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Annelinn, Tartu. Old family photo albums mostly have pictures of birthdays, weddings and funerals. People are stiff, looking into the camera. Everyday domestic life is a rare find. My photo stack is pretty much the opposite. So here’s one family photo as it’s supposed to be.

Pictures: Eesti home through the eyes of photographer Tõnu Runnel

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 at her desk in Brussels. © European Union

Riina Kionka – the most influential Estonian official in the EU, and a diplomat by accident

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.

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Estonia marks its centenary with a special programme for youngsters

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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A Ukrainian in Estonia: Knowing at least a couple of words in Estonian is respectful

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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“Estonishing Evenings” promise to bring an international buzz to Tallinn

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.

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