News from Estonia

A comparative study of rental and real estate prices shows that since 2010, both have increased more in Estonia than in any other European Union (EU) country. According to Eurostat, rental prices in Estonia have increased by 212 percent between 2010 and the first quarter (Q1) of this year, the...

Estonian residents have the highest trust in the rescue service, Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), and the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF), new polling commissioned by the Ministry of Defense shows. The Rescue Service is considered to be completely or mostly trustworthy by 96 percent of Estonian residents, the Police...

Young Estonians and Estonian youth from around the world, who are visiting Estonia or coming to participate in the Song and Dance Festival this summer, are invited to take part in a special event which will take place on June 29 at the Apollo Cinema Coca-Cola Plaza in Tallinn. The...

BaltHerNet’s summer school titled “Diaspora Estonian Cultural Heritage Abroad. XI My Estonian Roots” takes place in Setomaa at Värska from June 26-29th. Since Setomaa is known for its knowledge of traditions and unique, strong identity, we chose the theme of this year’s summer school, identity, and roots, accordingly. Topics such...

The XIII Youth Song and Dance Festival "Holy is the Land" is scheduled to take place in Tallinn from June 30 to July 2. The festival includes dance performances, concerts, a procession, and a free folk music concert. Rehearsals for the dance performers began on Tuesday, while singers and instrumentalists...

Tallinn Zoo acquired a rare Przewalski's horse. The 20-year-old mare, named Vaide, arrived there last week from the Riga Zoo. Named after a 19th-century Polish geographer and explorer, Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is genetically quite different from the modern domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), which suggests that neither is...

Estonian émigré Illar Muul – a virologist, a flying squirrel researcher, a protector of the rainforest and an engineer of canopy walkways – was relatively unknown in the country of his birth; now a new exhibition in his honour at the Estonian Museum of Natural History introduces him in his...

The new director and CEO of the Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom in Tallinn, Karen Jagodin, visited the Latvian Museum in Rockville, and the JBANC office on May 4. Ms Jagodin was in the United States during Vabamu’s 20th anniversary this year to promote new initiatives and future exhibits...

On Tuesday, May 9th, the Office of the Prosecutor General launched criminal proceedings to investigate the use of Ukraine aid sums by Estonian NGO Slava Ukraini. Proceedings were launched based on the embezzlement section of the Penal Code. The Estonian proceedings were launched the day after similar proceedings in Ukraine....

Estonian-American artist, Jaanika Peerna's large drawing from the “BIG MELT” series, made with pigment pencil and melting ice was presented by President Alar Karis to Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia during their visit to Estonia this week. An additional gift was the recent monograph “Jaanika Peerna: GLACIER...