News and features about Estonia and Estonians
Thousands of Estonians of the worldwide diaspora are flocking towards their tiny home between the Baltic Sea and Lake Peipus every summer. More locally, those living in the cities and towns move to villages and summer houses – almost like a great seasonal migration between the summer and winter pastures. Estonia lies so far north that […]
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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.
Wondering for what Estonia is notable for? Searching for facts to find a reason to travel to Estonia? Looking for something to boast about with your non-Estonian partner, colleague or friend? Estonian World makes it easier for you – we have highlighted at least ten noteworthy facts about Estonia. Estonia is a country of bogs
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From a touring theatre to country-wide ping pong, children and young people will be spoilt for choice during Estonia’s centenary celebrations. Estonia 100, the country’s ambitious celebration of its centenary in 2018, is not just a chance to host a couple of parades and party in a blue-black-and-white bubble of patriotism. Rather, it gives occasion
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Liudmyla Petrychenko, a second year master’s student from Ukraine, has had pleasant experiences with the Estonian people and less pleasant experiences with Estonian immigration bureaucracy. A new project within the EU-Russia studies programme at the University of Tartu analyses personal stories that are based on people’s experience of living in Estonia. The project is aimed at describing the multicultural
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Ayrton Kasemets, a 21-year-old Estonian-American openly gay swimmer from Chicago is to compete at the World University Games in August in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The World University Games, also called Universiade, is a multinational sporting event held every other year. This year’s games are expected to draw athletes from 150 countries. For Ayrton
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The Association of Estonians in Sweden is celebrating its 60th anniversary, but the peoples from the two countries have been in contact for over a thousand years. Estonia and Sweden share a long history together. Historical records show that first encounters between the two neighbours began in the early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000
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A new series of English-language events in Tallinn is aimed at both the locals and non-natives living in Estonia. Organised in partnership with Estonian World, the Estonishing Evenings series is an English-speaking evening hosting different speakers expressing their viewpoints and experiences on hot topics and matters concerning both the locals and foreigners living in Estonia.
“Estonishing Evenings” promise to bring an international buzz to Tallinn Read More »
About six months ago, American Alex Wellman packed his bags and moved to a small European country on the Baltic Sea called Estonia. Here is what he has learned so far. 1. Vitamin D is key Since I’ve spent the majority of my life living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I’m no stranger to snow and bitter
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The fog cuts the sight short – and substitutes it with imagination. This way, mist expands the space around us, forces our minds to construct objects and narratives beyond the milky and soft, opaque air. Sometimes, the rain and tusk do the job as well. Estonia has a fair share of foggy, rainy and grey weather,
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