The Estonian National Museum and the Museum of Estonians Abroad are seeking material for a joint exhibition on ESTO and are asking for help from anyone who has ever attended the festival. The ESTO festival, which was born in exile as the Global Estonian Cultural Days in 1972, will be held in Helsinki, Tallinn and […]
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The international political magazine, Politico, has named the Estonian MP, Eerik-Niiles Kross, as one of the 28 “people who are shaping, shaking and stirring Europe”. The “Estonian James Bond”, as the magazine puts it, is standing ready to fight if Russia should invade the country. “He’s been warning of the Russians’ potential return since they
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The Balletto di Milano premiered on 5 November a new take on the ballet classic, “Swan Lake”, reimagined by the Estonian choreographer, Teet Kask. Kask created the ballet especially for the ballet company of Balletto di Milano that will perform the piece in theatres across Italy and Switzerland. “My new version of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ is influenced by
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Two Estonians and a German have founded a London-based luxury accessories business with the purpose to make timeless bags without logos and branding labels. The trio of industry insiders – designer Oliver Ruuger, sustainability researcher Markus Vihma and a fourth-generation master craftsman Volker Koch decided to start doing something different, which is not usual in
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The Washington Post has named Estonian Anu Tali as one of the “female conductors to watch”. The DC-based newspaper compiled a list of eleven female conductors around the world, saying these women “are following in the footsteps of Marin Alsop, JoAnn Faletta, Simone Young, Jane Glover and others, to establish significant international conducting careers”. “The
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The international political magazine, Politico, has named the Estonian member of the European Parliament, Kaja Kallas, as one of the most powerful women in Brussels. Politico compiled a list of the most powerful women in Brussels, saying that “[n]ow more than ever, women in Brussels are driving Europe’s major political and policy debates”. “As victims
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The Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, has become the first Estonian to be featured in the Forbes magazine’s list, the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Kaljulaid comes in the list at number 78, just a spot ahead of Arianna Huffington, an American entrepreneur. “Kaljulaid is leading a quiet digital revolution in tiny Estonia (population 1.2 million),
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Katrine Cecilie Munck, a Danish-born half-Estonian, went on an exchange trip to Estonia – and now wants to inspire others to see what a beautiful country it is. Never had I been able to share my interest in the Estonian nature, the culture, the people and the language as much as I did when I
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Kristel Kruustük, a co-founder of Testlio, a mobile app testing startup, writes that building companies is tough and entails making a lot of mistakes that are emotionally draining, but one’s got to keep fighting as long as you have yourself, your team and your customers who believe in what you’ve built. It was a sunny summer
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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt commands respect and admiration from classical music fans from around the world; his fans also include renowned pop artists, writers and even statespeople. Estonian World picked five quotes about Pärt by other, globally influential people. Arvo Pärt, the most performed living composer in the world, celebrates his birthday on 11 September. Estonians
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