Aino Lepik von Wirén, Estonia’s ambassador to the Council of Europe, will chair the group preparing a special court to ...

Estonian designers turn leaves, cigarette filters and factory waste into fashion, furniture and novel materials at a Toronto ...

In the autumn of 1944, as the Red Army closed in and renewed Soviet occupation became inevitable, around 80,000 Estonians fled aboard ships and small fishing boats; for many, the perilous escape ...

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has become the first Estonian to receive the Goethe Medal, one of Germany’s most ...

Anna-Cara Keim is a freelance writer and photographer based in London. She is editor-in-chief and founder of Crossing the Baltic, a blog-style magazine about the Baltic Sea Region ...

In a world where music often speaks louder than words, Arvo Pärt’s compositions resonate with profound, almost spiritual clarity, and his minimalist approach, characterised by hauntingly beautiful ...

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Estonia ranks among the world’s top 10 education systems in PISA 2025, but its reading scores are falling amid teacher shortages.

As the war with Iran is told through the language of missiles, presidents and military commanders, the voice of ordinary Iranians risks disappearing from the ...

The Estonian government, together with private investors and several figures from the country’s early tech scene, is said to be exploring a plan to buy Skype back from Microsoft and turn it into a ...

Rail Baltica was meant to be the railway that carried the Baltic states into the heart of Europe – instead, it has become a warning about what happens when political ambition, optimistic forecasts and ...

The Estonian defence minister, Hanno Pevkur, has accepted political responsibility and resigned after an Estonian state agency paid almost €70 million in advance to an Indian-run Italian company that ...