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Kaido Ole   Estonian artist Kaido Ole is represented in a new exhibition titled “100 Painters of Tomorrow”, which opened at the One Art Space gallery in New York. The exhibit will move to London at the end of the month with a catalog also due out.   The exhibit...

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Tallinn Old Town.   Photo from Internet   The New York Times reports that the historic decor of Tallinn's Old Town is attracting an increasing number of foreign real estate buyers. Majority of the foreign buyers come from Finland and Russia. Tõnu Palm of the Nordea Bank told the New York...

Estonian National Male Choir.   Photo by Jaan Krivel/ERR   The Estonian National Male Choir (RAM) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a concert tour of the country of their favorite songs from Friday to Sunday. A gala concert will take place on Sunday at the Estonia Concert Hall. RAM was...

A study conducted in Vilnius compared Tallinn, Tartu and Riga for the suitability of Ikea expansion, concluding with a win for the Latvian capital. The Swedish furniture chain announced that it will expand to the next Baltic nation in the next two and a half years time, and is planning...

State-owned airline Estonian Air board member Indrek Randveer said the company wants to open new routes, both in the summer and winter seasons, and is looking towards Milan, Italy, and Germany. Randveer said Berlin will receive more focus as the route was popular in the summer, but the airline, which...

Countries neighboring Vladimir Putin are rightfully nervous about current geopolitical affairs. However, countries not sharing a border with Vladimir Putin should be nervous as well, writes Andres Simonson in an online magazine Estonian World.  I live in the United States and my neighbours are ethnic Russians. Nice folks, and the...

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus   Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas nominated Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, currently the Minister of the Environment, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Urmas Paet, who will fill Estonia's vacant seat in the European Parliament. Pentus-Rosimannus now needs an approval from President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and the Parliament. Paet,...

From left:  row #1, Ave Maria Blithe, Enda Mai Michelson Holland, president;  praost Thomas Vaga, Eda Treumuth, Mati Piller. Row #2 Imbi Sepp, Anita Pallop, Tiiu Kütt, Back row: Juhan Urm, Airi Vaga, Epp Kuhn, Endel Pool, Maie Currie, Indrek Ojamaa. Sitting in front: Irene Verder. Missing from the photo...