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Vaba Eesti Sõna" Celebrates Serving American Estonians for 70 YearsThe first edition of the "Vaba Eesti Sõna" (Free Estonian Word) newspaper was published on Saturday, June 11, 1949. The editor-in-chief was August Waldman. A single issue cost 15 cents and a subscription until the end of that year was $3....

“I am raising funds to print 2,000 copies of Cooking With Marika ­– Clean Cuisine from an Estonian Farm (336 pages, 111 recipes), the English translation of my second cookbook and nutrition guide featuring gorgeous full-page photographs by Hele-Mai Alamaa,” writes  Marika Blossfeldt in her Kickstarter introduction. The book provides...

Photo courtesy of The Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters It was sometime in mid-December, and my wife had just gotten home from a Board meeting for The Foundation for Estonian Arts & Letters, the nonprofit that is responsible for helping to keep Estonian culture alive in New York, and...

TALLINN, Estonia — Uber used to dominate ride-hailing in Poland and Kenya. Over the past two years, that started to change, writes Adam Satario in the New York Times on April 23, 2019 in a piece about Estonian successful start-up Taxify / Bolt. In Poland, a small competitor opened a...

The Estonian consul from New York will be visiting San Francisco from May 23-24 and taking appointments at the office of honorary consul Richard Horning at 101 2nd Street. If you would like to make an appointment, use the online system (and e-mail the consulate if you have a problem). For...

President Kaljulaid in New YorkPresident Kersti Kaljulaid was on a working visit to New York on April 6-8, where she opened the Louis Kahn exhibition at the UN headquarters, spoke at a support event of the Arvo Pärt Center and met representatives of Arab countries and French-speaking African countries to discuss...

Opening of the exhibition.   Photo by Eleri Ever   On Monday, April 8th Arne Maasik’s photo exhibition called “From Island to Island: The Creative Journey of Louis Kahn” opened at the UN Headquarters in New York. For the exhibition, architect and photographic artist Arne Maasik has recorded the architectural legacy...

An immersive live performance and exhibition exploring the shared language of visual art and music. In Reich Richter Pärt, two immersive live performances - one conceived by composer Steve Reich and painter Gerhard Richter, the other by Richter and composer Arvo Pärt—explore the shared sensory language of visual art and music....

President Kaljulaid and General Allen speaking about Estonian and European security at the Brookings Institution. Photo by Karin Shuey Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid travelled to New York and Washington the week of March 11th. Her New York visit included meetings at the U.N. in conjunction with Estonia’s bid for a...

For the third year in a row, USA and Canadian ESTOS converged on Mont Tremblant, Quebec on March 7th for a 3-day weekend of skiing, snowboarding and socializing. This year’s group surged to over 220 people with the mix of participants being fairly evenly split between our friends from the north...