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EANC annual meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida. All photos by Ülle Ederma   In conjunction with its annual meeting, the Estonian American National Council held a well-attended public forum in St. Petersburg, Florida on 11-12 November. The program included panel discussions and a keynote address by Estonian Ambassador Lauri Lepik....

Estonia’s Consul General from New York will be in Los Angeles January 18 and 19 to perform consular duties. Estonian citizens will be able to apply for a passport or IDCard, renew their passport or ID-Card, and receive previously ordered documents or conduct other consular business.   The Consul General...

Narva-Ivangorod bridge – Russia on the left and Estonia on the right. Photo: Kärt  Ulman/VES   IVANGOROD, Russia — Little divides the Russian town of Ivangorod and its Estonian twin, Narva, but a fairly narrow river. That, and a vast cultural chasm, writes The New York Times on November 10,...

National Council (EANC) invites the public to a special panel program on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.   The free afternoon program starts at 2pm and will feature three interactive discussions on the current Washington DC political scene and the...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) invites the public to a special panel program on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.   The free afternoon program will feature three interactive discussions on topics such as the current Washington DC political scene,...

Not a kummitus/maja (haunted house), but a ghost building, aka architectural palimpsest or even "architectural fossil art". The vaim (ghost) of the former building that used to be cozied up against its naaber (neighbor), can still be seen on Pikk tänav, Rakvere's main drag. Don't be scared, step up close...

Open House New York provides broad audiences with unparalleled access to the  extraordinary architecture of New York and to the people who help design, build, and preserve the city about how the city might take shape in the years ahead,  and address issues including planning, preservation, infrastructure, and  contemporary design.This...

October 13 – October 19, 2017 Anthology Film Archives   This brief series shines a spotlight on what is, from the U.S. vantage point, an undeniably obscure, unexplored feature of the filmic landscape: the cinema of Estonia.   Guestcurated by Tallinn-based curator, Greete Põrk (Director of the Freedom Fries Alternative...

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,   The topic of this year's debate invites to focus on people and our responsibility to ensure their peaceful and sustainable future.   However, in today's world such a peaceful future is threatened as never before. Authoritarian regimes continue to kill with impunity, extremist ideologies...

The Estonian American National Council is pleased to announce that Estonian Ambassador to the United States, Lauri Lepik, will be the keynote speaker at a special EANC dinner on November 11, 2017.   The dinner is in conjunction with EANC’s annual meeting at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel in...