Culture
Sofi Oksanen: What It’s Like to Write about Russia
byIn 2003 I published my first novel in Finland, Stalin’s Cows, which dealt with the recent history of Estonia. I was confronted by journalists…
Historical Baltic Resort Fashion from Pärnu
byA new exhibition of Baltic Sea region resort fashion has opened at the Pärnu Museum and runs until August 30. Resort fashion started to develop…
Russian Propaganda Film Triggers MEP Call for Sanctions
byA group of European Members of Parliament, including Estonian MEP, Tunne Kelam, Lithuanian MEP, Petras Auštrevičius, and former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhovstadt, have renewed…
Tallinn Music Week: Looking for the bigger picture
byOut of 1000 applications from all over the world, about 250 bands were selected to come to Tallinn in order to celebrate music and…
Seven Soviet-era tips for running a successful police state
byThe Soviet Union was one of the world’s more durable police states – and it is now one of the best documented. From Stalin’s…
Arguing with Women
byA lonely dispatch from Estonia’s only feminist. I never had a sister. I’m told this is why I don’t understand women. A business group…
Welcome To Estonia’s e-Occupation Museum
byAt a museum press conference earlier this month, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, IT entrepreneur Sten Tamkivi, and museum director Merilin Piipuu announced that the…
Allangorpoq: Documenting Greenland’s Transformation
byPhotographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father. Three years ago, and inspired by those…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
byKaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…