The Baltic Way – the longest unbroken human chain in history
WEBAt 7:00 PM on 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, spanning 675 kilometres, or 420 miles. It was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in history.
MS Estonia’s damage much greater than previously thought
WEBJun 21, 2022 · In 2021, investigators from the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau thought the damage on the starboard side of the MS Estonia’s wreck was 22 metres long, but now they see it extends to more than 40 metres. A photogrammetric survey of the wreck of MS Estonia was carried out by the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau and the …
How an Estonian tailor’s daughter became a key player in Rupert …
WEBSep 26, 2023 · While working at the paper, Anna met its owner, Rupert Murdoch, who had inherited the Adelaide-based tabloid The News from his late dad, Sir Keith Murdoch, in 1952, and who would build the global media empire in the next 70 years. A love story followed, and Anna and Rupert married in 1967; their …
Estonia celebrates the restoration of independence - Estonian World
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Estonia was free again. The first country to diplomatically recognise Estonia’s reclaimed independence was Iceland, on 22 August. The Soviet Union recognised the independence of Estonia on 6 September 1991. This is the brief look back at the history of Estonia’s independence movement during the …
Life in Estonia at the outset of the WW2 and occupation - Estonian …
WEBJul 10, 2015 · An eyewitness account of life in Estonia at the beginning of 50 years of Soviet occupation in June 1940 – Estonia’s darkest hour. When World War Two broke out in September 1939, no-one could have imagined the horrific consequences it would have for Estonia and its people. At the start of the war, Estonia had declared itself neutral and for ...
Top 12 most outstanding Estonian women in the world
WEBMar 8, 2015 · 5. Carmen Kass (37), supermodel. Until about 15 years ago, there were only two Estonians in the world who had any kind of international presence and whose name rang the bell among at least a small number of foreigners. One was Arvo Pärt and the other one was Carmen Kass.
People Archives - Estonian World
WEBSep 19, 2024 · Estonian descendant Lachlan Murdoch to chair one of the largest media companies in the world. By Sten Hankewitz / September 26, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading. Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, will become the chairman of News Corp, one of the largest mass media corporations. Read More.
Estonia’s unemployment rises - estonianworld.com
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Estonia’s unemployment rises. In the second quarter of 2024, the unemployment rate in Estonia was 7.6%, the employment rate was 69.7%, and the labour force participation rate was 75.4%; the number of unemployed people was down by 1,100 compared with the previous quarter; however, compared with Q2 2023, the number of the unemployed increased ...
The Baltic Finns were Vikings too, but the world ignores it
WEBJul 12, 2020 · Mägi refers to the Baltic Finnic as the people who lived in the territories of modern Finland and Estonia, as well as the northwestern part of Russia, and a great part of Latvia. The “Baltic” peoples, on the other hand, are ethnic Balts, inhabitants of what is now Latvia and Lithuania. To Mägi, Vikings are not an ethnicity.
Estonian fashion – the folk costume
WEBSep 21, 2016 · Rahvariided, translated literally as “clothes of the people”, are folk costumes, and they are probably the most well-known fashion to emerge from Estonia. Unless you count the presidential bow tie. But that’s another story for another day. A tradition centuries old, the folk costume is a hand stitched blend of linen and wool in assorted ...