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.

Estonian-Americans award Steve Jürvetson for outstanding achievements

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The Estonian-American National Council (EANC) is to present the entrepreneur, Steve Jürvetson, with the 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award. The Outstanding Achievement Award recognises Jürvetson’s many successes in the realm of venture capital investment, where he was an early investor in Hotmail, Tesla, and of course, in Estonia’s own Skype, the EANC said in a statement. […]

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Estonian-American mother-daughter team awarded for promoting Estonian folk dance

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The Estonian American National Council has chosen the mother-daughter team of Lehti Merilo and Liina Merilo Teose as recipients of its 2016 Outstanding Achievement award in recognition for their work in promoting and preserving Estonian folk dance and music. Lehti Merilo and Liina Teose will be honored at the EANC’s awards gala on 5 November

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Estonian-founded Pipedrive is the 14th fastest growing software company in the US

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The Estonian-founded tech company, Pipedrive, is, according to the Inc. magazine, the 14th fastest growing software company in the United States. The New York-based company is, according to the 2016 Inc. 5000 rankings, also the 19th fastest-growing private company in New York City. Pipedrive was founded in 2010 and it develops a customer relationship management

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Estonian war film “1944” released in the UK on DVD

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The Estonian war film, “1944”, has been released in the UK with English subtitles and is available on Amazon. The film is available to all other European countries through the Amazon UK website, amazon.co.uk. For the European market, the movie’s titled, “1944: Forced to Fight”. “1944”, written by Leo Kunnas and directed by Elmo Nüganen,

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Eastern Europeans in America support US commitment to NATO

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The Central and East European Coalition (CEEC), representing more than 20 million Central and Eastern European Americans, strongly backs the United States’ continued unconditional commitment to upholding the NATO Treaty as well as US support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all Central and Eastern European nations. “Our organisation stands firm in its belief

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Estonia to assemble memorial to the victims of communism

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The Estonian state real estate management company has chosen the design “Journey” (“Teekond” in Estonian) as the future memorial to the victims of communism and officers of Estonia. The winner of the design competition was chosen by Riigi Kinnisvara AS (RKAS, the state real estate management agency) in cooperation with the ministry of justice, the

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Estonia ranks first in the Freedom House democratic development index

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Among 29 post-communist nations, Estonia ranks first in democratic development in an index compiled by Freedom House, a US-based human rights organisation. Estonia is followed in the index by Slovenia, Latvia and the Czech Republic. Lithuania ranks fifth, Poland sixth and Slovakia seventh. The countries in the index, called “Nations in Transit”, are rated on

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Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Fountain Hills, Arizona, in March 2016. Courtesy: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia

“President” Trump wouldn’t automatically rush to NATO allies’ aid

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If the New York businessman Donald Trump, who tonight is to accept the Republican nomination for president, would be elected in November, he wouldn’t automatically rush to NATO allies’ aid, he said in an interview. In an interview with the New York Times, published on Wednesday, Trump questioned whether he, as president, would automatically extend

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Barclays: Estonia and South Korea lead in digital empowerment

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According to the Barclays Digital Development Index, Estonia and South Korea are joint global leaders in digital empowerment among ten countries that were selected based on different criteria to represent a broad spectrum. According to Barclays, a British banking corporation, the index “is an effort to shift public debate in the UK and elsewhere from

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