A hundred interesting facts about Estonia - Estonian World
Feb 25, 2024 · As a gift for Estonia’s centenary on 24 February 2018, Estonian World compiled, with the help of its co-authors, a list of a hundred facts about the country – some known, but some perhaps even surprising.
The sinking of MS Estonia: 30 years of unanswered questions
Sep 27, 2024 · On 28 September 1994, the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, claiming 852 lives; thirty years on, the tragedy remains shrouded in conspiracy theories, cover-up allegations and unanswered questions.
Christmas customs in Estonia - Estonian World
Dec 22, 2022 · Enjoyable and engaging Christmas article! Am reading this far away, as a Canadian with Estonian ancestry. As an historian, I feel compelled to mention that the first record of a decorated solstice tree was written down in 1441, about an evergreen tree that some local guild merchants and students had decorated in Tallinn’s town square!
Updates: Russia’s war against Ukraine – reactions in Estonia
Jan 14, 2025 · 2 June 2023 – Estonia’s FM opens an Estonian-built kindergarten in Ukraine. The Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna, opened a kindergarten in the Ukrainian city of Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region, built in cooperation between the …
Estonia celebrates the restoration of independence - Estonian World
On 20 August 1991, Estonia declared formal independence during the Soviet military coup attempt in Moscow, reconstituting the pre-1940 state. In the evening of 20 August 1991, Estonian politicians declared the nation’s independence – even as Soviet tanks were rolling through the countryside to quell the independence movement and the Soviet paratroopers were taking charge of the Tallinn TV ...
Skype and the Estonian start-up ecosystem
Sep 1, 2013 · On 29 August 2003, six people from Estonia, Sweden and Denmark launched a new product in Tallinn. On its first day, 10,000 people downloaded it.
MS Estonia’s damage much greater than previously thought
Jun 21, 2022 · The official report. The official disaster report, published in 1997, said the fatal event started when the locks on the ferry’s bow door failed from the strain of the waves and the door separated from the rest of the vessel, pulling the ramp behind it ajar.
Top 12 most outstanding Estonian women in the world
Mar 8, 2015 · Estonian World is a global independent online magazine, founded in London in 2012 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The magazine has editorial representations in London, Boston, Los Angeles and Tallinn, and contributors all over the world, on every continent.
Estonian Song Celebration timeline
Jul 5, 2019 · 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 July.More than 100,000 spectators enjoy the concerts and sing along to the most popular songs.* The festivals have become the main anchor of Estonian identity.
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Estonian World is a global independent online magazine, founded in London in 2012 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The magazine has editorial representations in London, Chicago, Los Angeles and Tallinn, and contributors all over the world, on every continent.