, is also in planning. When launched in 2010, Click & Grow was one of the first of the new generation Estonian startups which created

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Villu Veski and the Estonian TV girls’ choir to perform with Ola Onabule in London (video)

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As part of the London Southbank Centre choral festival, a leading Estonian saxophonist Villu Veski, the Estonian TV girls’ choir and the British-Nigerian soul and jazz singer-songwriter, Ola Onabule, will perform together for the first time in the UK. On Saturday, 5 April, the Estonian TV girls’ choir is featured on the Saturday Afternoon Taster

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TransferWise wins the FT Boldness in Business award in London

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The Estonian-founded, London-based peer-to-peer currency transfer firm TransferWise has won the Financial Times ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business award in “Smaller Company” category. The annual Boldness in Business Awards are conducted by the Financial Times, one of the leading business newspapers in the world, in collaboration with ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel making company. Winners are

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Estonian fashion in London: winning the International Fashion Showcases with conceptual narratives (video)

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For the third year in a row, the Estonian fashion industry is represented at the International London Fashion Week from 14 – 18 February, as part of the International Fashion Showcase – a collaborative project launched by the British Council and the British Fashion Council in 2012. For the second year in a row, it

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Arvo Pärt premieres his latest work at Salzburg’s Mozartwoche

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The programme of the Mozartwoche (Mozart week), held in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace of Salzburg, Austria from 23 January to 2 February has a special focus on the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, this year, premiering his latest work, “Swan Song”. At a total of six concerts during the Mozartwoche, a considerable number of Pärt’s works

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Remembering the Holocaust – a story told by four Jewish ladies from Estonia in the film “Best Friends Forever”

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To mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Estonian World is publishing a short film called “Best Friends Forever” by an Estonian journalist Anna Gavronski. Remembering the Holocaust The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, is a worldwide memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of six million Jews, two

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