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Estonian toys in the Brussels Toy Museum

25.11.2010 - 19.09.2010 

The Brussels Toy Museum (24, rue de l'Association, 1000 Brussels) will open on November 25 at 17:30 an exhibition "Estonian Toy – Tradition and Contemporary Days". With ...

Ticket package for the Estonian team's Euro 2012 qualifying round matches

27.09.2010 

The Estonian football team launched its bid to reach the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships this August, as part of the qualifying round which will determine the finalists battling it out for . ...

St. Martin's Day Fair

21.09.2010 

The St. Martin's Day Fair marks a national folk tradition and dates back to 1997. What started out as an exhibition of handicraft has long since become a major event in folk culture and one of the ...

I Cappuleti e i Montecchi

21.09.2010 

Conductor: Arvo Volmer Starring: Annely Peebo (Vienna Opera) & Irina Dubrovskaja (Russia) 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' is one of the composer's most popular operas. The libretto is not based on ...

Biffy Clyro

21.09.2010 

The chart-topping Biffy Clyro (Scotland) will be giving a concert at Rock Cafe on 26 October. The audience will be familiar with the hits from Clyro's 2009 album "Only Revolutions" - from the British ...

Animated Dreams - 12th Anima Film Festival

21.09.2010 

In addition to the work of Estonian anima directors, Animated Dreams showcases high-quality international animation culture.

Sleepwalkers - 11th Festival of Student & Short Films

21.09.2010 

Sleepwalkers is the only international festival of student films in Estonia. It presents to the public the latest student-produced films and innovative ideas from all over the world. In the 10 years . ...

Football Player Lindpere Picked for Weekly Dream Team

21.09.2010 - 12.12.2011 

From Estonian Public Broadcasting The soccer website goal.com has chosen Estonian Joel Lindpere as one of the US major league’s best players of the week. The New York Red Bulls midfielder ...

ECB President Kicks Off Euro Transition

20.09.2010 

At a ceremony in Tallinn on Sunday, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet officially marked the start of Estonia's transition to the euro. "The euro is indeed one of the most tangible ...

Estonia Triumphs in Cartoon Oscars

18.09.2010 

The cartoon Oscars have been handed out and Estonia has come home with gold. The animated film ‘Crocodile’ clinched the 10,000 euro prize. It is about a once-famous opera singer who finds ...

Three quarters of Estonia's population used Internet in 1st quarter

17.09.2010 

In the first quarter of 2010, almost 75 percent of the Estonian population used a computer and the Internet, three percentage points more than in the first quarter of 2009, Statistics Estonia said on ...

Paavo Järvi to Conduct Season Opener in Paris

15.09.2010 

From Estonian Public Broadcasting Paavo Jrvi will make his first appearance on September 15 as music director of Orchestre de Paris. The Estonian National Male Choir is also featured in the program. Read ...

University of Tartu Granted Patent for Bacterium after Eight Years

14.09.2010 

From Estonian Public Broadcasting Eight years later, researchers from the University of Tartu, who discovered the lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3, received a patent in Europe for ...

With Diversity Comes Innovation: Interview with Linnar Viik

14.09.2010 

Led by the poster boy Skype, the 1990s may have seemed to be the glory days of Estonia’s tech revolution. But Linnar Viik says today’s Estonian ICT industry is thriving, though it is an era ...

This year's great autumn exhibition at KUMU introduces Estonian art created in exile

13.09.2010 

The exhibition Estonian Art In Exile opened on Thursday, 2 September in the Great Hall at Kumu, introducing about 250 artworks created by our compatriots in exile. Quite a number of works are seen in ...

'St. Tony' Makes First Cut for European Film Awards

13.09.2010 

The European Film Academy has picked Veiko Õunpuu's film The Temptation of St. Tony as one of the 46 films that will vie for this year's European Film Awards, breaking a nearly ten-year drought for .. ...

National Symphony Kicks Off Season under Järvi

13.09.2010 

The National Sympohony Orchestra ERSO starts its new season at the Estonia concert hall under the baton of Neeme Järvi, the new chief conductor.

7th International Festival of Pianists

13.09.2010 

This festival, which was held for the first time in 1998, is now the classical festival with the biggest audience in Estonia. It attracts renowned guest soloists and the best local pianists. Its ...

Folk Music Harvest Festival

13.09.2010 

The choice of performers for this mini-festival, looking back on the summer and the first half of the year, was primarily based on the concerts that caught people's attention at the folk music ...

15th International Tartu Early Music Festival

13.09.2010 

The Tartu Early Music Festival has been held every year since 1996. Since the very first festival it has been associated with the cultures of the Orient. The focal point of interest in the festival .. ...

Tartu's Autumn Days Festival 2010

13.09.2010 

The quiet life of the Tartu suburb of Taaralinn is set to change as part of the week-long festival of the Tartu Student Days! Everyone will find something to their taste in the festival programme, ...

Estonia's output of renewable energy triples in 2009

13.09.2010 

The production of electricity from renewable sources in Estonia in 2009 increased nearly threefold compared to the preceding year, Statistics Estonia said on Monday. Read more...

Estonia rises two notches in global competitiveness rankings

09.09.2010 

Estonia has climbed to 33rd from 35th in the fresh Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum. Read more...

European Ecotourism Conference will take place in Pärnu, Estonia

08.09.2010 

The first European Ecotourism Conference (EuroEco 2010) will be held in Pärnu, Estonia, from September 26-30, including pre- and post-conference tours to share Estonia’s local culture, natural beauty ...

Past summer sets new heat records in Estonia

08.09.2010 

The summer of 2010 set heat records in Estonia of the kind that the country has not seen for at least 150 years, from the time reliable records started to be taken. Read more...

More Russian tourists expected this year than last

03.09.2010 

Tallinn can expect even more tourists from Russia for New Year's than last year.

Christmas month December is the best time to visit Tallinn

03.09.2010 

December is the ideal time for visiting Tallinn, as the forthcoming Christmas offers many exciting activities for visitors. Among other things, visitors find Christmas markets, concerts, church ...

Estonian Air announces 2010 summer routes

03.09.2010 

Estonian Air released information about the summer routes of 2010.
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