The Estonian American National Council has appointed Leelo Linask from Monroe, CT, as its new Executive Director, effective March 1. She replaces its long-time employee, Linda Rink, who resigned at the end of 2018.

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Published: March 27 2019

The Baltic communities in the Bay Area are working together to host two days of contemporary Baltic film in San Francisco this spring, on March 23 and April 13 at the Latvian Hall.

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Published: March 27 2019

Artist Kaire van der Toorn-Guthan, an Estonian living in the Netherlands, conceived of her project "Eesti läbi 100 silmapaari" (“Estonia Through 100 Pairs of Eyes”) in San Francisco during the LEP-ESTO festival in 2013. The project, which shows Estonia through the perspectives and lives of one hundred photograph portrait subjects, grew into a way to celebrate and share Estonian stories during Estonia’s centennial year.

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Published: March 27 2019

On March 13, during a working visit to the US, President Kersti Kaljulaid met with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelo-si. They discussed security and defence cooperation, the situation in Ukraine, hybrid threats and bilateral Estonian-US cooperation.

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Published: March 27 2019

Parliamentary Elections Won by Reform, Largest Growth by EKRE. The 2019 Riigikogu elections were won by the Reform Party, with an increase in their number of mandates from 30 to 34. However, the greatest increase in support was achieved by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), whose number of parliamentarians increased almost threefold – from 7 to 19. The Center Party lost one mandate (27-26). The final overall voter turnout was 63.7%.

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Published: March 27 2019

Margus Hunt has signed a new contract with the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL, the team has announced, writes ERR News.

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Published: March 27 2019

Choir, and a special cake to celebrate Estonia’s 101st year. Palju õnne, Eesti!     Linnea Bartling

Photos (credit Vaido Vald):San Francisco and Northern California Estonians EV101 group portrait. Members of Korp!Vironia Lääneranniku Koondis together with Sepo Seeman.

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Published: March 27 2019

Arizona Estonians gathered on Sunday February 25th in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa to celebrate Estonia's independence. This is a tradition they have observed yearly since the mid 1970's.

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Published: March 04 2019