News and features about Estonia and Estonians
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves who arrived for the opening week of the UN 69th General Assembly, held a reception on Sunday night with the Estonian Consulate and the New York Estonian Educational Society in the New York Estonian House to acknowledge the local Estonian community, where he called upon the younger generation of expat […]
President Ilves calls young Estonian expats to serve in the military Read More »
Estonians are certainly making an impact on and their presence felt in Australia. The way in which Estonians integrate into an existing culture without forgetting their roots has made them welcome citizens in the “land down under”. Waves of Estonians have hit Australian shores with every recession and crisis in Europe and Estonian blood flows
Estonians taking on the world in Brisbane: where we are at and where we have come from Read More »
Estonia’s ambassador to London, Lauri Bambus, along with other embassy employees, took part in the nationwide UK “Let’s do it!” clean-up day. The clean-up campaign was organised in the UK for the first time. “I am very pleased that the Estonian Embassy was able to take part in this initiative and to contribute to cleaning
The Estonian Embassy in London participates in the UK’s “Let’s Do It” campaign Read More »
The Estonian community of Brisbane will participate in the local Scandinavian Festival on 14 September. Bringing together the local clubs of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Iceland, the Scandinavian festival brings many cultural and entertaining offerings to celebrate everything Nordic. A range of Estonian food and drink will be available, organised by the Brisbane
Estonia participates in the Brisbane Scandinavian Days for the first time Read More »
What do the fundamental physical forces of attraction have in common with being an Estonian? Every summer, toward the end of July, my family goes camping in the remote woods of Vermont. The lake, upon whose shore we set camp, is cool and refreshing. The birch trees are tall, scaly, and white. The population is sparse. In many ways, it
Scientific Estonian: how like attracts like Read More »
The swamps and forests of Estonia are still full of the sort of wildlife that has long since vanished from much of Western Europe including wolves, wild boars, lynxes and flying squirrels. But now travellers are starting to visit the country in the hope of seeing another larger animal, as BBC’s Damien McGuinness reports. I Cover
BBC tracks down brown bears in Estonia (video) Read More »
A former limestone mining quarry and the adjacent former Soviet-era prison in Rummu have been turned into Estonia’s “blue lagoon”. Murru limestone mining quarry was established in 1938, in Rummu, near Tallinn in northern Estonia. Limestone mining continued during the Soviet occupation and was done by convicts of the adjacent Murru prison until the restoration of
Three videos of Rummu quarry – Estonia’s “blue lagoon” Read More »
Australia hosts the fifth largest Estonian community in the world. Among the Estonians currently living in Australia, the Sydney community is the liveliest one. The first Estonians settled in Australia in 1853, and the first Estonian society was established in Melbourne in 1914. During the course of the Second World War, Australia became one of
Estonian communities around the world: keeping the flag flying in Sydney Read More »
TEDxTallinn is an inspirational conference, which presents exceptional speakers from different fields of life: fanatical devotees, thinkers, creators, executors – people with ideas that are worth sharing. Henrik Ehte, the Editor-in-Chief of The Baltic Scene, attended the 2014 conference and shares his impressions. I started preparing for an inspiring day at TEDxTallinn by not having
TEDxTallinn 2014 – five talks that speak the world about Estonians Read More »
There is Walt Disney’s original theme park Disneyland in southern California in the USA and in Paris in Europe, and Astrid Lindgren’s World – a theme park where children can meet Pippi Longstocking, Emil and Karlsson from the Roof – in Sweden. Finland, Estonia’s neighbour, has Moomin World, based on the Moomin books by Tove
Lottemaa – the largest family theme park in the Baltic States to open in Estonia Read More »
