Animals and Plants What is growing in Estonia? As a country starting with E listed on Countryaah, Estonia is the country in the European Union with the third most forest growing (after Sweden and Finland). 61 percent of the country is covered with forest. Birch trees are particularly common, while pines predominate on the Baltic…
Category: Estonia
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Mass Media in Northern Europe
As part of European continent defined by Countryaah, Northern Europe includes Estonia, Ireland and Latvia. This page describes major mass media, including newspapers, radio stations and televisions within these countries. Mass media in Estonia Press Estonia has 16 daily newspapers (2006) with a total circulation of just over 330,000; by the way, a number of…
Estonia Arts and Literature
Literature A considerable amount of Estonian folk poetry, which is mainly lyrical, has been collected. Folk poetry has continuously influenced Estonian lyricism and in part formed the basis for FR Kreutzwald’s national epic “Kalevipoeg” (1857-61). The period of national awakening (1860–85) is characterized by the influence of late German romance. The social struggle was reflected…
Estonia Recent History
On February 24, 1918 Estonia was declared an independent Democratic Republic and the next day the German 8th Army invaded the whole territory chasing away Russian troops. Estonia and Livonia were therefore manned by a German police force. And this occupation soon turned out to be quite different from what the people had hoped for….