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A bunch of people with racist mindsets are having an internet threat campaign ranging from Facebook entries to phone calls and messages. Whoever dares to speak out against xenophobia is a likely target. Underneath, find four stories.

Two foreign media correspondents said on the "Hommik Anuga" morning show that the world only takes a lukewarm interest in events in Estonia as little happens here.

While the local elections were over a month ago now, some municipal governments still needed finalizing at the start of this week.

Festivals like Tallinn Music Week blur the lines of segregation between Estonias Russian-speaking minority and the rest...

Festivals like Tallinn Music Week blur the lines of segregation between Estonia's Russian-speaking minority and the rest. Yet outside of culture, many problems persist.

Maris Hellrand Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar, background center, performs in the Narva Castle in Narva as Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov, right, performs in the Ivangorod Fortress on the Russian-Estonian border in Ivangorod, 130 km (80 miles) west of St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Musicians on the Estonian-Russian border held an unusual concert on Friday, with Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar and Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov performing from the castles on th...

Estonians erect statue and give home to beloved stray dog by Maris Hellrand, The Associated Press Posted Dec 17, 2020 2:37 am EDT Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 2:42 am EDT TALLINN, Estonia — Zorik was never the tail-wagging or hand-licking type. But that didn’t stop the free-spirited vagabond dog from winning many hearts. When the black-and-white mutt, long a presence in a Tallinn neighbourhood, was taken from the Estonian capital to the countryside earlier this year to live out his days in ...

Maris Hellrand The stray dog Zorik poses for a photo at a back yard of Viktoria Gers house, outside Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Viktoria Ger, who has given Zorik a new home, in an enclosure with a doghouse behind her own family home, describes him as a "peculiar dog." The black-and-white mutt, long a presence in a Tallinn neighborhood, was taken from the Estonian capital to the countryside earlier this year to live out his days in the safe and restful surroundings of...