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.

Startup Estonia gives entrepreneurs templates of key legal documents

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Startup Estonia, in cooperation with various lawyers, has published a series of free templates of industry-standard legal documents for companies to use. The aim of publishing these templates is to help startups and investors in Estonia focus on company and deal specific matters. “These documents are made freely available in the hope that they will […]

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EU leaders ask for highest-level talks on the digital policy

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Seventeen leaders of the European Union countries have sent an open letter to the European Council president, Donald Tusk, asking him for highest-level talks on the EU digital policy, saying that the main challenges to fully embrace the opportunities of digitisation are still ahead. The letter, which was sent to Tusk just a day before

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The Estonian Lutheran church celebrates its centenary

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The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated its centenary with a congress in Tartu, having gathered together the church’s members, voluntary helpers, workers and clergy. The church had dedicated the years 2017 and 2018 to the topic “Landmarks of Freedom” to remember and celebrate the anniversaries on events that have influenced the Estonian people and the

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Estonian digital signature used to sign a memorandum with the European Space Agency

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For the first time, the European Space Agency has used the Estonian digital signature solution to sign a memorandum – and naturally, the document was between the ESA and Estonia. Jan Woerner, the director general of the space agency, and Urve Palo, the Estonian minister of entrepreneurship and information technology, signed the Memorandum of Understanding

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Estonia to help Jamaica establish its region’s first e-government system

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With the help of Estonia, the tiny island nation of Jamaica is looking to establish its region’s first e-government system. The Jamaican prime minister, Andrew Holness, said in a statement that his administration was committed to establishing the first fully digitised government system in the region. “Every single Jamaican will have an account in the

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Ultra-fast transport link Hyperloop could include the Tallinn-Helsinki route

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Elon Musk’s ultra-fast transport link, Hyperloop, has unveiled nine potential routes spanning Europe as part of its global plans, among the routes is also the connection between the capitals of Estonia and Finland – Tallinn and Helsinki. Hyperloop One, the group behind the ultra-fast public transport link, unveiled its potential routes in Amsterdam. The plans

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UK’s Tesco starts using Estonian delivery robots

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The largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, Tesco, has started using delivery robots, developed by the Estonian company, Starship Technologies. According to the British media, Tesco has successfully completed its first robotic delivery. The service is called Tesco Now and it uses Starship’s robots within a three-mile radius from its stores or delivery hubs,

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Riina Kionka at her desk in Brussels. © European Union

Riina Kionka – the most influential Estonian official in the EU, and a diplomat by accident

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Riina Kionka is the chief foreign policy advisor to the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, making her the most influential official of Estonian nationality in the European Union – somewhat ironically, as she became a diplomat by an accident and actually didn’t believe almost until the last minute Estonia would join the EU.

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TransferWise’s new service lets businesses “have a local bank account in any country”

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TransferWise, the Estonian-founded, London-based money transfer service, has launched a new account that lets businesses manage their money internationally, basically allowing companies to have virtual local bank account in any country in the world. The Borderless account, as it’s called, is, according to the company, a new way companies can manage their money as easily

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