Cosmopolitan Estonian of the Week
Today, the former president and foreign minister, Lennart Meri, would’ve celebrated his 90th birthday; a Statesman with a capital S, he’s one of the founding fathers of the Estonian post-occupation success story, and one of the politicians in Estonia that everybody truly respected. My best friend celebrates his birthday on …
Lennart Meri, the president many loved, and everybody respected Read More »
For International Women’s Day, Estonian World has compiled a list of the most outstanding Estonian women on the global stage. It is important to emphasise that this is not the ultimate list of the most important Estonian women in the world. There are many others who work hard and stand …
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The Estonian freestyle skier, Kelly Sildaru, has won her third gold medal in women’s ski slopestyle – at the X Games Aspen 2019, setting a new games record in the process. In 2016, Sildaru made free-skiing history, becoming the youngest athlete ever to win a gold medal at the Winter X …
Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Estonia’s first ambassador at large for cybersecurity, has been nominated by the Politico magazine as one of the 28 people shaping, shaking and stirring Europe – placing her at number four among the “doers”. “Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar wants to write the rules of cyber conflict,” the magazine says. “As …
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Lembit Öpik told the BBC that he is considering contesting the Estonian presidency when it next comes up for election. Öpik, who served as a Liberal Democrat member of the UK parliament representing the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat in the 2010 general election, told the BBC that “he is …
Former British MP Lembit Öpik considers running for Estonian presidency Read More »
It took nine years of detective work to finish a documentary about Ahto Valter, the first Estonian to sail around the world; this layered story about a hero from a past era takes the viewer on a journey through time. This article is published in collaboration with the Estonian Film Institute. …
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The Estonian member of the European Parliament, Tunne Kelam, is to be awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will award the Medal of Freedom, alongside with Kelam, also to the former president of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, and …
Estonian MEP Tunne Kelam to be awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Read More »
Mihkel Raud is an Estonian writer, playwright, radio and TV-host, singer and musician, and he has done a stint in politics – a man of many talents. On a sunny and hot Friday afternoon in Chicago, Estonian World sat down with him and talked about his colourful life – and …
Mihkel Raud: Estonians should see more how other people live Read More »
According to Apolitical, a global policy platform that works with governments and public servants, Siim Sikkut, the chief information officer of the government of Estonia, is one of the most influential people in the sphere of digital government. The organisation put Sikkut, who’s been the government CIO since March 2017, …
Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, whose grandfather was Estonian, is due to take her first space flight onboard the Boeing Starliner in 2019. NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, introduced on 4 August the first US astronauts who will fly on an American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space …
Estonian descendant Nicole Aunapu Mann selected for American space flights Read More »