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14.09.2015|Ministry of Culture
Valk: The third Tallinn Architecture Biennale encourages creative thinking and looks beyond the boundaries of the specialty
Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB), which has opened its third day, introduces architectural culture, tackles important topics in architecture, and looks into the future. This time, the title of the Biennale is “Self-Driven City” and events have been organised for the senior specialists of the...
09.09.2015|Ministry of Culture
Saar: I will initiate a discussion over the opportunities to expand adopting Estonian citizenship
The Minister of Culture Indrek Saar sent a letter to partners and stakeholder organisations today, on September 9, which notifies of the plan to initiate a discussion over the additions to the implementation plan of the sectoral development plan Integrating Estonia 2020 for 2016-2020. The further...
04.09.2015|Ministry of Culture
Talihärm: the new Storage Copy Act improves the storage and availability of publications
The Ministry of Culture’s Libraries Adviser Ülle Talihärm explained that whereas with the Legal Deposit Act currently in force traditional publications such as printed publications, audiovisuals and electronic publications were collected, then in the future digitally created publications will...
04.09.2015|Ministry of Culture
West Coast Estonian Days: the greatest concern of the Vancouver Estonian community is the reduction of the language skills among the youth
The representatives of the Ministry of Culture met with the representatives of the Vancouver Estonian Society at the West Coast Estonian Days held in Whistler, Canada on Friday, 7 August. Opportunities how the Estonian state could support the Estonians of the west coast of Canada were under...
07.07.2015|Ministry of Culture
Theatre NO99 to be the first Estonian theatre included in the main programme of the international theatre festival Avignon
The Ministry of Culture supports the participation of Theatre NO99 in the Avignon festival, one of the most important performing arts events in the world, with 13,570 euros from the “Estonian Culture in the World” grant programme. The Minister of Culture Indrek Saar and Undersecretary of Arts...
19.06.2015|Government Office
The Open Air Museum has been awarded Grand Prix of the highest heritage conservation prize in the European Union
The 2015 gala ceremony of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards was held on the evening of 11 June in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The Estonian Open Air Museum was awarded one of the main awards in the category of education and training projects and increasing...
17.06.2015|Ministry of Culture
Integration survey shows increased interaction between different nationalities in Estonia
The results of the survey “Monitoring of Integration in Estonian Society in 2015” published on June 11, 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...
17.06.2015|Ministry of Culture
Saar: The Ida-Viru County Roundtable of National Culture Societies is a good cooperation example between different communities
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...
17.06.2015|Ministry of Culture
Undersecretary for cultural heritage Tarvi Sits: kept up cultural heritage sights improve the living environment, support regional development and increase the competitiveness of the state
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...
17.06.2015|Ministry of Culture
Most important integration activities in 2014: Russian language TV channel, creation of conditions for support measures for insufficiently integrated permanent residents and new arrivals
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...