The Japan Art Association in Tokyo presented Arvo Pärt with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award on 15 October. The award is considered equal to the Nobel Prize in the field of culture, and was presented to Maestro Pärt by the patron of the association, Prince Hitachi. The Imperiale prize has been presented since 1989 […]
EstDocs (the Estonian documentary film festival in Toronto) celebrates its 10th year of bringing Estonian-themed films to audiences; this year’s festival takes place from 16-21 October. EstDocs is an audience festival and juried competition featuring films that have a connection to Estonia. The festival features top documentary filmmaking talent from Estonia and around the world. The EstDocs mission
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Some of the finest minds in the Baltic are to gather in Cambridge on 10/11 October to discuss education, which is the theme of this year’s Cambridge Baltic Conference. After a successful one day event in 2013, which focused on the Baltic/EU relationship, the event is now spread over two days, the first being given
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Last week, over 30 top Estonian product designers showed off their work at the London Design Week, going home with valuable business contacts and bursting of new inspiration. The Estonian pavilion at the 100% Design event at Earls Court was mainly directed to trade professionals, while the pop-up shop at the Hoxton Gallery at the
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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves who arrived for the opening week of the UN 69th General Assembly, held a reception on Sunday night with the Estonian Consulate and the New York Estonian Educational Society in the New York Estonian House to acknowledge the local Estonian community, where he called upon the younger generation of expat
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As an Estonian, I would firstly like to bring attention to the name of the referendum – the “Scottish independence referendum”. It is important not read too much into the word “independence”, as this referendum had crucial differences to the independence movement that took place in Estonia and many other countries 23 years ago. In
Estonians are certainly making an impact on and their presence felt in Australia. The way in which Estonians integrate into an existing culture without forgetting their roots has made them welcome citizens in the “land down under”. Waves of Estonians have hit Australian shores with every recession and crisis in Europe and Estonian blood flows
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Kelly Sildaru, from Tallinn, Estonia, started to ski when she was two years old and despite her tender age, she has already won at various ladies’ events, such as Mayrhofen Open, Polish Freeskiing Open, Ladies First Challenge and Master of Ylläs. Euronews has called her “the future star of freestyle skiing” and said that “it’s only
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Estonia’s ambassador to London, Lauri Bambus, along with other embassy employees, took part in the nationwide UK “Let’s do it!” clean-up day. The clean-up campaign was organised in the UK for the first time. “I am very pleased that the Estonian Embassy was able to take part in this initiative and to contribute to cleaning
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The Estonian community of Brisbane will participate in the local Scandinavian Festival on 14 September. Bringing together the local clubs of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Iceland, the Scandinavian festival brings many cultural and entertaining offerings to celebrate everything Nordic. A range of Estonian food and drink will be available, organised by the Brisbane
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