Photographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father.
Tag: Society
Deep Baltic: A Ghost Town Unsuitable for Humans – Patarei Sea Fortress
On long, clear summer nights when the sun sets for only a few hours – and even when it doesn’t at all – crowds of tourists and young people gather at the Linnahall to watch the sunset.
Baltic Times: Awkward start for same-sex couples law
Same-sex couples in Estonia are being advised not to register their relationships after a new law came into effect at the start of the year due to legal loopholes not being closed, leaving LGBT groups concerned the legislation will now be totally annulled.
Baltic Times: Estonia’s Muslims criticise burqa ban plans
Muslims have hit back over plans to introduce a burqa ban in Estonia by saying that politicians should have more important things to discuss, as there are no women wearing full face veils that they know of in the country.
Deep Baltic: Split By a Border and Fading Fast – Estonia’s Unique Seto People
For Estonia’s Setos, it wasn’t the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain that split their community in two – but the border Estonia built to keep the Russian’s out.
Baltic Times: Same sex couple law scrapes past first reading
TALLINN - Estonia’s Implementation Act — which paves the way towards equal rights for the country’s LGBT couples — scraped past its first reading in parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 25 by just one vote.
Estonian World: Week of Seto culture takes place in Paris
A week of events about the traditions of the Estonian Seto community will take place in Paris this week – the first event of its kind to ever happen in France.
ERR News: Government gifts newborns books to motivate reading
All babies born in Estonia in 2015 and onwards will receive a book from the government to encourage their parents to read to them.
ERR News: Estonia equally split on equal rights for gay couples, poll finds
Estonians are split almost 50-50 on whether same sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, a new poll has found, which makes the country the most LGBT friendly in the Baltics.
ERR News: How is life in Estonia? Not a flower actually…
Life satisfaction among Estonians is low, according to a new study which lists low levels of disposable income as one of the factors in the outcome.
Helen Wright 