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The 2026 World Press Freedom Index shows press freedom under pressure globally, with many countries classified as difficult or very serious for journalism.

Estonia ranks third in 2026 World Press Freedom Index

By Silver Tambur / May 4, 2026 / 3 minutes of reading

Estonia has ranked third in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, confirming its place among the world’s freest […]

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Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s former head of state, was removed as president of the Estonian Olympic Committee after a vote of no confidence. Photo: Kersti Kaljulaid’s official Facebook page.

Kersti Kaljulaid ousted as Estonian Olympic Committee president after bitter revolt

By Silver Tambur / April 27, 2026 / 7 minutes of reading

Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s former head of state, has been removed as president of the Estonian Olympic Committee, or EOK, after a bruising vote of no

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The Chernobyl reactor No 4 building in 2006, including the later-built sarcophagus and elements of the high-security perimeter. Photo: Carl Montgomery / CC BY 2.0 licence.

Estonian Chernobyl veteran recalls the Soviet lies, radiation and clean-up after the disaster

By Sten Hankewitz / April 26, 2026 / 8 minutes of reading

The HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” told the world, in graphic detail, what really happened in the worst nuclear catastrophe humankind has ever faced; Estonian World brings

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Estonia's Song Celebration in 2019. Photo by Sven Zacek.

Estonia’s population shrinks again

By Silver Tambur / April 21, 2026 / 3 minutes of reading

Estonia’s population fell for the second year in a row in 2025, as low birth rates, more deaths and a sharp reversal in migration pushed

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Thomas Oberlechner, pictured in Narva, said Estonia has become his second home and that Keeleklikk helped him build a strong foundation in Estonian. Private collection.

Keeleklikk: the free platform helping foreigners learn Estonian

By Estonian World / April 18, 2026 / 4 minutes of reading

Fourteen cases and unfamiliar pronunciation: how the Keeleklikk language-learning platform helped a Swede and an Italian master Estonian with confidence. This article was published in

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Europe’s tallest aspen rises from the quiet old-growth forests of the Nigula Nature Reserve in south-west Estonia. Photo by Arvo Tullus / the Estonian University of Life Sciences.

Europe’s tallest aspen discovered in south-west Estonia

By Silver Tambur / April 12, 2026 / 3 minutes of reading

A towering aspen in south-west Estonia has been confirmed as the tallest of its kind in Europe, in a discovery that places a remote corner

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On 25 March, Estonia’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, Jaan Reinhold (first left), presented his credentials to King Tupou VI (first right) in the Pacific island kingdom. Photo: the Estonian foreign ministry.

Estonia extends its diplomatic reach to Tonga

By Jennifer Fox / March 26, 2026 / 2 minutes of reading

Estonia’s diplomatic map has just stretched a little further across the globe – all the way to Tonga, the Polynesian kingdom so far from Tallinn

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Estonia remembers the victims of Soviet deportations

By Estonian World / March 24, 2026 / 7 minutes of reading

On 25 March 1949, the Soviet regime deported 20,000 Estonian men, women, and children to Siberia; in just a few days, nearly three per cent

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Dan Boeckner's vile, offensive post on X about Estonians. Screenshot.

A Canadian musician deeply offends Estonians, draws the ire of expats

By Sten Hankewitz / March 14, 2026 / 3 minutes of reading

Dan Boeckner, a 48-year-old Canadian musician, posted deeply offensive remarks about Estonians on X on 12 March, drawing the ire of Estonian expatriates in Canada

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