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PICTURES: Estonia’s Youth Song and Dance Celebration 2017

By Estonian World / July 3, 2017 / 1 minute of reading

Almost 40,000 young singers and dancers gathered to the Estonian capital to take part in the 12th Youth Song and Dance Celebration from 30 June […]

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Annelinn, Tartu. Old family photo albums mostly have pictures of birthdays, weddings and funerals. People are stiff, looking into the camera. Everyday domestic life is a rare find. My photo stack is pretty much the opposite. So here’s one family photo as it’s supposed to be.

Pictures: Eesti home through the eyes of photographer Tõnu Runnel

By Tõnu Runnel / June 6, 2017 / 4 minutes of reading

Thousands of Estonians of the worldwide diaspora are flocking towards their tiny home between the Baltic Sea and Lake Peipus every summer. More locally, those

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Veski, Tartu. When sunlight is veiled with fog, shadows disappear. Surfaces appear to be clearer and colors can stand out in their pure form. Only if they are close enough, of course.

Pictures: Eesti mist through the eyes of photographer Tõnu Runnel

By Tõnu Runnel / April 25, 2017 / 6 minutes of reading

The fog cuts the sight short – and substitutes it with imagination. This way, mist expands the space around us, forces our minds to construct objects

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PICTURES: British and French troops arrive in Estonia

By Sten Hankewitz / March 29, 2017 / 2 minutes of reading

The first British and French troops have arrived in Estonia to reinforce the eastern flank of NATO; the troops are supported by tanks and heavy

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Pictures: Eesti noir through the eyes of photographer Tõnu Runnel

By Tõnu Runnel / February 6, 2017 / 5 minutes of reading

The feeling that the day is ours, whereas the darkness of the night belongs to someone else. We are strangers in those realms. Yet the

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Tartu Town Hall Square. This laid-back classicist old town is where my Tartu office lies. Nothing beats the foggy weather during the blue hours of short late autumn days. It’s soft, sweet and relaxing for some – and, yes, appallingly morbid for others.

Pictures: Eesti blues through the eyes of photographer Tõnu Runnel

By Tõnu Runnel / January 17, 2017 / 6 minutes of reading

Estonians cherish their beautiful summer, long sunny days and short fairy-tale nights. In return, most of us are inversely aching about the rest of the

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Gallery: Estonia receives the first batch of combat vehicles CV90

By Estonian World / October 13, 2016 / 1 minute of reading

The Estonian Defence Forces has received a dozen Swedish-made infantry vehicles CV90, bought from the Netherlands. In late 2014, the Estonian government decided to buy

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Gallery: Juhan Kuus – the “unknown” Estonian photographic genius from South Africa

By Estonian World / September 13, 2016 / 4 minutes of reading

Juhan Kuus, the internationally renowned photographer of Estonian descent, was completely unknown in his country of ancestors, but the Estonian public is now becoming aware

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