This seemingly simple question often causes much confusion – when tested on students, we usually get conflicting answers: Estonia is an ancient land where we have lived for millennia, but as a state it is very young, says the professor of cultural history at Tallinn University, Marek Tamm. So what do we know from the […]
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Estonia will receive a 100th birthday gift next year that will be truly out of this world – as part of the country’s centenary celebrations in 2018, ESTCube will unveil its second satellite while its team embarks on a mission across Estonia to educate young people about opportunities within the space industry. ESTCube-2 will be
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As part of the celebrations for Estonia’s centenary, an ambitious project is orchestrating a comprehensive upgrade to the country’s instrument collections and its music education overall. Estonia’s centenary in 2018 is around the corner and preparations are already well under way in the form of initiatives and events. As befits a birthday, these initiatives are
According to the PISA tests, the results of Estonian 15-year-olds are the best in Europe and among the strongest in the entire world. But what is the recipe for this success and what could be improved upon? It is rather difficult to objectively measure how good the Estonian education system is, but one of the
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The state-of-the-art Estonian National Museum, built on a former runway, was designed to represent the country’s emerging history. In the last 26 years, Estonia has undertaken many huge projects – completed a massive national library and built new large premises for universities and a splendid museum of modern art. The latest assignment – the Estonian
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The Republic of Estonia will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018; in anticipation to the centenary, the preparations have already started and are likely to add confidence to the country and its people across the globe. An imaginary countdown timer to celebrate the country’s centenary in 2018 was switched on last year, when the Estonian
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Mexican graffiti artists are to decorate 30 buildings in Tallinn during the 2017 street art festival, Mextonia; these murals will be Mexico’s present to Estonia for the latter’s centenary, celebrated in 2018. The Mexican graffiti artists will paint some 4,000 square metres of public space during the festival that is to take place in June
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High rewards with almost zero problems: Estonia’s experience with its non-native resident population in the last 25 years has been extremely positive. Residents of the non-native community of Estonia participated for the first time in the Opinion Festival, reflecting on their life in the country. Co-hosted by the Estonian World and moderated engagingly by Stewart
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The Estonian World magazine will collaborate with the Estonia 100 team to host an English-language public discussion at the annual Opinion Festival in Paide. In 2018, the Republic of Estonia will celebrate its centenary. In anticipation of the anniversary, preparations are already underway and a dedicated programme, Estonia 100, has been launched to engage the
Estonian Valtrik Pihl, a Helsinki-based construction worker from Paide, is knitting a huge, 160-square metre (1,722-square ft) flag as a gift for Estonia’s centenary, celebrated in 2018. Pihl started to think three years ago, what a privilege it is to live at a time when Estonia is celebrating its most important birthday in history, its centenary in 2018. He
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