Opinion

Ben Jones, an Australian expat living in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, writes that forcing mothers to give birth alone due to the safety measures instituted by the coronavirus crisis is clashing with basic human instincts. One of the greatest threats coronavirus brings to the wider global population is the mental stress triggered …

Ben Jones: Estonian birthing restrictions have expecting parents fighting new fears Read More »

More than one hundred China experts and senior political figures, including an Estonian MP, Yoko Alender, and Marcus Kolga, an Estonian Canadian journalist and a former president of the Estonian Central Council in Canada, have signed an open letter describing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government’s cover up of COVID-19 …

Open letter: the Chinese Communist Party’s rule by fear endangers Chinese citizens – and the world Read More »

Evelin Kallisaar, an Estonian expat living in Spain, describes her family’s new routine under the strict stay-at-home rules the government had instituted due to the rapid and deadly spread of the novel coronavirus. We have been confined in our little apartment for over three weeks by now – my four-year-old …

Evelin Kallisaar from Spain: Caveman’s diary, week three. Locked up by the virus Read More »

Instead of searching for Easter eggs, more than 12,000 hackers from 98 countries came together over the Easter weekend for 48 hours to search for solutions to tackle the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Katharina Sowa, a German expat living in Tallinn, Estonia, writes. A few weeks ago, my colleague asked me …

Katharina Sowa: A global Easter egg hunt for solutions, born in Estonia Read More »

Renee Meriste, an Estonian expat living in Los Angeles, is asking the humankind, what will we do tomorrow, when the coronavirus crisis is over – will we carry on as usual, endlessly consuming and polluting, or shall we change our ways? Tomorrow is a beautiful day. The kids are in …

Renee Meriste: What will you do tomorrow? Read More »

Tiina Aleman Iannoti, a descendant of Estonians living in Jersey City, NJ, writes about the coronavirus crisis in New York City, describing the horror of refrigeration trucks outside the city hospitals for the bodies of those who have died from the novel coronavirus; but there has also been much kindness …

Tiina Aleman Iannoti from NYC: strength in the face of adversity Read More »

Juri Koll, an artist, filmmaker and curator and a descendant of Estonians, writes from the locked down Los Angeles, California, that the people of the city are remembering our past, learning to appreciate basic things, such as a walk around the block, waking up to birds singing, and being alive …

Juri Koll: Lockdown – a report from Los Angeles Read More »

A state of emergency is in effect in Estonia until 1 May; if you were wondering whether the current government, including the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party, will try to pull off something sneaky under the cover of the constant coronavirus news – well, here you go, writes Andrei Tuch, …

Andrei Tuch: Estonia’s Windrush scandal, maybe Read More »

Janek Fiume, an Estonian living in Terrasini, Sicily, Italy, writes how the entire country has shut down to try and contain the coronavirus pandemic, and what hardships the people are facing in the face of an unprecedented crisis. My friend Dario on Facebook lets me know every day the new …

Janek Fiume from Italy: 175, 368, 475, 627, 793, 919… Read More »

The coronavirus crisis is a wicked problem and we need to govern it as such – thoughts from political science. Without a doubt, virologist, epidemiologist and medical doctors are the most critical voices of the scientific community that need to be heard today. However, some of them have also stressed …

Benjamin Klasche: Why the coronavirus crisis is a wicked problem and how to govern it Read More »