The XXIV Olympic Winter Games will take place on 4–20 February 2022 in Beijing, China. Beijing also hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. That makes Beijing the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Estonian athletes participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1928, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Five Estonian… Read More: 06.01.2022 – XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing »
The Estonian women’s épée team – Katrina Lehis, Erika Kirpu, Julia Beljajeva, and Irina Embrich – won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating South Korea in a 36-32 win in the final. The victory was decided in the final bout between the team captains. Katrina Lehis, the anchor woman and bronze medallist in… Read More: 29.12.2021 – Estonian women’s épée team – Olympic winner »
My Stamp is a postage stamp that you can design yourself and that everyone has the possibility to order from the website pood.omniva.ee/minudisain. In the design of 15,000 postage stamps the motive of the Estonian fourth largest island Vormsi has been used, and the rest of the printing will be personalised according to orders. There… Read More: 17.11.2021 – My Stamp Vormsi »
The Art Museum of Estonia was established in 1919 as an institution tasked with collecting cultural history, ethnographic, archaeological, as well as scientific materials and making them available to the public and researchers. This wide mission has also been captured in several of the pieces which were added to the collections of the museum in… Read More: 17.11.2021 – Art – the treasures of the Art Museum… »
Brazil, already independent nation for almost 100 years at that time, recognized the independence of the Republic of Estonia on December 5, 1921. This year, 2021, is therefore one hundred years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Estonia and Federative Republic of Brazil. Over the years, our relationship has grown closer,… Read More: 10.11.2021 – Estonian-Brazilian joint issue »
In 2018, the resilient and clever wolf was declared the national animal of Estonia. They feel right at home in our forests and on our bog islands. As a brave animal that protects its family and territory and values privacy, the wolf is the perfect national animal to symbolise Estonia and Estonians. Wolves are also… Read More: 19.10.2021 – Estonian national animal – the wolf »
The Estonian Federation of the Blind is an umbrella organisation of associations of visually impaired people and associations and foundations dealing with these people, which represents visually impaired people at the national and international level. The main task of the federation is to be an advocacy organisation that ensures that visually impaired people have the… Read More: 19.10.2021 – Estonian Federation of the Blind 100 »
Winter is the time for nature to sleep, but when we listen closely and pay attention, we can see that some animals do not hibernate in winter and not all birds fly south. This year, our Christmas stamps are inspired by nature during winter and the animals and birds who are not bothered by the… Read More: 15.10.2021 – Christmas 2021 »
Aeronaut, the first Estonian airline, was founded on 22 March 1921. The first plane of the company was a rented Sablatnig P.III, which operated postal flights to Finland. In August of the following year, the first of six Sablatnig P.III aircraft built under licence by Dvigatel was completed; the rest were completed next month. In… Read More: 20.09.2021 – 100th Anniversary of Estonian Civil Aviation »
St. Michael’s Church in Keila is the largest parish church in Harju County. The first stone church was built here, at the crossroads of ancient trade routes, already at the end of the thirteenth century. In the second half of the fifteenth century, the nave that we can see today was completed. The outstanding church… Read More: 17.09.2021 – St. Michael’s Church in Keila »