Sten Hankewitz

Sten Hankewitz is a lifelong journalist and the Executive Editor at Estonian World. Having lived in Estonia, Spain, the UK and all around the US, he now resides in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He loves to write and besides working at Estonian World, he writes books and contributes to other outlets. He has strong convictions and shows them unashamedly. You can follow Sten on Threads, X and Facebook. You can also email him.

Study: Russia is stepping up its electronic warfare efforts

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According to a study by the International Centre for Defence and Security, Russia is stepping up its efforts to renew and modernise its electronic warfare inventory and procedures. The study, titled “Russia’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities to 2025: Challenging NATO in the Electromagnetic Spectrum”, examines how and why Russia’s military has turned its attention to more […]

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Estonian-American admiral Edward Masso named the next US ambassador

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US president Donald Trump announced his intent to name the retired rear admiral, Estonian-American Edward “Sonny” Masso as the next ambassador to Estonia. According to the White House, Masso is a decorated naval officer and the founder of Flagship Connection, a consulting company on business development, strategic planning and operations analysis in the areas of

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Estonian scientist discovers a link between education and heart disease

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A team of researchers, led by an Estonian scientist, has discovered that staying in education causes less heart disease. Taavi Tillmann from the University College London worked with a team of international researchers to make this discovery, providing the strongest evidence to date that increasing the number of years people spend in the education system

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Different flavours of birch water from ÖselBirch.

Estonian birch sap producer raises €24,000 via global crowdfunding

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ÖselBirch, a family-owned birch sap producer from Saaremaa, Estonia, has raised €24,381 on the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, to help the company start producing its flavoured birch sap drinks. Altogether 141 backers supported the company’s crowdfunding project that has allowed ÖselBirch to start producing seven different flavours – Classic fermented, Classic Sparkly, Aronia, Ginger&Lingonberry, Mojito, Sea-Buckthorn

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Estonian startups contributed €16.6 million in employment taxes in H1 2017

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According to the statistics compiled by Startup Estonia, the country’s startups contributed €16.6 million in employment taxes in the first half of 2017, which is significantly more than in the same period in 2016. In the first half of 2016, the Estonian startups paid €12.6 million, which makes the year-on-year increase four million euros. The

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