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31. August 2020

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Local Climate Justice Activism in Central and Eastern Europe

The Open Society Institute – Sofia Foundation (OSIS) with the support of Open Society Foundations (OSFs) and in cooperation with the Open Society European Network (OSEN), consisting of civil society…

26. June 2020

Estonian World bestowed Open Estonia Foundation’s Concord Award

On 27 May, the Open Estonia Foundation bestowed its 23rd Concord Award to the English-language independent online magazine, Estonian World; the keywords of this year’s award are global Estonians and citizen-driven journalism.

18. March 2020

NB! Important info for Active Citizens Fund Project Promoters regarding the coronavirus emergency situation

Please find the following clarification regarding the eligibility of expenditure linked to non-execution of activities due to Coronavirus: Expenditure for an activity that cannot be executed due to…

15. November 2019

Toomas Hendrik Ilves: Laughter as Medicine

To fight populism, we need to adopt a response not just for coping, but for overcoming and ultimately restoring decency and civilized discourse: Laughter.

07. November 2019

PRESS RELEASE. 30 years since the fall of the Berlin wall - only history?

A conference at the end of this week in Tallinn will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late autumn of 1989, which meant the end of the Iron Curtain and reunited Eastern…

24. October 2019

Conference on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989 was a historic event that deserves to be commemorated all over Europe and the Western world on its 30th anniversary. Just two months earlier, in August 1989, over two million Baltic people participated in a mass demonstration, the Baltic Way, demanding freedom just like the Germans.

30. June 2019

Open Call for Democracy Fitness training

In a joint project with Open Lithuania Foundation, Danish NGO Democratiscenen and Open Estonia Foundation will organize a Train the Trainer Democracy Fitness course in Vilnius, on September 25th.

27. June 2019

Apply for Active Citizens Days in Oslo!

Civic education – thematic meeting. On September 10-11, 2019 the first Active Citizens Days take place in Oslo dedicated to civic education.

13. May 2019

Active Citizens Fund launched in Estonia

The Active Citizens Fund is a specific programme area within the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The objective of the Active Citizens…

30. October 2018

XXII Open Society Forum. Heather Grabbe: Let’s make the EU the best it can be

Estonian World sat down with Dr Heather Grabbe, a political scientist focussing on open society concerns, who believes that the people of Europe should make the European Union the best it can be,…

01. December 2017

Europe to EU: Act now to re-energise our union - report

The type of bargain needed to fully resolve the European poly-crisis is possible and political leaders must act now to ensure a stronger, more united, and future-proof Europe, asserts New Pact for Europe in a report released today.

10. April 2017

Hungarian Honorary Consul resigns from her post

Mrs. Mall Hellam, who has held the post of Hungarian Honorary Consul in Estonia since 1994, has voluntarily decided to resign. Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjárto and Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been given notice.

08. December 2016

It's no surprise that the far right are mobilising against George Soros – he's the biggest threat to their global domination

George Soros has invested a good chunk of his extraordinary wealth in promoting liberal causes across the world, which has earned him the enmity of the far right.

24. November 2016

George Soros Pledges $10 Million to Fight Hate Crimes

"WASHINGTON — After a series of attacks against immigrants and minorities since Election Day, the financier George Soros says he will commit $10 million from his personal foundation to combat a rise in hate crimes that he linked to the “incendiary rhetoric” of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s campaign," NY Times writes.

11. October 2016

George Soros' statement on the bombing of Aleppo

The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. It is happening in Syria.

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