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Estonia's Consul General from New York will be in Los Angeles January 22 - 24, 2015 to perform consular duties. Estonian citizens will be able to apply for a passport or ID-Card, renew their passport or ID-Card, receive previously ordered documents or conduct other consular business. The Consul General will...

The Estonian-Georgian movie, "Tangerines" ("Mandariinid" in Estonian), has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards. The film was shortlisted in December, being one of nine of the initial 83 canditates in its category. The shortlist of five nominees was selected by specially invited...

Arvo Pärt accepts the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award  in Tokyo presented by the Japan Art Association.   Photo: news.err.ee   1. The continuing global success of Arvo Pärt's music At the beginning of the year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was, for the third year running, given the title of...

The Christmas Card of the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves. The illustration was created by Eiko Ojala, who regularly features in the world’s top magazines, from New York Times and Le Monde to Wired. Card design by Silver Tibbing at Brand Manual, e-card by Datalab.   president.ee/christmas

New York’s Times Square gave a grand welcome to the Estonian business delegation, led by Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, in the morning of December 12, 2014.   The delegation also visited Nasdaq, the largest stock exchange in the United States.  Photo by Siiri Lind.   Riigikogu has approved an amendment...

New York Estonian Mixed Choir after the Christmas concert at the NY Lutheran Church on Lexington and 88th Street. Photo by Al Brownell   What a beautiful way to celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Advent!  We heard the Christmas message preached in the Estonian language, we sat in the midst...

Many of us carry fond memories of Järvemetsa in our hearts.   For decades, guides and scouts, brownies and cub scouts, leaders and friends have walked those sandy paths, teaching and learning forest skills, Estonian songs, handicrafts, scouting knowledge…and getting into some memorable mischief as well. The organization Federation of...

  A highly successful International Christmas Market was held at the Chicago Eesti Maja (CEM). Nearly 400 people passed through the seven-hour event held on the first cold weekend of the season. It consisted of approximately 40 vendors selling their wares while numerous groups provided live entertainment. It was perhaps...

Arne Kalm: Notes For Panel DiscussionEstonians in America: Past, Present and FutureEANC, Stamford, CT  - Sat. Sept. 27, 2014   Introduction I am delighted to participate on this panel and plan to devote most of my allotted time to a  historical review of past political activities in the broader Estonian...

Publication of the English-language translation of the“DP Kroonika” (“DP Chronicle”), reported (Oct. 30 English language section) by Enda Mai Michelson Holland, president of the Estonian Archives in the U.S., is welcome news.   The book is a monumental history of Estonian displaced persons in Germany after World War II, and...