Helle Tiikmaa, Author at Index on Censorship

Helle Tiikmaa

Helle Tiikmaa is an Estonian journalist who worked for Eesti Televisioon (ETV) for 19 years. She is current Vice Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Association of Journalists and has been working freelance since 2009.

Estonia’s third channel struggles to connect with Russian speakers

by Helle Tiikmaa | 4 Jan 2016

In late November 2014, Estonia's parliament made a historic decision to launch a Russian-language TV-channel as part of ERR, Estonia's public broadcaster. A year later the channel is a reality: ETV+, ERR's third channel debuted on 28 September. The...

Estonia shows further lack of concern for freedom of information

by Helle Tiikmaa | 2 Oct 2015

On 19 September, the Estonian Minister of Education, Jürgen Ligi, accused the Estonian Public Broadcaster’s new Russian-language TV of disclosing

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