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A photo exhibition examines the impact of population changes in Estonia
February 6, 2019 · No comments

A photo exhibition that examines how Estonia will last for the next one hundred years with a...

Book introduction – “My Formative Years”, by Johan Pitka
February 6, 2019 · No comments

“My Formative Years” is an autobiography of a famous Estonian military commander, Sir Johan Pitka (1872-1944); first...

Writer Sergei Dovlatov to be honoured with a monument in Tallinn
January 25, 2019 · No comments

The Tallinn city government has decided to go ahead with the idea to erect a...

Estonia’s street artist Edward von Lõngus awarded by the country’s foreign ministry
January 10, 2019 · No comments

Estonia’s “Banksy”, Edward von Lõngus, was given the 2018 Culture Award of the country’s ministry...

Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer eighth year running
January 8, 2019 · No comments

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has, for the eighth year in a row, been given...

How do you teach Estonian culture?
January 3, 2019 · No comments

As the world becomes more globally connected – through a combination of travel, migration and...

Estonian novels translated into English in 2018
January 3, 2019 · No comments

In 2018, six Estonian novels were translated into English, and now it’s time to look...

Mari Kalkun’s “Ilmamõtsan” among the Guardian’s best world albums of 2018
December 28, 2018 · No comments

The influential British newspaper called the third album by Estonian singer-songwriter Mari Kalkun a “gently...

Estonian design showcased in France
December 16, 2018 · No comments

The Marseille-based gallery, Kolektiv 318, and the Estonian Design House collaborate to showcase Estonian design...