ESTO 2019 is entitled “Our Future”, like the theme for Estonia 100. 

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Published: February 19 2019

ERR News has hosted several live English-language pre-election debates held both in Estonia, as well as in Toronto, Canada (article in Estonian p.3). 

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Published: February 19 2019

Reinhold I. Martin, age 95 years, of Flemington, NJ, died peacefully on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at Hunterdon Medical Center. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, September 7, 1923, son of the late Reinhold and Hilda (Paias) Martin, he formerly resided in Seaford, NY, and had lived in the Flemington area for thirty-eight years.

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Published: February 18 2019

Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov introducing e-Residency event.

The Embassy of Estonia recently hosted two noteworthy events and took part in a quarterly meeting of all three Baltic embassies with the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) and its parent organizations. EANC was represented at all three events by Washington, DC Director Karin Shuey.

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Published: February 18 2019

Instead of meeting the usual tihane (chickadee), interesting tõug (breed) of dog, or other friendly suusataja (skier) while out on the trail, I was lapped (mercilessly) today by not one, but kaks hobust. Photo: Riina Kindlam

With 30 cm of snow on the ground in Tallinn as of 7. veebruar, but a period of slight thaw in the forecast (to a couple of degrees above freezing, nothing like the extremes Washington, DC, experienced in the past week), it was a now or never moment that makes you grab your suusad (skis) and head down to the nearest woods, which in the case of yours truly is Meri/metsa ("Sea Forest"), the mets by the meri (Kopli Bay) in Põhja-Tallinn. 

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Published: February 18 2019

ERR news is hosting a live link to a pre-election English-language debate featuring leading candidates from the major political parties in Estonia.

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Published: February 05 2019

Photo Riina Kindlam.

When the temperature is around null (zero, the freezing mark, 32°F), this sign above Sõle tänav in Põhja-Tallinn lights up. Photographed through an icy tuule/klaas (windshield) while waiting punase tule taga (at a red light), it was mounted this past fall above the valgus/foorid (traffic lights) and jala/käijate üle/käigu/rada (pedestrian crosswalk) where crowds of kids cross to and from Pelgu- /linna Gümnaasium (High School).

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Published: February 05 2019

New Honorary Consul in San Diego Michael Chan (fourth from left) with a group of Estonians. From L to R: Susie-Ann Viirg, Mehis Põld, Aavo Reinfeldt (President of the Estonian World Council), Michael Chan, Jüri Koll (EANC), Kairi Künka (Estonian Consul General), Andrus Viirg (Director of Enterprise Estonia USA), Renee Meriste (EANC). Photo by Renee Meriste

At a formal ceremony also attended by Estonian Ambassador to the US Jonatan Vseviov and Consul General Kairi Künka, Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rainer Saks opened the Estonian Honorary Consulate in San Diego on January 24. 

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Published: February 05 2019