The London-based Estonian expat, René Küüsvek, created a short video that captures the charm of Estonia, dedicated to the country’s centennial. Küüsvek dedicated the video to Estonia’s centennial. “Like the people of Estonia, its wilderness is calm, beautiful and awe-inspiring. This video captures that charm and I wish Estonians across the world peace, joy and unity […]
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Since Estonians generally take interest in what other people think of them, an Estonian member of the European Parliament, Kaja Kallas, created a video where she asked her fellow MEPs, what do they think when they hear the word, “Estonia”, a country that is celebrating its centenary on 24 February.
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Estonia’s centennial and heritage will be celebrated at the Toronto City Hall and with lighting of the city’s CN Tower in blue, black and white.* Canadians of Estonian heritage will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Estonia’s independence and the Estonian Heritage Day in Toronto on 24 February at the city’s Nathan Phillips Square. Over
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Estonians will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Estonia’s independence with dozens of events from Helsinki to Singapore, with more than thirty Estonian communities involved. In Canada, around a thousand Estonians will gather for the festive flag raising at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. In addition, the events in Canada dedicated to the anniversary of
Kathleen Naglee, a Tallinn-based school director and poet, has written a poem in honour of Estonia’s centennial – from an expat’s point of view. Naglee, originally from the United States, has lived in Estonia since 2002, and currently heads one of the two international schools in the country’s capital. To honour Estonia’s 100th anniversary, she
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Using bicycles, vintage cars, motorcycles and tractors in a short road movie, several hundred of Latvians from different towns and villages joined in and personally forwarded their good wishes to Estonians by delivering a “birthday cake” across the border. “We thought of a way how our people could send Latvian birthday greetings to their neighbours
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On the centenary of the Republic of Estonia, one of the most famous landmarks in the world, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be lit up in blue, black and white – the national colours of Estonia. The Estonian ambassador to Brazil, Mart Tarmak, made the request to the
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A new photo collection website has been launched to celebrate Estonia’s centennial where all Estonians and the country’s e-residents are invited to upload their portraits to create an invitation to the world to visit Estonia. The organisers of the project have created a special photo collection portal where people can upload their joyful portraits. Uploading
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The Stanford University Libraries will be hosting a conference at Stanford University that will celebrate two important milestones – the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) and the 100th anniversary of independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The 2018 AABS conference at Stanford University: The 100th
A new exhibition, called “Estonia through a 100 pair of eyes”, is to be opened in February 2018 to celebrate the country’s 100th anniversary. The project, according to its organisers, “is a story about Estonia, told by a hundred Estonians, friends of Estonia, aged from 1 to 100, through their portraits, faces and emotions”. The
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