The Republic of Estonia is reforming its school system. Russian will gradually be phased out as a language of instruction by the year 2030. Soon all children will only be taught in Estonian – even ...

Many people in the Baltic states speak Russian as their mother tongue – particularly in Latvia (38%) and Estonia (28%). In the Estonian capital, Tallinn, virtually every second child grows up ...

Additionally, in a few years, a C1-level Estonian language requirement is planned to be introduced for hobby school teachers. At Kanutiaia Hobby School in Tallinn, approximately half of the children ...