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"Laud on kaetud!" writes jewelry artist Ülle Mesikäpp from her home in the Tallinn suburb of Nõmme. Katma lauda = to set the table in preparation for a meal and when the laud is kaetud, you're welcome to take a seat (asuma lauda, võtma istet). Katma is also simply to...

20. jaanuarist kuni 16. veebruarini eksponeeritakse Marseille's kuulsas Le Corbusier' projekteeritud hoones Cité Radieuse KOKO arhitektide koostatud näitust "Conversion in Contemporary Estonian Architecture". Näitus toimub 2020. aasta sügisel alanud tsükli „Living the Modernist City“ raames ning leiab aset koostöös agentuuriga l'Agence Kolektiv 313 Architecture. Reedel, 22. jaanuaril avatakse Pariisis asuvas...

Launch of the EML Roland and EML Risto.  Source: mil.ee The Estonian Navy (Merevägi) took delivery of two new, Saaremaa-built force protection vessels, the first ships built to order for the navy since the restoration of independence in 1991. A launch ceremony took place on December 10, at Nasva Harbor, Saaremaa,...

Estonia has been given permission by the European Commission to compensate labor costs affecting shipping companies which provide international passenger transport by sea.   The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has sent the proposed reimbursement scheme to companies in that sector. Estonia acquired the permit from the European Commission,...

Starting September 1st, arrivals from COVID-19 high-risk countries to Estonia at both the Tallinn Airport and Tallinn ferry ports can take an optional coronavirus test.   If the test, which is free to Estonian residents, comes back negative, this means the 14-day quarantine period is eased, and fully lifted if...

Helga Merits   What do you write someone when there is no chance you are going to see each other within a short span of time?   What are you going to write when borders are closed and the person you would like to contact is out of reach?  ...

Helga Merits     I’m sorry I never took a picture of my grandmother’s kitchen.   It was small, a cupboard on one side, showing her decorated cups and plates, and a small tin of sweets.   The sink was of granite.   My grandmother used a soap beater for...

Indrek Lepson   It was a week, or so, before Christmas, 1979, when we departed from Suva, heading for the Solomon Islands, and dropped anchor at a little island on the outer fringe of Kadavu.   The island is so small that it's not even shown on the map of...

Helga Merits     I miss the long letters that I received when starting my research into the Estonian refugee community.   The elderly people were willing to write or to phone, but as they lived far away and long distance calls were still expensive, writing was the best way...