Pictures: The Tallinn Music Week 2025
Tallinn Music Week, a major music event held in the Estonian capital from 3 to 6 April, featured a global line-up of over 200 performers […]
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Portraits of a past: the German-Baltic Society donates rare paintings to Estonia
Two 19th-century portraits by Gustav Adolf Hippius, a key Baltic German artist, have found a new home in Tallinn, rekindling ties between Germany and Estonia
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Tommy Cash to represent Estonia at Eurovision 2025 with “Espresso Macchiato”
Estonian rapper and performance artist Tommy Cash has been selected to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland; known for his
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Estonia’s AI gamble: can four billion words secure its language’s future?
Estonia has made nearly four billion words of its linguistic corpus freely available to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, marking a significant
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Ilon Wikland is in the hearts of Estonians
Ilon Wikland, an Estonian-Swedish artist and illustrator, renowned for her illustrations for the world-famous Swedish children author, Astrid Lindgren, is celebrating her 95th birthday on 5
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The DNA from 100,000 Estonians on display
As part of the Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture programme, one of Japan’s most renowned artists, Ryoji Ikeda, has opened a unique audiovisual solo
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Estonian animated film “Eve” wins at the European Animation Awards
The animated film “Eve” by Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak has won the Emile Award for best characters and backgrounds in the short animation category
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Between two sounds: a graphic novel on Arvo Pärt’s journey
Estonian graphic designer Joonas Sildre has crafted a graphic novel, “Between Two Sounds”, chronicling Arvo Pärt’s journey through art, silence and self-discovery. Estonia’s most celebrated
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Arvo Pärt receives the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious honours in music. The award
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Estonia: how the singing revolution sparked independence
Estonia’s path to freedom began with mass singing at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in the summer of 1988; following the pivotal events of the
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