The Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR)Top 10 Stories Of 2013

ERR News editors took time to pick the year's most important narratives.

Municipal elections, 2013 edition

The October 20 municipal elections, which dominated Estonia's headlines from late summer to midautumn, didn't produce much in the way of shakeups. There were, however, further signs that support for the Reform Party had slipped while the Social Democrats made better-than-expected gains in Kuressaare and Narva.

The most-watched race - the one for Tallinn - took on a decidedly circus-like tone as supporters of IRL candidate Eerik-Niiles Kross buzzed incumbent mayor Savisaar's press interview with a drone helicopter. All the while, Savisaar put himself in the center ring with a spate of official, city-financed functions, one of which featured an effigy of the mythical Old Man of Ülemiste at the reported cost of 10,000 euros. The race took on an even more bizarre quality when Russia succeeded in getting Kross put on an Interpol watch list on the eve of the elections.

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Published: January 22 2014

E-valitsemise konverents tõi Tallinnasse kokku 80 riigi tipud

Tallinn tutvustas 29. ja 30. mail kõigist maailmajagudest pärit külalistele, kuidas võib linna juhtida ja hallata nutikate arenduste ja interneti abil. 

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Published: June 03 2018

The Indrawn Heart – An Estonian Journey - Max Boyle

I was hooked right from the first page of this travelogue when the author recounts an amusing anecdote about a receptionist and ‘chicken’ at the hostel in Tallinn where he is residing at the start of a two month  backpacking odyssey around Estonia searching for answers to the title of his book.

‘The indrawn heart’ is taken from an English version of a Juhan Liiv poem ‘Sa oled väikene, väike. (You are so little, little) – translation by E. Howard Harris (Estonian Poetry I 1950). Boyle seeks to discover during the course of his journey whether Estonians really do have ‘an indrawn heart’ but the outcome is inconclusive as so many of his interviewees have differing views about the poem and indeed the translation of this particular line of the poem.

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Published: January 14 2014

Tuhandeid tartlasi avaldas meelt Emajõe kaitseks

Tartu kesklinna kogunes laupäeva, 19. mai hommikul hinnanguliselt üle 10 000 inimese, et rahulikult meelt avaldada Emajõe kaitseks. Tartusse planeeritav tselluloosi-keemiatehas rikuks  Emajõe hapra ökotasakaalu pöördumatult. PIkemalt loe Kristel Vilbaste juhtkirjast Eesti vajab keskkonnavolinikku! . Kristel Vilbaste fotod

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Published: June 01 2018

Eesti vägi keset New Yorki

Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester ja Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor 10. novembril New Yorgis Lincoln Center’i laval.  Foto: Facebook / Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts © Kevin Yatarola

Pühapäeval, 10. novembril  valitses maailma ühes mainekamas kontserdisaalis, New Yorgi Lincolni keskuse Avery Fisher Hallis juubeldav õhkkond – Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester ja Eesti Filharmoonia kammerkoor, kellest kumbki viibib praegu USA turneel, andsid Neeme Järvi juhatusel ühiskontserdi, mida saatis publiku siiras vaimustusetulv.

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Published: November 29 2013

Peaminister Jüri Ratas suundus Kanadasse visiidile

Peaminister Jüri Ratas suundus 23. mail visiidile Kanadasse, kus kohtub ettevõtjate ja Eesti kogukonna esindajatega ning annab loengu Toronto Ülikooli Munki koolis. Ratast saadab visiidil 20-liikmeline äridelegatsioon, kuhu kuuluvad peamiselt tehnoloogia- ja turismiettevõtjad.

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Published: June 01 2018

“Love in the 21st century”

11 Estonian Contemporary Artists in BOSI Gallery, NYC

The prestigious BOSI Contemporary gallery presents the Estonian Lithography Center's "Love in the 21st Century" exhibition by 11 well-known Estonian contemporary artists who all have their own message and point of view of love. Artists: Kadri Alesmaa, Peeter Allik, Toomas Altnurme, Merike Estna, Kadri Kangilaski, Laurentsius, Marko Mäetamm, Mall Nukke, Reiu Tüür, Jaak Visnap, Jasper Zoova.

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Published: January 14 2014

Ajaloo poolt pillutatud ja globaalse saatuse poolt taas ühendatud

Noorte laulupidu.

Kodueestlased ja väliseestlased peavad eestluse püsimajäämise nimel koostööd parandama, leiavad Eestlaste Kesknõukogu Kanadas president Marcus Kolga ja asepresident Laas Leivat Postimehe Arvamusrubriigis ilmunud kirjatükis.

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Published: June 01 2018