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Baltic revival

29 September 2022

For decades, Estonia’s most talented chefs, growers and hospitality folk left their home country for greener pastures abroad. Today a fresh crop of entrepreneurs is putting down roots, offering new reasons for people to…

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She who dares, wins

19 October 2017

Digital innovation and streamlined services have made Estonia one of Europe’s most welcoming countries. Here the president discusses her nation’s winning streak – and its difficult neighbour.

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Letter from Tallinn

17 April 2007

In 1991, impoverished Estonia broke free from the old Soviet Union. Today it is Europe’s fastest-growing economy. No surprise then that the nation has just voted back into power the coalition government which has overseen…

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08. Find peace in a pod

21 January 2021

In busy open-plan offices, quiet spaces are essential. Enter an Estonian manufacturer with plenty to shout about.

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Securing the skies

8 December 2016

With Donald Trump’s comments about ditching Nato and his ambiguous stance towards Russia stoking fears of being abandoned, the airbase at Ämari has become a crucial site for policing the Baltic states from above.

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Q&A: Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves

12 April 2016

The Estonian president talks (and talks) to us about his fixes for Europe.

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Prime time

17 May 2009

Estonia has a brand image as a modern hi-tech nation, but today it’s dealing with some old-fashioned troubling issues. In his private offices at Stenbock House in the capital Tallinn, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip talks to…

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Defence & Diplomacy

17 September 2020

Estonia’s defence minister on what he expects from the US, a Belgian-Dutch embassy design conference and China sells missile defence to Serbia.

Radio

The Concierge - Lake Como, Block Island and Estonia

17 August 2023

This week we ask Vera Mazzoni, front of house manager at Villa d’Este in Lake Como, about summer on the water. Also in the programme: Monocle’s Chris Lord tastes the salty air on Block Island, New England and we speak to…

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Europe

17 February 2015

Kicking over the statues in Spain, Istanbul's Tehran trippers and an overdue fix for Balkan rail travel.

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Design

15 September 2016

The sunny outlook for London's design scene and Johanna Agerman Ross on her new role at the V&A.

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Minority report

15 March 2016

Estonia’s sizeable Russian community has a new dedicated public broadcaster: ETV+. But will the channel help to improve its audience’s sometimes uneasy relationship with the country at large?

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Old country, new outlook

23 September 2021

Having taken over as Estonia’s prime minister amid the crises of coronavirus and regional instability, Kaja Kallas explains how her nation can lead the way for Europe.

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Europe

15 August 2013

The view from Germany's campaign trail, why crossing the Russia/Baltics border just got easier and an interview with a key figure in the Turkish protests.

Radio

The Stack - Indiecon 2022 special and Estonia’s largest newspaper, ‘Postimees’

27 August 2022

We preview Indiecon 2022, the annual independent publishing festival, and speak to the editors of some of the magazines that will be there: ‘Hamam’, ‘Ìrìn Journal’, ‘Safar’, ‘Kajet’, ‘Meantime’ and ‘Sick’. Plus: Markus…

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Europe

17 February 2011

Style leader Sandra Roelofs, brain drain in the Czech Republic and election watch Estonia.