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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Dozens of United States Special Operations forces are now in the Baltics to bolster the training and resolve of troops who are confronting a looming threat from Russia, and to enhance the Americans’ ability to detect Moscow’s shadowy efforts to destabilize the former Soviet republics, writes The...

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.    www.epcc.ee/en     The leading proponent of Arvo Pärt’s music in the world, The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, has won two Grammy awards for recordings of Pärt’s works. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir will be performing Pärt at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York...

The Estonian Relief Committee in the USA (Eesti Abistamiskomitee USA-s) is celebrating 75 years of providing charitable support for fellow Estonians based on the public’s generous tax-deductible donations. The organization was established in 1941 in New York by local Estonians seeking to aid their countrymen being impacted by World War...

Katja Novitskova, Installation view, Approximation (Storm Time), Greene Naftali, New York, 2016   Greene Naftali is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Katja Novitskova, the artist’s first with the gallery, and her debut solo exhibition in the United States. Katja Novitskova (born in Estonia) is an installation...

The fact that too many foreign journalists do not understand the Estonian language, and that they have no access to the local political culture and its players, has distorted reports abroad of what happened this week, writes ERR News editor Dario Cavegn. This week has shown that Estonia is still...

Maarja Nuut.       Photo by Siiri Lind / VES   The Absolute Ensemble led by Estonian conductor Kristjan Järvi, got together with composer Gene Pritsker, HAUSCHKA and Folk Music Star Maarja Nuut to revive the Nordic Spirit in a unique Music Show world tour 2017-2018. World premiere: November 2, 2016 at...

This article focuses on the places where Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Finns reside in the US. It examines (1) nationally the number of people, (2) number by state, (3) the percent of the total US ethnic group by metro area and (4) the proportion of the metro population, per 100,000...

On October 31, The New York Times wrote about Estonia's Defence League (Kaitseliit). “The competitions, held nearly every weekend, are called war games, but are not intended as fun. The Estonian Defense League, which organizes the events, requires its 25,400 volunteers to turn out occasionally for weekend training sessions that...

Russian disinformation is a hot topic these days as more people, here in the U.S., in Europe, and presumably also in Russia, are becoming more aware and more discerning consumers of what is presented as news across the worldwide web and other media outlets. The four articles outlined below provide...