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The next generation of cyber talent assembles in Estonia

The next generation of cyber talent assembles in Estonia
Performers leap into the air during a street theatre show outside Tallinn Town Hall as part of Tallinn Fringe Festival. Photo by Anton Serdjukov.

the Tallinn Fringe marks its 10th anniversary
Anu Muiste’s surreal worlds leave nowhere to hide

Anu Muiste’s surreal worlds leave nowhere to hide
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Piano maker Indrek Laul enters Estonia’s presidential race
How Ando Kiviberg turned the Viljandi Folk Music Festival into an Estonian institution

How Ando Kiviberg turned the Viljandi Folk Music Festival into an Estonian institution
Keili Major in her Garessio studio with two finger-painted landscapes of the Tanaro river. Private collection.

Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro
The sanctuary of St Peter’s Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, a mid-century modern A-frame building completed in 1955. Photo courtesy of St Peter’s Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto.

Toronto designates St Peter’s Estonian church as a heritage property
Paper Mill Coffee combines speciality coffee with a bakery operation in Tallinn; the café and roastery was named among Europe’s 50 best coffee shops. Photo courtesy of Paper Mill Coffee.

Two Tallinn coffee shops named among Europe’s 50 best
Kerr Kriisa during his time with the Arizona Wildcats. Photo by Marc-Grégor Campredon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Estonian basketball player Kerr Kriisa is charged in a $2.2 million US fraud case
Players from FC Vaujours display a Palestinian flag during the Tallinn Cup under-14 tournament in Tallinn. Photo courtesy of Kert Valdaru.

French youth footballers accused of attacking Estonian boys after waving a Palestinian flag
A new street art work created during the Stencibility festival in Tartu, Estonia. Photo by Mana Kaasik.

Street artists bring dozens of new works to Tartu at the Stencibility festival
Set in a secluded landscape of forest and water, KiKuMu unfolded across four distinct stages – two indoors and two beneath the open sky, including one beside the lake. Photo by Andrea Forlani.

Inside KiKuMu, the Estonian festival taking on algorithms, VIP culture and bad taste
“Singing, for me, equals freedom”

“Singing, for me, equals freedom”
Kerr Kriisa during his time with the Arizona Wildcats. Photo by Marc-Grégor Campredon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The FBI arrests the Estonian basketball player Kerr Kriisa over an alleged fraud scheme
The role of the United States in the restoration of Estonia’s independence

The role of the United States in the restoration of Estonia’s independence
A former Defence League commander enters Estonia’s presidential race

A former Defence League commander enters Estonia’s presidential race
What is it like to climb into an artist’s mind?

What is it like to climb into an artist’s mind?
Estonia is less religious, but not less spiritual, a survey finds

Estonia is less religious, but not less spiritual, a survey finds
Estonia ranks first in the EU startup and scaleup index

Estonia ranks first in the EU startup and scaleup index
Tallinn's Old Town. Photo by Kaupo Kalda.

UK paper names Tallinn among the best European cities to visit this summer
Pärnu beach. Photo by Anneli Tandorf.

Editorial: Estonia’s cool opportunity
President Alar Karis speaking at the Victory Day parade in Rapla. Photo by Raigo Pajula.

Estonia’s president Alar Karis says he will not seek a second term
Estonia receives its first IRIS-T medium-range air defence system

Estonia receives its first IRIS-T medium-range air defence system
A Leclerc main battle tank by KNDS France. Skeleton Technologies and KNDS France are exploring cooperation on advanced power systems for military vehicle platforms, including capabilities linked to main battle tanks. Photo by KNDS France.

Estonia’s Skeleton expands its role in Europe’s defence technology race
Young Estonians in folk costumes at the West Coast Estonian Days in 2013. Photo by Kiino Villand.

The West Coast Estonian Days return to San Francisco
Terry McDonald speaks with Iranian activist, poet and Tallinn University researcher Maliheh Keshmiri (right) about Iran after the blackout.

Podcast: Iran after the blackout
The University of Tartu. Photo by Andres Tennus.

Estonia’s top universities named in the QS World University Rankings
Estonia’s Bolt to launch a self-driving car testing programme in Luxembourg

Estonia’s Bolt to launch a self-driving car testing programme in Luxembourg
A mental health crisis is holding back young Estonians’ participation in society, a report says

A mental health crisis is holding back young Estonians’ participation in society, a report says
Soviet deportations in Estonia: the June 1941 tragedy

Soviet deportations in Estonia: the June 1941 tragedy
Saving the Soviet aesthetic from the scrap bin

Saving the Soviet aesthetic from the scrap bin
Tallinn city centre, with the Bank of Estonia building in the foreground. Photo by Kaupo Kalda.

Estonia’s public debt is on an unsustainable trajectory
A still from "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel". Photo: the Estonian Film Institute.

Estonian sci-fi classic “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” to screen in Shanghai
The number of crypto companies in Estonia falls

The number of crypto companies in Estonia falls
Estonian startup to use nanotech for healing of chronic wounds

Estonian startup to use nanotech for healing of chronic wounds
Zelenskyy joins the Nordic-Baltic leaders in Tallinn after talks with Karis

Zelenskyy joins the Nordic-Baltic leaders in Tallinn after talks with Karis
The tiny monarchs shaping Estonia’s honey

The tiny monarchs shaping Estonia’s honey
The Estonian business hub in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by the foreign ministry.

Estonia opens a business hub in Copenhagen
Estonia backs marriage equality as attitudes towards trans people harden

Estonia backs marriage equality as attitudes towards trans people harden
The Challenger 604 jet in which the cargo was transported. Photo by Paraguay’s anti-drug agency, SENAD.

A private jet piloted by an Estonian is found with 260kg of hashish
Estonia’s economy fared better in 2025 than in the two preceding years

The Estonian economy grows by 2.4% in Q1 2026
Estonia approves Tesla’s self-driving system for its roads

Estonia approves Tesla’s self-driving system for its roads
Estonian tech pioneer Jaan Tallinn named to the TIME100 Philanthropy list

Estonian tech pioneer Jaan Tallinn named to the TIME100 Philanthropy list
Estonia’s haunted houses and ghost stories

Estonia’s haunted houses and ghost stories
Viljandi is sued over a rainbow artwork ban

Viljandi is sued over a rainbow artwork ban
Brendan Pasco Rajalo at TalTech. The French-Estonian civil engineer first came to Estonia as an Erasmus student and has now returned to work on Rail Baltica. Private collection.

a French engineer’s journey from TalTech to Rail Baltica
Estonia builds a camera to hunt an ancient comet

Estonia builds a camera to hunt an ancient comet
A NATO tank during a German-Netherlands Corps exercise. Photo: German-Netherlands Corps.

NATO to assign a new corps to defend Estonia and Latvia
A woman with two children at Estonian Song Celebration in 2019. Photo by Sven Zacek.

Estonia’s population could drop below 700,000 by 2100
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania bring visual storytelling to Tokyo

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania bring visual storytelling to Tokyo
Latitude59 casts Estonia as a testbed for the New Nordics

Latitude59 casts Estonia as a testbed for the New Nordics
Tallinn to buy 22 bidirectional trams as the city rethinks its transport future

Tallinn to buy 22 bidirectional trams as the city rethinks its transport future
Household net wealth in Estonia rose to €103,300 in 2024, according to the Bank of Estonia, with real estate remaining the main pillar of family assets. Image: AI-generated image.

Estonian household wealth rises, but the richest 5% hold 40% of assets
Why Estonia is drawing global talent home

Why Estonia is drawing global talent home
NATO jet shoots down suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia

NATO jet shoots down suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia
Tiit Helimets performing with Sarah Van Patten at San Francisco Ballet. Photo by Erik Tomasson.

Estonian-born Tiit Helimets appointed artistic director of Sacramento Ballet
Dancers perform I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Estonia’s first exclusive ballroom dance show, presented by Ballroom Theatre Production and Prime Line Agency. Photo courtesy of Ballroom Theatre Production.

The Estonian couple taking ballroom dance to the world stage
Historian Timothy Snyder delivers the Lennart Meri Lecture, “Ukrainian History and the Future of the World”, at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn. Photo by the Lennart Meri Conference.

Lennart Meri Conference 2026 in Tallinn
Estonia’s Kauge festival brings club culture to a former factory in Tartu

Estonia’s Kauge festival brings club culture to a former factory in Tartu
Karen K Burns. Private collection.

why I left Estonia to raise my daughters in the UK
Estonia’s Venice pavilion turns painting into a living act

Estonia’s Venice pavilion turns painting into a living act
Estonian tech leaders warn forests are being sacrificed for short-term profit

Estonian tech leaders warn forests are being sacrificed for short-term profit
The 2026 World Press Freedom Index shows press freedom under pressure globally, with many countries classified as difficult or very serious for journalism.

Estonia ranks third in 2026 World Press Freedom Index
what is to be done with Tallinn’s Old Town?

what is to be done with Tallinn’s Old Town?
Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s former head of state, was removed as president of the Estonian Olympic Committee after a vote of no confidence. Photo: Kersti Kaljulaid’s official Facebook page.

Kersti Kaljulaid ousted as Estonian Olympic Committee president after bitter revolt
Pictures: Tallinn Music Week 2026

Pictures: Tallinn Music Week 2026
The unit leaders. The unit commander was a captain by rank, Senior Lieutenant Väino Liimann (in the middle) his deputy, and three group commanders. Photo from Liimann

Estonian Chernobyl veteran recalls the Soviet lies, radiation and clean-up after the disaster
How Estonia is helping Moldova prepare for the EU

How Estonia is helping Moldova prepare for the EU
Estonia records its lowest-ever gender pay gap

Estonia records its lowest-ever gender pay gap
Estonia's Song Celebration in 2019. Photo by Sven Zacek.

Estonia’s population shrinks again
Robert Fico meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Estonia bars airspace for Fico’s Moscow trip
the free platform helping foreigners learn Estonian

the free platform helping foreigners learn Estonian
Estonia seeks delay to EU equal pay rules despite a wide gender pay gap

Estonia seeks delay to EU equal pay rules despite a wide gender pay gap
a perfect storm for Europe’s defence industry

a perfect storm for Europe’s defence industry
Estonia’s shameful resistance to pay transparency

Estonia’s shameful resistance to pay transparency
A Prisma grocery shop in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo by Prisma.

why Estonian food prices still hurt
Europe’s strategic autonomy amid the Russian threat

Europe’s strategic autonomy amid the Russian threat
Europe’s tallest aspen rises from the quiet old-growth forests of the Nigula Nature Reserve in south-west Estonia. Photo by Arvo Tullus / the Estonian University of Life Sciences.

Europe’s tallest aspen discovered in south-west Estonia
A US-supplied HIMARS launcher is unloaded from a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 Ruslan at Ämari Air Base, Estonia. Photo by Siim Verner Teder

Estonia to buy three more HIMARS launchers from Lockheed Martin
Why resilient cities matter more than ever

Why resilient cities matter more than ever
Estonia to stage one of its biggest ever national crisis drills

Estonia to stage one of its biggest ever national crisis drills
Duo Ruut performing at Tallinn Music Week 2025. Photograph by Andrea Forlani.

Tallinn Music Week returns to Estonia’s capital with music, ideas and a city-wide festival
A Paris exhibition spotlights Estonian women artists

A Paris exhibition spotlights Estonian women artists
The Volta quarter enters a new phase in Tallinn’s redevelopment

The Volta quarter enters a new phase in Tallinn’s redevelopment
A Coop Konsum store in Estonia. Photo by Coop.

An Estonian retailer to buy the Finnish-owned Prisma stores
Power, strategy, uncertainty: in the latest episode of The Tallinn University Podcast, Professor Matthew Crandall (right) speaks with host Terry McDonald (left) about the forces shaping US foreign policy today.

what is the US foreign policy now?
Skype’s Tallinn headquarters in 2013; Microsoft shut the platform down in 2025.

Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe’s sovereign platform
A military drone flies over a landscape at dawn, illustrating the air threat that prompted overnight alerts across Estonia. Image: Getty / Unsplash

Estonia on drone alert after night of air threat
The 2025 NATO summit, held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 24 to 25 June. Photo by the Estonian foreign ministry.

what will it take to keep the transatlantic alliance strong?
A walk in an Estonian bog. Photo by Kristiina Mardi.

why its bogs, wetlands and forests matter
The 2025 NATO summit, held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 24 to 25 June. Photo by the Estonian foreign ministry.

can the transatlantic alliance hold?
On 25 March, Estonia’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, Jaan Reinhold (first left), presented his credentials to King Tupou VI (first right) in the Pacific island kingdom. Photo: the Estonian foreign ministry.

Estonia extends its diplomatic reach to Tonga
Power and oil plants of state-owned energy company Eesti Energia in Auvere, Estonia. Photo: Eesti Energia.

A drone from Russian airspace strikes the chimney of an Estonian power plant
The victims of Soviet deportations remembered in Estonia

The victims of Soviet deportations remembered in Estonia
Northern Europe prepares cross-border evacuation plans for a crisis or war

Northern Europe prepares cross-border evacuation plans for a crisis or war
Estonian MPs back the US and Israel on Iran

Estonian MPs back the US and Israel on Iran
Estonia’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Photo by Ismail Noor.

is Estonia still the world’s most digital country?
A Russian Air Force MiG-31BM armed with R-33 missiles. Photo by Leukhin Fedor/CC BY-SA 2.0 licence.

Russia tests Estonia’s border again with a brief airspace violation
A US-supplied HIMARS launcher is unloaded from a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 Ruslan at Ämari Air Base, Estonia. Photo by Siim Verner Teder

Lockheed Martin to establish HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia
The main building of the University of Tartu. Photo by Kaupo Kalda.

Estonia ranks second in the world for academic freedom as global standards fall