Vaba Lava News Today

Under the Radar headed to Station Narva earlier this month for a feast of Eastern European music, arts and culture.

A theatre festival in the Estonian border city of Narva is showcasing the contemporary issue of free speech with participating countries from Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Ukraine.

The Tallinn Music Week, a new music festival that took place from 10 to 14 May in the Estonian capital, hosted almost 190 performers from 41 countries and attracted over 18,000 visitors; Andrea Forlani captured some of the moments for Estonian World.

Private theaters in Estonia are worried about rising energy costs and are expecting to receive subsidies if the government decides to reimburse private companies for energy bills.

The Ministry of Culture says it does not intend to contest a decision by the first-tier Tallinn Administrative Court which would require the ministry review operating support allocated to theater concern SA Vaba Lava. The latter has said that support granted is too meager.

Tallinn Administrative Court has ruled that the Ministry of Culture must reconsider the grant application made by Vaba Lava, which operates two theaters, one in Tallinn and the other in Narva.

Minister of Culture Piret Hartman (SDE) will visit Narva on Wednesday to discuss the future development of the city and Ida-Viru County.

In the context of Russia's war in Ukraine, the Narva tank has unambiguously regained its original meaning as a Russian war machine, which is why it should be brought to the Narva Museum as part of the exhibition "Narva 1944 - Mariupol 2022", according to Marju Lauristin (SDE), professor emeritus at the University of Tartu.

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) is set to travel to the eastern Estonian border town of Narva, to discuss further a controversial Soviet-era tank monument located just outside the city.

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