News and features about Estonia and Estonians
In cooperation with the Estonian ministry of education, the Estonian Youth Work Centre and the Brotherhood of Adventurers, people with Estonian roots, but who live abroad, have the chance to take part in a new programme – “Back to our roots” – to help them connect with their origin. The author of this article had […]
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Alexander Van der Bellen, whose mother was Estonian, has won Austria’s presidential election, preventing Norbert Hofer from becoming the EU’s first far-right head of state. The election on 4 December was a re-run of May’s poll which suffered irregularities in the postal vote. Van der Bellen, who was backed by the Austrian Green Party, also won
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The small Estonian town of Rakvere has, for the third year in a row, installed a rather different Christmas tree; this year’s installation consists of wood and giant cogwheels that move at their own pace and the colour of the tree changes all the time. Teet Suur, the town’s cultural arts manager and the author
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According to a recent survey by Intrum Justitia, a Swedish credit management services company, Estonians are the most optimistic nation in the European Union. The survey found that only four per cent of Estonians think their children will be financially worse off than themselves. “This makes Estonia the most positive country when it comes to
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While the first Estonian who was declared a saint was a Buddhist, this religion also provided a way of resistance for some Estonian intellectuals during the Soviet occupation. Although pretty impressive, a history of Buddhism in Estonia, and in the Western world in general, is only a fraction in the history of it. The origins
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According to the non-profit organisation, Social Progress Imperative, Estonia’s quality of life is 23rd in the world. The “Social Progress Index” collates the scores of three main indexes: basic human needs that include medical care, sanitation and shelter; foundations of wellbeing that covers education, access to technology and life expectancy; and opportunity that looks at
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In “Expats corner”, we catch up with foreign-born residents who have made Estonia their home, to find out what they really think of the country. Carlos Ivan Vargas is the president of the Mexican Talent Network in Estonia. Carlos Ivan Vargas is an energetic and a tech-savvy doctorate student from Mexico City. Apart from studying, he works
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According to the European statistics bureau, Eurostat, Estonia is one of the most obese nations in the European Union with 20.4% of the population aged 18 and over being obese. Malta, the tiny island nation that joined the EU at the same time as Estonia, has scored highest in this not very flattering top with
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In June, the United Kingdom held a referendum on its future in the European Union and the result – to leave the EU – came as a shock to many Estonians who live in the UK or conduct business there. Estonian World caught up with some of them to discuss future. Britain’s decision to leave
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Estonian Jaan Roose has won the prestigious Red Bull Airlines slacklining competition in Italy, despite suffering a small injury before the event; another Estonian, Tauri Vahesaar, finished second. On the weekend of 8-9 October, twelve of the carefully selected and presumably “strongest” “trick-liners” from around the world gathered to Catania, Italy, to compete at a slacklining
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