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16.05.2012  Updated Book of Estonian Statistics Now Available for Smart Devices The annually updated pocket-sized reference book "Minifacts about Estonia 2012" is now available for iPad and iPhone. Starting today iPad and iPhone users can download Statistics Estonia's reference book ...

15.05.2012  Google Launches Street View in Estonia Google Street View launched its service in Estonia today, allowing internet users from anywhere in the world to navigate around 360-degree photos taken of streets throughout Estonia. Read more...

10.05.2012  Estonia Scores Highly in Mothers’ Index Compiled by Save the Children The children's rights organisation Save the Children has compiled its 2012 Mothers' Index, which provides an overview of the health, education and economic situation of mothers and children in 165 countries ...

08.05.2012  Estonian study: foreign students satisfied with higher education Most of the students who have come to Estonia from other countries are satisfied with the higher education provided in the country, it appears from a global students' iGraduate poll. Read more...

07.05.2012  Kanepi Climbs 8 Spots in WTA Rankings Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi climbed eight places in the WTA rankings to become 26th, after winning her third tournament in Estoril in the weekend. Read more...

07.05.2012  30,000 Participate in Cleanup Initiative Over 30,000 people participated in the Let's Do It nationwide cleanup initiative on Saturday - two times more than had initially registered. Read more...

07.05.2012  Photographer Wins First Prize at Fair in New York Estonian photographer Sigrid Viir won the grand prize at the four-day Pulse international contemporary art fair, which ended in New York on May 6. Read more...

05.05.2012  Kaia Kanepi wins Estoril tennis tournament The Estonian top racket, Kaia Kanepi (WTA 34) Saturday won Carla Suarez-Navarro (WTA 58) at the 220,000 Estoril Open tennis event with 3:6, 7:6(6); 6:4). Read more...

02.05.2012  Estonia up one notch in Freedom House press freedom rankings Estonia is ranked 22nd to 24th among 197 countries in the fresh freedom of the press scoreboard published by the New York based Freedom House, one place higher than in the similar scoreboard a year ago. Read ...

02.05.2012  Mobile Digital Identity Turns 5 The mobile ID service has celebrated an anniversary: five years ago, it became possible to authenticate one's identity over cell phones using a special chip and public-key cryptography. Read more...

30.04.2012  Estonian Teams Place 1st, 2nd in EU Science Olympiad Estonian high school students took both first and second place at the 10th European Union Science Olympiad in Vilnius yesterday. Read more...

30.04.2012  Estonia Celebrates 100 Years of Filmmaking It was 100 years ago today that the country's first filmmaker, Johannes Pääsuke, premiered his first short in Tartu, a chronicle of Russian aviator Sergei Utoshkin's stunt flight. Read more...

27.04.2012  ETV Science Show Wins European Broadcasting Award Youth science show "Rakett 69," which has run on ETV for two seasons, was named "best educational program" at the European Broadcasting Union's summit in Copenhagen this week. Read more...

25.04.2012  Freedom House again ranks Estonia among countries with highest freedom score The New York based Freedom House once again ranked Estonia among free countries in its fresh annual survey of political rights and civil liberties, Freedom in the World 2012. Read more...

20.04.2012  'Let's Do It' Cleaning Up 7 Countries This Weekend Massive civic cleanup actions are set to take place in Albania, Austria, Croatia, the US, Latvia, Lithuania and Egypt this weekend under the framework of the Let's Do It campaign, a grassroots initiative ...

16.04.2012  Garry Kasparov Promoting Chess in Estonian Schools Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is visiting Estonia this week to introduce the EU-endorsed Chess in School program, which aims to promote the game among children aged eight to 16. Read more ...

09.04.2012  Estonia's oldest pharmacy marks 590th anniversary Estonia's oldest pharmacy, the Raeapteek (Town Hall Pharmacy) situated in the center of Tallinn's Old Town, marks on Saturday 590 years since it was first mentioned in written records. Read more...

04.04.2012  Estonia climbs two notches in WEF's Global IT Report Estonia rose two places to place 24 in the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2012 (GITR 2012). Read more...

26.03.2012  World Cleanup 2012 Kicked Off Last Weekend On Saturday, 24 March, the global civic action called World Cleanup 2012 was kicked off with massive cleanup days in Portugal and Slovenia, followed by a cleanup action in Tunisia the next day. The series ...

26.03.2012  Candles Lit to Commemorate Victims of Soviet Regime On 25 March people gathered in Tallinn's Freedom Square and in Tartu's Town Hall Square to light candles to commemorate the 22,000 Estonians who were deported from their homes to Siberia 63 years ago. Read ...

20.03.2012  Washington Post: In Tallinn, Estonia's Capital, Let Freedom Sing Sacred ground. That's what our guide, Magrit, calls the vast open-air theater on the outskirts of Tallinn, the ancient capital of the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia. Here, in the late 1980s, Estonians gathered ...

20.03.2012  Estonia helping Poland revive its lynx population The first two Estonian lynxes are heading to Poland to help repopulate the area in the lake district. Read more...

14.03.2012  Estonian Language Celebrated All Around the World on Mother Tongue Day Today, on Mother Tongue Day, the Estonian language is being celebrated not only at home but everywhere Estonian is spoken. Read more...

13.03.2012  University of Tartu In Top 1% for Molecular Biology, Genetics The new Reuters Web of Science list of the world's most influential research institutions has placed the University of Tartu in the top 1 percent in the fields of molecular biology and genetics.   Read ...

09.03.2012  Estonian Economy Grew 7.6 Percent Last Year In 2011 Estonia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.6% compared to the previous year. In the final quarter of the year, GDP growth slowed and was, according to adjusted data, 4.5%. Estonia's GDP in ...

07.03.2012  Estonia rises to highest place in history in FIFA list, 47th The Estonian football team climbed to the highest place in history, 47th, in the FIFA list released on Wednesday. Read more...

05.03.2012  “Back to School” Week Taking Place for Sixth Time in Estonia From 12-16 March "Back to School" week will be taking place in Estonia, which means people whose everyday work is in a non-teaching field are being invited to give lessons at schools all over Estonia. ...

05.03.2012  Estonian Epic Poem Published in Hindi The presentation of a Hindi-language publication of the Estonian epic poem "Kalevipoeg" ("Kalevputra") took place in Delhi Saturday evening. The translator of the epic poem is Vishnu Khare and it was published ...

27.02.2012  Estonian Biathlete Becomes World Youth Champion Eighteen-year-old Estonian skier Grete Gaim took the gold medal in the women's pursuit at the International Biathlon Union's Youth and Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland on February 26. Read ...

22.02.2012  Estonia to Celebrate 94th Anniversary The Republic of Estonia will celebrate it 94th anniversary on Friday, 24 February. The Republic first declared its independence on 24 February 1918. This year the major events celebrating Estonia's Independence ...

20.02.2012  Swedish Are Big Winners in Tartu Ski Marathon Swedes swept the podium at the windy 41st instalment of the Tartu ski marathon. Read more...

09.02.2012  Estonia: record growth in foreign trade in 2011 Goods to the tune of 12 billion euros were exported from Estonia in 2011 in current prices and imports to the country totaled 12.6 billion euros, Statistics Estonia said. The annual growth in trade was ...

03.02.2012  Study: Estonians among most active internet users in Europe It appears from a Eurobarometer study that Estonian citizens are considerably more active users of the internet and of social networks than citizens of other European countries. Read more...

03.02.2012  Growth in life expectancy in Estonia the highest presumable in EU The presumable life expectancy of men has grown 7.5 years during the past 16 years and this is the biggest rise in the European Union, it appears from an Eurostat study published on Friday. Read more ...

02.02.2012  Over 815,000 take part in e-census in Estonia Census questionnaires in the 2011 population and housing census in Estonia were filled out for 815,467 people in the online census that lasted from Dec. 31, 2011 to Feb. 1, 2012, according to data available ...

31.01.2012  McAfee Report Ranks Estonia Highly for Cyber Security A new report commissioned by the computer security company McAfee ranks Estonia as having a reliable cyber security structure. Finland, Sweden and Israel were deemed the leaders of cyber security, all ...

27.01.2012  National ID Card Turns 10 Estonia' much-touted national ID card will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary on January 28. Read more...

26.01.2012  Estonians Create Car Selection Programme Estonians have invented a web-based car selection programme that helps the user find a suitable car by offering suggestions on the basis of a few questions the user has answered. Read more...

25.01.2012  Estonia rises to 3rd to 4th place in world press freedom index Reporters Without Frontiers (Reporters sans frontiers - RSF) placed Estonia along with the Netherlands in the 3rd to 4th place of the world press freedom index released on Wednesday among a total of 179 ...

25.01.2012  Estonia rises to 3rd to 4th place in world press freedom index Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers - RSF) placed Estonia along with the Netherlands in the 3rd to 4th place of the world press freedom index released on Wednesday among a total of 179 ...

25.01.2012  How e-government can shape competitiveness Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves talks to T Magazine about two key elements of his country's competitiveness: the use of IT to create effective e-government infrastructure and the institution of ...

23.01.2012  Estonia to become palrtner country of Grune Woche fair in 2014 The Estonian Agriculture Ministry received confirmation on Friday that the country would become a partner country of the German Grune Woche food fair in 2014. Read more...

20.01.2012  Baruto Secures First-Ever Grand Tournament Win Estonian professional sumo wrestler Kaido Höövelson, better known as Baruto, locked in the first top division tournament victory of his career on Friday by scoring his 13th consecutive win at the Hatsu-basho ...

19.01.2012  Estonia Reaches All-Time High in FIFA Rankings The Estonian National Football Team hit 52nd place in this month's FIFA rankings, a new record for the country. The results, announced 18 January, put Estonia five notches up from its December position, ...

18.01.2012  Baruto Defeats Harumafuji and Takes the Lead in Tokyo At the professional sumo tournament currently taking place in Tokyo Baruto set a personal record for wins, for the first time starting in the Makuuchi division of the tournament with 11 straight wins. Read ...

14.01.2012  Standard & Poor’ endorses Estonia's country rating at present high level In an information released on Friday the Standard & Poor's rating agency confirmed the Estonian country rating at the present high level of AA-, the Finance Ministry said. Read more...

13.01.2012  Estonia Holds Steady in Competitiveness Index Estonia improved its ranking in the World Economic Forum's international competitiveness index published on Thursday. Compared to the beginning of last year, Estonia has moved up one place, becoming 33rd ...

12.01.2012  Estonia Ranks 16th in Economic Freedom Index Estonia's position in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom fell by two places, to 16th, compared to last year. Latvia remains 56th, while Lithuania improved by one place to attain 24th. Finland followed ...

11.01.2012  Estonian Designers to Participate at London Fashion Week Three young Estonian designers will be showcasing their works at the London Fashion Week from February 16 to 22 with a joint installation project ÖÖ: London Edition. Read more...

07.01.2012  Kanpei Wins Brisbane International Estonian powerhouse Kaia Kanepi won the second Women's Tennis Association tournament of her career in Brisbane. Kanepi soared through an amazing week of tennis to outplay Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in ...

07.01.2012  Kanepi Triumphant at Brisbane International Estonian powerhouse Kaia Kanepi won the second Women's Tennis Association tournament of her career in Brisbane. Kanepi soared through an amazing week of tennis to outplay Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in ...

05.01.2012  Estonia to Host European Under-19 Football Championship in 2012 This year from 3-15 July the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship will take place in Tallinn, Rakvere and Haapsalu; it promises to be the highlight of the sports year in Estonia. Read more...

02.01.2012  Estonia's 2011 e-census off to successful start In the first 24 hours of the online Population and Housing Census launched on December 31, around 27,000 people filled out the questionnaire via the internet. Six thousand had completed the questionnaire ...

02.01.2012  National Opera Estonia Drew Record Audiences in 2011 The year 2011 was the most successful among the past decades for the National Opera Estonia as it achieved record high number of visitors since the beginning of this century, writes LETA/Postimees Online. ...

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