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The “Back to our roots” programme helps Estonians abroad connect with their origin

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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Survey: Estonia is the most optimistic country in the EU

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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Estonia’s quality of life 23rd in the world

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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Expats corner: Carlos Ivan Vargas, attracted to Estonia by a digital society

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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Estonian Jaan Roose wins a slacklining competition in Italy

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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