News and features about Estonia and Estonians
The Estonian basketball player, Kerr Kriisa, has been charged in the United States over an alleged fraud scheme that prosecutors say obtained more than USD2.2
Estonian basketball player Kerr Kriisa is charged in a $2.2 million US fraud case Read More
The US policy of not recognising the annexation of the Baltic states formed an international anchor which fostered the hope that justice would one day
The role of the United States in the restoration of Estonia’s independence Read More
Ülle Madise, Estonia’s chancellor of justice, is being discussed as a possible consensus candidate after president Alar Karis ruled out seeking a second term. Madise,
Ülle Madise emerges as the frontrunner in Estonia’s presidential race Read More
British newspaper The Sunday Times, the weekend edition of The Times, recommends Tallinn as one of the best European cities to visit this summer. The
UK paper names Tallinn among the best European cities to visit this summer Read More
President Alar Karis has announced he will not stand for a second term, throwing Estonia’s presidential race wide open and prompting opposition parties to accuse
Estonia’s president Alar Karis says he will not seek a second term Read More
For more than 70 years, the West Coast Estonian Days have helped keep Estonian culture alive across North America – not as nostalgia, but as
The West Coast Estonian Days return to San Francisco Read More
Along with Christmas, jaaniõhtu (Midsummer Eve, 23 June) and jaanipäev (Midsummer Day, or St John’s Day, 24 June) are the most important holidays in the
Estonia’s jaanipäev: from pagan rituals to national identity Read More
A recent report has found that, in the future, a shrinking generation of young people will have to shoulder greater responsibility in both the economy
On 14 June 1941, the Soviet Union deported more than 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia, in one of the darkest chapters of the country’s
Soviet deportations in Estonia: the June 1941 tragedy Read More
When Canadian philosopher Aaron James Wendland moved to Tallinn, he hoped to find a home that felt distinctly Estonian; instead, he found IKEA-fied interiors, discarded
Saving the Soviet aesthetic from the scrap bin Read More
