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  The Estonian national women's basketball team has started competition in Group B in the 2012 European basketball championships. Two members of the team are recent graduates from American colleges and universities. Kati Rausberg earned a BA with a double major in International Business and Management at Eckerd College in...

  Tribute To Donald Rumsfeld And Gulag Exhibit Preview Washington, DC – Donald Rumsfeld, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Annette Lantos, Chairman of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, will headline a list of speakers and guests from Capitol Hill and Washington’s diplomatic corps at a June 12,...

  The Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters in the U.S. participates every April in the celebration of Estonian culture and arts.   It has been a long tradition. As a part of the program, a prize is awarded to a person who has earned special recognition in supporting and/or...

  On Saturday, April 14, 2012, 3 PM at the New York Estonian Culture Days at the New York Estonian House. THOMAS PALM, Ph.D.  Estonia: a personal historic overview: Why does a choir of 25,000 people sing about insects? The role of location in national history -- 700 years of...

  Automobile magazine´s December 2011 issue published a sidebar by Jamie Kitman to the story Writer´s Blog about Margus H. Kuuse of Estonia (page 88). Margus-Hans Kuuse (Tallinn, Estonia) is the oldest (68) automobile journalist, historian and author on a huge territory which until 1991 was known as the USSR. He...

  Anyone who has ever attempted to learn Estonian knows what a beautiful, but extremely challenging, language it is. Estonians too deeply value their mother tongue, and mark March 14th, the birthday of Kristjan Jaak Peterson, as Emakeelepäev, or Estonian Language Day.  Although he died in 1822 at the very...

  Saturday, March 24th at 5 pm at New York Estonian House (243 East 34th Street, New York, NY). Like most Eastern Europeans, Estonians resist being called Eastern European. Francis Tapon will not only explain why he puts Estonia in Eastern Europe, but he will also explain what we can...

  January 18, 2012 --- The Estonian American National Council, Inc, (EANC) has named Linda Rink as its new Executive Director.  L. Rink will assist the Board of Directors with developing and implementing programs and strategies, and will be responsible for EANC’s day-to-day operations, including bookkeeping, marketing, and communications. Before...

  Dear benevolent reader, subscriber or friend of  Free Estonian Word!   In February 2012 VABA EESTI SÕNA (Free Estonian Word) will publish a commemorative  issue to honor the 94th ESTONIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.  As the continuation of Estonia and Estonian language relies on its citizen, the future of our newspaper...

  Setting the record for attendance in the 21st Century, 150 participants responding to the invitation to share their love of Estonia and Estonian culture attended KLENK's annual sõpruspäevad and conference in St. Petersburg, Florida's Magnuson Hotel Marina Cove Conference Center, January 6 and 7, 2012.  Cohosted by the Estonian...