Kaljulaid Invites Presidents of Three Finno-Ugric Peoples to World Congress
President Kersti Kaljulaid has invited Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Hungarian President János Áder and Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 8th World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples taking place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu on June 17-19, 2020. In addition to the issues of preserving and passing on language, the congress will also address the impact of climate change on nations, as well as the topic of cultural innovation.

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Published: October 27 2019

Estonia’s capital Tallinn ranks eighth among the 50 most cultured cities in Europe and number one in Northern Europe, in a list researched and compiled by Wanderu, a travel search platform and fare aggregator, writes Estonian World.

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Published: October 19 2019

Largest U.S. Military Training in Decades Will Reach Estonia
The largest and most expensive U.S.-led military exercise on the European continent in 25 years "Defender Europe-20" will also reach Estonia. 37,000 troops will take part, including about 20,000 American soldiers. "Military drills will take place in 10 different nations, but the main action will happen in Germany and Poland", United States European Command (EUCOM) reports. Equipment will begin arriving in Europe in February and the exercises will be held in April and May.

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Published: October 19 2019

Estonia earned €141.2 million in income from the sale of greenhouse gas emission credits in 2018, at least half of which is used to mitigate climate change, it appears from an overview to be presented by Minister of the Environment Rene Kokk to the government on October 10, ERR News reports.

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Published: October 19 2019

Persecutions, arrests, executions, deportations and the scorched earth policy carried out by destruction battalions of Communist party members and the Red Army were fresh memories that spurred a massive flight from the oncoming Soviet hell back in 1944.

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Published: October 19 2019

Peter Kalm and Robert Hopkins.

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Published: October 12 2019

New U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Named
On Sept. 30, U.S. President Donald Trump announced William Ellison Grayson as the new candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Estonia. Grayson has extensive experience working in the public sector. The United States had been without an ambassador to Estonia since last summer. The previous U.S. ambassador to Estonia James D. Melville announced his resignation last summer. He cited controversial statements concerning NATO and European Union allies by President Trump as the reason.

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Published: October 12 2019

Dear Friends and Family of Fred Ise,

I am speaking to you today on behalf of Rotalia Fraternity, an academically based global Estonian society and brotherhood that Fred served as an active member of for many years.

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Published: October 11 2019