Estonia’s Nordic ambition – from Estonia to Estland

  • 2011-01-13
  • By Karoliina Raudsepp
It could easily be said that most of what Estonia has achieved in the past 20 years has been done with one aim – to break away from Soviet stigmas and reduce Russian military, political and economic influence on the country. Estonia, even through Soviet times, has always highlighted its close ethnic ties to Finland, as well as cultural links with the entire Nordic region. Now, Estonia hopes that its achievements, as well as political culture, will get the country re-defined from ‘Eastern European,’ to ‘Northern European.’Europeans are used to considerin...
 
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