#estonians — Public Fediverse posts

Estonia's #population totalled 1,360,745 people in the beginning of 2026, according to data from #Statistics #Estonia. Ethnic #Estonians accounted for 68.5% and #Russians for 20.2% of the total population. Altogether 82.2% of the population had Estonian citizenship.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-estonians-68-of-population-in-2026-statistics/

The overwhelming majority of #Estonians believe that #Estonia should always offer armed resistance if attacked by another state, according to an annual public opinion #poll on national #defence. Nearly two thirds of residents are ready to defend the country personally, the #survey shows.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-62-of-residents-ready-to-defend-country/

#Estonians' will to defend the country remains high 81% of Estonia's residents believe the country should offer armed resistance in any circumstances 62% of residents said they would be willing to take part in defense activities according to their abilities and skills news.err.ee/1610043085/e...

#Latvians and #Lithuanians #work longer hours than #Estonians, according to #Eurostat data. The average working hours for employed persons in both #Latvia and #Lithuania stood at 38.3 hours per week in 2024, compared to just 36.5 hours in #Estonia.

https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-latvians-lithuanians-work-longer-than-estonians/

Most #Estonians support the reelection of #President Alar Karis for a second term in office, according to a new #poll in early March 2026. The #survey shows that 70% of respondents support and 17% oppose electing Karis for a second term.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-70-support-president-for-second-term/

A majority of #Estonians oppose foreign #labour, according to a new #poll conducted in March 2026. The #survey shows that 71% of respondents oppose bringing in labour from outside the EU, while 52% oppose labour from other EU countries.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-most-estonians-oppose-foreign-labour-poll/

The supervisory council of the public broadcasting company in #Estonia, ERR, has dismissed its chairman, Rein Veidemann. Earlier, Veidemann criticised ERR's interview of a same-sex couple with two children, saying that the TV programme violated the values of the majority of #Estonians.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-council-chair-of-public-broadcaster-dismissed-amid-row/

Annual #alcohol consumption in #Estonia amounted to over 11 litres of pure alcohol per capita in 2022, according to the National Institute for #Health Development. Almost 20% of #Estonians aged 18-64 years consumed excessive amounts of alcohol in 2022.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-alcohol-consumption-rising-among-women-report/

Jaak Laineste #Keynote @foss4geurope giving a fantastic interesting and entertaining round-trip on his #GIS journey, lots of hints ticking box for #Estonians and #FOSS4G users “back in the days” and still managing to link nicely to the current challenges and solutions 🇪🇪😄🌍

I have nothing funny or bad to say about the #estonians #eurovision2024 #eurovision #esc2024 , the song is catchy, love it.

@Linza It might come to that.

For Russia, it really won’t change much. The people have already been indoctronited since 2014 that Ukraine = NATO.

Albeit it’s a lie. And Russian lies are difficult to understand. I believe this is a ”Vranyo”: Everyone knows you’re lying but you do it anyway, and you know they know. So that would make us stupid because we didn’t know they were bluffing.

But you know who’d know? #ukrainians, #estonians #latvians #georgians.. Listen to them.

Satisfaction with life in the #Baltic States was highest in #Estonia and lowest in #Latvia in 2022, according to Eurostat data. #Estonians rated their overall life satisfaction at 7.2, #Lithuanians at 7.1, and #Latvians at 6.8 points out of 10.

https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-life-satisfaction-highest-in-estonia-lowest-in-latvia-eurostat/

Apparently the Soviet occupation was the best thing that ever happened to #Estonia & #Lithuania, because the #Estonians & the #Lithuanians oppose the liberation of other people from even longer military occupations...

#Latvia isn't quite sure if military occupations are bad.