Most #Estonians support the reelection of #President Alar Karis for a second term in office, according to a new #poll in early March 2026. The #survey shows that 70% of respondents support and 17% oppose electing Karis for a second term.
A majority of #Estonians oppose foreign #labour, according to a new #poll conducted in March 2026. The #survey shows that 71% of respondents oppose bringing in labour from outside the EU, while 52% oppose labour from other EU countries.
#Lithuanians, #Latvians, and #Estonians banded together in the interest of freeing the Baltic Republics from Soviet rule: their solidarity is especially evident in the creation of groups such as the Joint Baltic-American National Committee (1961) and other joint organizations.
#Lithuanians, #Latvians, and #Estonians banded together in the interest of freeing the Baltic Republics from Soviet rule: their solidarity is especially evident in the creation of groups such as the Joint Baltic-American National Committee (1961) and other joint organizations.
#Lithuanians, #Latvians, and #Estonians banded together in the interest of freeing the Baltic Republics from Soviet rule: their solidarity is especially evident in the creation of groups such as the Joint Baltic-American National Committee (1961) and other joint organizations.
Before World War II, the #Estonians did not push hard to become American citizens; in 1930 only 42 % of immigrants had citizenship (a pace behind #Finnish and other Baltic immigrants)
Before World War II, the #Estonians did not push hard to become American citizens; in 1930 only 42 % of immigrants had citizenship (a pace behind #Finnish and other Baltic immigrants)
The supervisory council of the public broadcasting company in #Estonia, ERR, has dismissed its chairman, Rein Veidemann. Earlier, Veidemann criticised ERR's interview of a same-sex couple with two children, saying that the TV programme violated the values of the majority of #Estonians.
Literally meaning #GreatMeanders after the meandering #Lovat River, but symbolized as #longbows on the city’s coat of arms, #Estonians ‘interpret’ it, inaccurately but humorously, as #BigOnions (onion is #Лук). SovietÕccupation renaming (1979-1995) of #Virbi.
#World_War_II #II_MaailmaSõda
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Send some of them to #Ukraine. Put something at stake. Show you’re willing to take a hit.
Naturally, the #Baltic nations - when you look at #Estonians, #Latvians, #Lithuanians, or #Nordic countries like #Finland - understand that they will be on the front line. They know they will have to fight.
#Jüriöö (Jüriöö)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Ülemiste
After #JüriööÜlestõus, the St. George’s Night Uprising of #Estonians against the #TeutonicKnight invaders starting 23rd April 1343. Although there is no longer a street of this name, despite attempts to have one (see #Vahuri), it was the
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Some suggestions:
#1: key is in researching the current consensus for war mentality among #Estonians. For example if war aversion is widespread and majority refrain from discussing it, then approach should be cautious.
#Arbujad member, see #Arbu) and his wife #Eha were the only #Estonians to be honored among Israel’s #RighteousAmongTheNations for saving at least one man’s life. The second wave came after #WWII with an influx of #Jews from across the #USSR.
#Religion #Religioon
#Judaism
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#Arbujad member, see #Arbu) and his wife #Eha were the only #Estonians to be honored among Israel’s #RighteousAmongTheNations for saving at least one man’s life. The second wave came after #WWII with an influx of #Jews from across the #USSR.
#Religion #Religioon
#Judaism
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#Merikanni). #Estonians like diminutives. First (alphabetically) ingredient of a floral arrangement within the #Tehnika, #Paldiski, #Endla triangle of #Kristiine’s #Lilleküla (flower village) District. See #Kibuvitsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
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#Tuuslari (Tuuslar)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Wise man, #sorcerer or #witch who knows how to raise the winds (#tuul = wind), possibly by whistling; sorcerer from #Finland who tried to rape #Kalevipoeg’s mother #Linda. See #Kalevipoja. Wind-sorcery was a power #Estonians commonly attributed to #Finns.
🇪🇪 Independence Day in Estonia.
Little Estonians shoot at targets in the shooting range with caricature images of Russian soldiers-ziggers.
Estonia is preparing its growing population for the upcoming Russian invasion.
#Estonia #Estonians #RussianInvasion #RussiaUkraineWar #Russia #Russian #Putin
Ger. #undeutscher, was a term reflecting inferior status, generally of #Estonians, but possibly other outsiders too (#Russians, #Finns, #Swedes...). For example, members of the merchants’ guilds, Germans almost by necessity, forbade its members to marry Estonians, and while German was believed
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Kalevi.
View along Kalevi, Tallinn, from the Kungla direction.
Three-storey mustardy-yellow apartment house at the end of Kalevi, Tallinn.
Another almost identical (well, not really, but at first glance, sorta...) three-storey mustardy-yellow apartment house opposite the first (previous image) at the end of Kalevi, Tallinn.
#Kalevi (Kalev)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Estonia’s epic hero of uncertain identity, the same name sometimes used to describe the man and his son. #Kalev stories are thought to pre-date the separation of #Finns and #Estonians. Possibly also related to an early name for Tallinn, which
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Perhaps the #Estonians should check the socials of the so-called U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, who parrots Russia’s RT “News” propaganda as easily as she breathes.
Gabbard gives pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine vibes.
#Receipts: 🧾
youtu.be/YlapX-PTAI0?...
#SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name C.R. Jakobsoni.
View along Jakobsoni, Tallinn, from the Tartu maantee direction.
View along Jakobsoni, Tallinn, direction uncertain.
Large house or apartment building in Jakobsoni, Tallinn.
#Jakobsoni C.R. (Carl Robert Jakobson, 1841-1882)
#Kesklinn #Torupilli
Writer, teacher and member of a group of successful #Estonians known as the “#PetersburgPatriots” who used their influence to better their countrymen’s lot. One of the important persons in Estonian #NationalAwakening.
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name A. Laikmaa.
View along Laikmaa, Tallinn, in the direction of Narva maantee, with Viru Keskus on the left.
View along Laikmaa, Tallinn, in the direction of Gonsiori and Rävala, with the Tallink City Hotel on the left.
View along the middle of Laikmaa, Tallinn, between the Tallink City Hotel on the left and the Viru Keskus on the right.
#Laikmaa A. (Ants Laikmaa, 1866-1942)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Südalinn #Kompassi
Painter (known as Hans Laipman until 1935. #Estonians have a history of chronic name-changing). Bringer of impressionism to #Estonia, one-time lover and perhaps best-known portraitist of the
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The #estonians celebrating #eurovision at Eesti maja in NYC.
#Russian citizen & Nazi nationalist Konstantin Gorlov, was deported from #Estonia last night.
The #Estonians thought he seemed like it was best for him to go home to his beloved #Putin country 😆
#HANDSOFF #Photography #FoolishPrizes #BehindOurFlag #resist #HandsOff2025 #protest #Indivisible #NYC
#Hõimu (Hõim)
Tribe, kith and kin, relative, clan. #Estonians cannot effusively be described as the most #extrovert or other-person-oriented nation on earth (and how *do* you tell an #EstonianExtrovert? It’s the one looking at *your* shoes).
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
#Family #Perekond
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Since lightning was considered an ‘#ActOfGod’, who are mortals to block His meteorological spam? Since the spire was struck by lightning about 10 times, kudos to the #Estonians for trying. The –(i)ste ending may be from the old #Norse.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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#Eestlased, #Tallinlased
#Estonians, #TallinnFamiliars
My daughter is coming to Tallinn and looking for some beautiful local nature walks.
Recommendations, photos, route planners... of your favorite spots approx 10 km by foot from city center welcome!
Many thanks!
(please share to walking geeks!)
🧬The Genetic Secrets of Baltic #DNA 🧬
#balticdna #AncientGenetics #GeneticHeritage #historyuncovered #Lithuania #Lietuva 🇱🇹 #Latvia #Latvija 🇱🇻 #Estonia #Eesti 🇪🇪 #Finland #Suomi 🇫🇮 #Karelia #Karjala #Lithuanians #Latvians #Estonians #Finns #Karelians
youtu.be/9F_PBvMK2eA?...
The offense is in the intention and Tommy Cash never had the intention to offend us Italians: leave him alone. #Estonians are a friendly people to us Italians. @eurovision.tv
Or are #Estonians just ‘out’ to lunch?* See #Lõuna which, although claimed to be thus named because it points south, actually starts SSE and ends up SSSE. Or are we too much of a sääsekurnaja (see Sääse)?
* Yes, but keep it to yourself...
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