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.
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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.
15 years of Estonia’s EU membership - Estonian World
May 9, 2019 · Estonia has been a member state of the European Union for 15 years – Estonian World takes a closer look at the journey towards the EU, the biggest achievements during these years and contemplates the developments and challenges the country might face in the future.
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.
Updates: Russia’s war against Ukraine – reactions in Estonia
Oct 1, 2024 · 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 …
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.
The Baltic Way – the longest unbroken human chain in history
On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, spanning 675 kilometres, or 420 miles. It was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in history.
How Estonia got its national flag? - Estonian World
Jun 4, 2022 · 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.
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 ...
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.