On 1 June, a conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Ida-Viru County Roundtable of National Culture Societies took place in the Jõhvi Concert House, with the participation of Minister of Culture Indrek Saar.
“The anniversary roundtable is a great example of how the initiative by the...
On 30 May, the Undersecretary for Cultural Heritage to the Ministry of Culture Tarvi Sits gave a presentation to specialists and local government heritage conservation organisers at the two-day XVII Spring Conference of the Estonian Academy of Arts Department of Heritage Protection and Conservation...
Minister of Culture Indrek Saar introduced the 2014 summary of the “Integrating Estonia 2020” development plan to the Government of the Republic. The Government acknowledged the summary. The summary highlights the status of fulfilling strategic and area-specific objectives as well as the used funds...
During today’s meeting of the Government of the Republic, the Minister of Culture Indrek Saar introduced the principles of shaping and implementing the cultural policy as well as the first 2014 report of the document “The general principles of cultural policy until 2020” establishing area-specific...
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture and Chairman of the Council of the Estonian Film Institute Paavo Nõgene addressed the representatives of the world film industry at the opening of the Estonian exhibition at the 68th Cannes film festival. Nõgene introduced Estonian innovation...
The results of the survey “Monitoring of Integration in Estonian Society in 2015” published today indicate that the interaction between the different nationalities of the Estonian population has increased compared to five years ago. The Estonian language skills of the Russian-speaking population...
Today, the recipients of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage and Europa Nostra Awards were announced. The Estonian Open Air Museum has won a prestigious award in the category of education and training programs and raising awareness with the training program aimed at the owners of country...
Electrical sauna heater HUUM Drop designed by Mihkel Masso, a product design student at the Estonian Academy of Arts has won a famous international Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. This is the fifth Red Dot Award won by Estonian designers.
“Being awarded the Red Dot Award is great news, because...
On Friday, 9 January, the Creative Industries Support Measure Regulation will come into force which constitutes the basis for the allocation of grants for the development of support structures, joint projects and export capacity of creative industry. This marks the completion of nearly all the...
On 13 March, the exhibition “Hilma af Klint. A Pioneer of Abstraction”, put together by Moderna Museet in Stockholm, was opened in Kumu Art Museum, which will remain open until 7 June. It is the first exhibition in Estonia to which the state guarantee is granted. It enables museums to organise high...