News from Estonia

Head of the Citizenship and Migration Policy Department at the Mi nistry of the Interior Ruth Annus has written about 12 myths related to foreigners' stay, studies and employment in Estonia and why they are not true.   ERR News has translated Annus' post from the Ministry of the Interior's...

  Chairman of the Center Party, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas proposed a possible question for the upcoming marriage referendum on an ERR talk show. Ratas said that the phrasing of the question should be specific.   He proposed the following question. "Should marriage remain a union between a man and...

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is inviting Estonians across the world to give feedback. We would like to know how Estonian communities around the world are satisfied with consular services and the level of inclusion.   Valuable feedback will help us plan development activities in a way that best...

Estonian-founded Skeleton Technologies has raised €41.3 million in equity capital from investors. Skeleton was advised by investment bank UBS in the financing round.   Ellex Raidla was the legal advisor to the transaction, Skeleton Technologies said. Most of the investment was subscribed by new investors.   All current investors joined...

Photo by Ksenija Kurs / pealinn.ee   Tallinn's traditional Christmas market is to be replaced this year by a more dispersed event, encompassing the entire Old Town and other districts of the capital, due to coronavirus concerns.   The city government itself is overseeing the festivities.   "We have a...

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is listed as one of the 10 best choirs in the world by classicalmusic.com.   Little surprise that a nation famous for song – its independence from the USSR was preceded by a ‘Singing Revolution’ of massed voices in Tallinn in 1988 – should boast...

Tiina Ann Kirss   Tiina Ann Kirss.    Source: Ly Lestberg / ERR   Literary scholar Tiina Ann Kirss writes  about her family, who were among the 75,000 Estonians who fled in 1944, to mark the unveiling of a new monument to those known as boat refugees on the Puise Peninsula,...

Photo by Aare Hindremäe   A memorial to Estonians who died fleeing their country by sea in 1944 in the face of invading Soviet forces, as well as to remember all those who fled, was formally unveiled on Puise beach, Lääne County on September 19th. "An estimated 5,000 people entered...

For the first time, a student film made by Baltic Film and Media School graduate German Golub "My Dear Corpses" has won the toughest competition for film schools – the Student Academy Awards. This means that the film is eligible to run for the "big" Oscars.   Whether the film...