Opinion stories from and about Estonians.
The only way to get ahead of a crisis as large as climate change is through groundbreaking technological innovation in clean energy and low-carbon technologies, writes Ambroise Fayolle, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank. Because it poses an existential threat to humanity, climate change represents the bad kind …
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Europeans should start learning about other European countries, cultures and history from as early age as possible – ie at primary school – to have a better mutual understanding of fellow Europeans later in life, Silver Tambur, the editor-in-chief of Estonian World, writes. In 2016, I joined the IJP – …
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Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, both European and US leaders had recognised that an orderly expansion of the European project is key to European peace and prosperity; French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to block Albania and North Macedonia’s EU-membership bids has brought a symbolic end to the post-1989 …
Christopher R. Hill: Emmanuel Macron’s Balkan betrayal Read More »
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 was not only the beginning of the reunification of the Germans; it was also one of several events that in the months and years to come would have more than 100 million people, including Estonians, successfully turn their back to …
Mental health issues are dominating the headlines now, with prominent names like Ed Sheeran and the younger British royals throwing their weight behind creating awareness; it’s time to take a proactive approach to tackling the problem – could innovative Estonia lead the way on this as it has in the …
Fred Roeder, a German health economist and the managing director of the Consumer Choice Center, proposes Estonia to lead the European Union to a coherent cyber security strategy in order to protect consumers and businesses not only from cyberattacks from Russia but also from potentially much larger attacks and espionage …
How Estonia’s cyber security strategy can help the EU cope with China Read More »
An Estonian town – either Tartu or Narva – will be named the European Capital of Culture 2024; with the announcement to be made on 28 August, the Tartu-based writer, Berk Vaher, makes a case for his hometown. Estonia is wondering, who are we in the future of Europe and …
Berk Vaher: Tartu shares arts of survival with Europe for 2024 Read More »
Finland-based Estonian expat Maris Vaher shares her thoughts on the challenges of keeping her children’s ties with the Estonian identity, culture and language. How do you preserve Estonian culture and the national identity when living and working abroad? How can you set important things straight for yourself and your children …
Maris Vaher: Living abroad we forget to keep our children’s ties with Estonia Read More »
Kristina Lupp, a Tallinn-based Estonian-Canadian food and travel writer, lists some of her favourite places where to eat out in the Estonian capital. A few people have asked, where to eat in Tallinn this summer. Here is a list of my favourite restaurants and cafés, in no particular order. Salt …
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The moment a Song Celebration conductor kisses their baton means a tribute to the soul of a nation; the Tallinn-based Italian expat, Milena Spigaglia shares her impressions of the Estonian Song Celebration 2019. I am currently reading a book about the nation state. The book was published last year in …
A national identity performed: the Estonian Song Celebration Read More »