On the occasion of the day celebrating the restoration of independence, Estonian World has chosen 12 of Estonia’s most outstanding statespeople in recent times.* In the […]
Top 12 most outstanding Estonian statespeople Read More
The Estonian Song Celebration (Laulupidu) is a unique event, which every five years brings together a huge choir of 25,000 people for a weekend in
Estonian Song Celebration timeline Read More
The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory opened an exhibition about the international crimes of communism at the former Patarei prison in Tallinn. The exhibition, “Communism
An exhibition about communist crimes opens in Tallinn Read More
Estonian World takes a glimpse into an increasingly forgotten era – the street scenes of the Soviet Union-occupied Estonia (1944-1991) and, specifically, the country’s capital
30 pictures of the Soviet-era street scenes in Tallinn Read More
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will pay a visit to Estonia in June, in conjunction with the 800th anniversary of the Danish flag that has a
Queen Margrethe to visit Estonia for the 800th anniversary of the Danish flag Read More
A new exhibition has opened at the Kumu art museum in Tallinn about the socialist art of the 1970s and 1980s in fine arts and
An exhibition about fine arts and fashion inspired by the Soviet era opens in Tallinn Read More
“My Formative Years” is an autobiography of a famous Estonian military commander, Sir Johan Pitka (1872-1944); first published in the 1930s Estonia, it has now been translated into
Book introduction – “My Formative Years”, by Johan Pitka Read More
Among the 7,000 Estonians murdered by the Nazis was a promising Fauvist painter Karl Pärsimägi. Education is lacking in some compartments in Estonia. While there’s
Holocaust Remembrance Day: the Nazis murdered, among others, a promising Estonian painter Read More
Imbi Paju, a Helsinki, Finland-based Estonian journalist, writer and filmmaker says in a speech when accepting the Heli and Arnold Susi Mission Award for the Courage
Imbi Paju: Remembering guides us forward Read More
The defence ministers of Estonia and Finland on 3 January commemorated the fallen of the Estonian War of Independence in the Estonian town of Kuusalu.
Estonian and Finnish defence ministers commemorate the dead of the War of Independence Read More
