”TIME.” Painting by my grandson when he was 10 years old.

Basically our family milestones are dates of births, graduations, weddings, divorces, retirements and deaths - roughly in that order. Not too many to remember, at least not one’s own.

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Published: June 24 2018

Full panel: Panelists Karin Shuey, Peter Blumbergs, Karl Altau and Marcus Kolga discuss the diaspora's role in securing Baltic freedom. Photo credit: Jaak Treiman

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) held its biennial conference this year at Stanford University from June 1st to June 3rd. The conference celebrated both the centennial of the Baltic nations’ independence and the 50th anniversary of AABS and highlighted achievements in Baltic studies over the last 100 years.

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Published: June 17 2018

A recurring English language column in Vaba Eesti Sõna… the death nail of the Estonian language in the United States, or a palliative for its demise? 

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Published: June 11 2018

Local kids taking part in the "Masters of Our Own Homes" kids' session (with exhibit project manager Keiu Telve) at the AABS conference. Estonian language coverage of the exhibit is on "Stanfordi ülikoolilinnakus avati suur Eesti-teemaline rändnäitus".

Photo sent by Linnea Bartling

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Published: June 11 2018

Estonian startups last year attracted €270 million worth of investments, according to the national Startup Estonia database.

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Published: June 11 2018

Photo: Nele-Kai Loorits

Pirita rand (beach), directly across the water from where brothers Jaak and Erik are playing, is Tallinn's most renowned. And the purjekas (sailboat) just ahead of the ship to Helsinki is most likely from Pirita jaht/klubinext to it. But news of Pika/kari rand, opened as a public suplus-/koht(swimming spot) in 2007, on Paljas/saare pool-/saar (peninsula), just south of where this shot was taken, is getting around and more people are discovering this untouched coastline and the hoiu/ala (conservation area) directly adjacent – an incredible gem in the middle of Eesti's capital.

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Published: June 11 2018

Uber competitor Taxify has raised a massive $175 million to invest in global growth, with the Estonian founder singling out Australia as a high growth market for the business, writes The Australian Financial Review. 

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Published: June 11 2018

Bottom row left to right: Age Landra Robinson, Kaida Aviste, Kadri Kallas Zelek. Top row left to right: Mauno Kork, Jeff Zelek.

The Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the Embassies of 28 European Union Member States to the United States opened their doors to the public during the European Union Embassies’ Open House Day on May 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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Published: June 03 2018