TransferWise Wins EY UK Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.   Photo by T.Blaat / delfi.ee   TransferWise co-founders, Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, have been named Ernst and Young UK Entrepreneurs of the Year 2015. The award recognizes leaders of a young company that fit specific judging criteria: innovation, strategic direction, entrepreneurial vision, financial performance, ...

Estonia Launches Its First Russian-Language TV Channel

Broadcasting history was made on Monday, when ETV+, Estonian Public Broadcasting’s (ERR) first Russian-language TV-channel, finally launched. Darja Saar, the editor-in-chief of the new channel – almost a year in the making - told ERR that ETV+’s program is set for now, but may see some adjustments later on, once ...

Male Suicide Rate Up Again In Estonia

According to Statistics Estonia, the number of suicides committed by young and middle-aged men in Estonia underwent a sharp rise last year. International studies suggest this is a delayed impact of the financial crisis.   The number of suicides in Estonia reached a low in 2013, but 2014 was not ...

Gigantic Megaphones Amplify Sounds Of Estonian Forests

Photos by Tõnu Tunnel   On September 18th, an installation of three gigantic wooden megaphones built by a team of Estonian Academy of Arts interior architecture students opened for all forest dwellers for resting, contemplation and above all – listening to the sounds of nature and forests around them. According ...

On The Corner Of Warm And Waning

On Sept. 23, the day of the autumnal equinox or sügisene pööri/päev at 11.21 Eastern European Summer Time, the place to be was on the corner of Suve and Sügise Streets in Tallinn, or literally on the spot where summer and fall meet.   Like virtually all place names in ...

Calling All Estonian-American Historians

Andres Simonson Seattle 1950 family   The Estonian American National Council (EANC) needs your help to tell the Estonian-American story.     They are out there somewhere. Maybe in an old shoebox in a dark forgotten corner of the attic. Maybe inside the front cover of a dusty book, whose ...

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