West Coast

Welcome to Stanford, Piret Ehin! Piret is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu, and she will be spending the next several weeks at Stanford carrying out a research project entitled "Varieties of global populism: the rise of the...

Mati & Kati are hosting the LEP2022 Cocktail Contest and we invite you to join! Rules for tthe LEP2022 Cocktail contest:The focus of the contest is working with ingredients that are easy to procure and creating a memorable cocktail. Your cocktail could be the star cocktail of LEP2022.The winning cocktail...

Last month I wrote about the benefits of oils and fats and the three different building blocks of oils, which determine whether an oil can be considered saturated and very stable (can be used for frying at high temperatures), mono-unsaturated or fairly stable (can be used for cooking, baking and...

PRESS RELEASE (For immediate release) The Estonian American National Council (EANC) announced on April 14 its General Election for the XXIII Council, to be held this year. With the announcement, EANC issued a call for candidates who support the EANC mission, are willing to share their time, and can lend...

The 35th West Coast Estonian Days is taking place on July 25 – 27, 2022 at the Suquamish Clear-water Resort – just northwest of Seattle, WA. Situated on the water’s edge, the resort offers an intimate and beautiful venue in nature, on the shores of Puget Sound. Tickets and registration...

Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk and Mrs. Liis Prikk (center) were welcomed to San Francisco's 104th Estonian Independence Day Celebration by the fraternities and sororities of northern California. The Ambassador delivered a very informative speech and participated in an hour-long Q&A session during the event, which also featured the Community Choir...

LEP2022 Registration Information In order to simplify LEP ticketing, we are offering two tickets: a LEP “Base Ticket”, which is all inclusive of LEP activities, with the exception of the Gala, and a Gala Ticket. The LEP “Base Ticket” includes:RegistrationOpening CeremoniesTantsupidu and LaulupiduRahvapidu with DinnerSpordipäevAccess to SaunAccess to Beer TentOther...

2021 Korp! Vironia USA annual christmas and vennastus celebration at the home of Dr Mati Kiisk in San Rafael, CA.  This was our 121th anniversary and 61st celebration on the West Coast. Honored guests included Consul General Ann Hänni from the Consulate of Estonia in San Francisco and  Maris Prii,...

After a year's hiatus, organizers of the San Francisco Baltic Christmas Fair were very happy to open the doors of the Latvian Hall to vendors and visitors once again this past December 4th. Over a dozen sellers, some from as far away as Los Angeles, offered tasty Baltic Christmas foods,...

2021 Korp! Vironia USA annual christmas and vennastus celebration at the home of Dr Mati Kiisk in San Rafael, CA.  This was our 121th anniversary and 61st celebration on the West Coast. Honored guests included Consul General Ann Hänni from the Consulate of Estonia in San Francisco and  Maris Prii,...