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Estonian online magazine bigger than all of country’s media combined
Estonian online magazine bigger than all of country’s media combined
Estonian World, the preeminent online source of information about our beleaguered republic on the fringes of the EU, has donned its flight…
Estonia’s €200,000 letterhead
Estonia’s €200,000 letterhead
Never mind the “Puking hedgehog”. Estonia’s new brand concept has far more serious problems
Booze and Ads
Booze and Ads
Why Ossinovski has a point trying to introduce a ban on alcohol advertising
Objektiiv.ee Is Always Up For a Good Yodel
Objektiiv.ee Is Always Up For a Good Yodel
Now Switzerland is part of the Estonian far right’s warped reality. Along with 300 litres of mineral water and a paranoid general
The Cynic’s Choice for 2016
The Cynic’s Choice for 2016
Why Estonia should be declared best country to live in this year. Seriously now
Make It Easy On Yourself
Make It Easy On Yourself
Free Party member Georg Kirsberg’s recent opinion piece stands out for its far-right-leaning language as well as all the things it doesn’t…
More Incendiary Hogwash On Delfi.ee
More Incendiary Hogwash On Delfi.ee
Fighting racism and xenophobia isn’t made easier by journalists who are simply too daft and lazy to think before they write.
You Are Being Sold Far Below Your Value
You Are Being Sold Far Below Your Value
Ready to face exactly how much money you’re giving away to the good people on Toompea every year? Get an idea right here
Heroes And Criminals
Heroes And Criminals
Were the Estonian SS heroes or war criminals? The famous German penchant for red tape makes a sober opinion both possible and attestable
Rail Baltica: More Than Going West
Rail Baltica: More Than Going West
Squabbling over future ticket prices and the elusive break-even point, hardly anyone in Estonia mentions what the project could really mean
A Year in Brussels vs 5000 Tons of Cheese: ERR and the Next Foreign Minister
A Year in Brussels vs 5000 Tons of Cheese: ERR and the Next Foreign Minister
The national news service’s English portal explores previously unknown lows as its acting editor-in-chief lets us have his two cents’ worth
Soviet Revisionists and Alleged Human Rights Violations In Estonia
Soviet Revisionists and Alleged Human Rights Violations In Estonia
USSR on the brain: Yana Toom thinks she’s making sense claiming Estonia violates minorities’ rights, while Amnesty.org merrily quacks along
The Future, Yes — But Is It Bright?
The Future, Yes — But Is It Bright?
Every time the President comes home, he feels he’s travelling back to the future, he says. But what if he had to qualify it?