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

That is all the more so given the increasing apolitical quality of the young, who see their futures not in their own country but in a broader world and whose loyalties may be to where they are employed rather than to where they are born. That is not true of the majority, but it is a problem for the ever-greater number of young Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians who are moving abroad.

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Published: February 02 2019

The 116th Congress has been in session since January and EANC has already held meetings with contacts in the House and Senate to discuss the Baltic caucuses in each chamber and legislative plans for the new session. 

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Published: February 01 2019

‘Lõimeleer’ is a summer camp designed for Estonian youngsters who live abroad. It gives them the opportunity to mix with kids their own age who live in Estonia, to learn traditional handicrafts (woodwork, jewellery and textiles), to play games involving musical instruments, singing and dancing, to find out how horses are used and controlled and other quintessentially traditional Estonian skills.

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Published: February 01 2019

On Saturday afternoon, December 8, 2018, about 55 members of the Estonian Society of Central Florida (Kesk Florida Eesti Selts - KFES) gathered at the beautiful home of Kaie Põhi Latterner in North Redington Beach (FL) to celebrate a traditional Estonian Christmas.

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Published: January 27 2019