Glance at the Mirror 2009 front page
Estonia as reflected by foreign media

Glance at the Mirror 2009

Security Policy

A small country has its advantages, if it knows how to use them. With less bureaucracy and fewer actors, most of whom have known each other for years, a small country can...

Security Policy

Culture

At a time when the societies and lifestyles of Europe are gradually melting together, culture has remained a privileged domain of diversity: cultural creation is...

Culture

Cyber Defence

Twenty-five years after War Games, cyber attacks remain somewhat of a mystery. Specifically, is computer hacking a threat to national security...

Cyber Defence

History

The less familiar history is to people, the louder they are in voicing their views about it. History has become a refuge for dilettantes, but that is...

History

E-Estonia

Six years ago, I knew nothing about Estonia. I could find it on a map, sure, but I didn't know much beyond the fact that it had been occupied by the Soviet Union. Five years ago...

E-Estonia

Economy

Since regaining independence in 1991, the Estonian economy has managed to find its place in European and global financial structures at a dizzying pace...

Economy

Society

I was once asked what the first association with Estonia was for me. It didn’t take me long to answer. I do not know Estonia all that well and...

Society

Tourism

What would I do if I had not been to Estonia for a long time? I would fly to Tallinn and would find accommodation in one of the many...

Tourism

Translation Piret Usin, language editors Katrin Ringo, Marika Kristi Ets