Estonia
Konrad Mägi, the controversial painter who though Paris was full of ‘sloppy rubbish’
The Estonian artist thought the French masters were ‘hideous’ and ‘boring’. How does his own work measure up?
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The hidden Swedish voices of the Baltic
Small communities across Finland, Estonia and even Ukraine keep the Swedish language alive in unexpected corners of Europe
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Estonia, the country that’s doing digital ID cards right
Labour’s plans have caused huge controversy. But ‘100% digital’ Estonia shows how e-government can save time and money for ordinary people
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Arvo Pärt’s angel music
The most-performed living composer celebrates his 90th birthday
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The Eurovision troll contest
Estonian Tommy Cash’s Espresso Macchiato mocks Italians. Is he a prankster, or a racist?
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The bridge at the end of Europe
Across the river from Russia, the Estonian city of Narva is part of the European Union. But Vladimir Putin is watching and waiting
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Estonia’s culture fights for independence from Putin’s Russia
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reignited fears in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
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What sank the MS Estonia?
Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge
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Estonia’s vote in the shadow of Russia
The war in Ukraine is pushing Estonians to become more engaged with the European elections
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Inside Estonia’s closed city
What if Russian soldiers return to the small town Paldiski that they left 30 years ago?
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“Right, f*** it. We’ll do it ourselves”: The sentence that turned Estonia from Soviet backwater to digital miracle
The tech-savvy state’s digital vision makes it the world’s fastest-growing ‘nation brand’. So what’s it doing right?
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How Estonia sang its way to freedom
Three decades ago, dulcet tones from Estonia signalled the country's newfound freedom, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK
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Could Putin invade the Baltics next?
The same factors that led up to his incursion into Ukraine are in place again, including domestic protests, a struggling economy and a desire for glory. So are the likes of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania next on the Russian leader's list?
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How the coronavirus created a new iron curtain
Despite attempts to bridge it since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the chasm between Eastern and Western Europe remains wide. The pandemic has pushed the two regions even further apart. No-one better embodies the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe from Communism than Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright, dissident and first democratically-elected president of the modern era. […]
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Eurosceptic MEP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
A Eurosceptic MEP has nominated former US president Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. Estonian politician Jaak Madison, deputy chairman of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE), said he was doing so for failing to start a war in his presidency. He also claimed that Trump had secured stability in the Middle East. Maidson […]