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Cleveland area Estonians gathered at Der Braumeis-ter restaurant to celebrate independence day.  We had Estonians from as far away as Dayton, OH and Ann Arbor, MI in attendance.  After lunches were ordered, Toomas Tubalkain introduced Latvian representative Karlis Blooms and Lithuanian Honorary Consul Mrs. Ingrida Bublys. They both gave brief...

The news and updates come at a blistering pace. It’s hard to keep up with the volume and impact. But the quality of content? It is frighteningly stupefying. The Trump administration has been hellbent on upending the everyday normal. Steve Bannon’s “flooding the zone” strategy, which The New York Times...

Washington – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Co-Chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, and U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) met with ambassadors to the U.S. from various...

The USA Eesti Spordiliit organized 2 golf outings this past summer. The first one occurred during the 70th Lakewoodi Eesti Mängud at the Lakewood Country Club with 40 participants. The second competition was held at Pine Barrens on September 21 and drew 16 participants. Both events were played as scrambles...

Baltic Christmas Fair: Saturday, December 7,  from 10-3pm at Latvian Hall, 425 Hoffman Ave, San Francisco.  Christmas time is almost here - come enjoy a taste of Baltic holiday traditions at the San Francisco Baltic Christmas Fair, and support our local communities! Free admission to the marketplace all day. Hot...

Starting next year, new rounding rules will take effect, and Estonia will cease minting one- and two-cent coins. The smallest coins featuring Estonia's outline will be sent to other European countries where they are still in use. Each year, the Bank of Estonia ordered one or two truckloads of one-...

The Choral Arts Society of Washington, the largest choral ensemble in the U.S. capital, will perform two songs in Estonian this season in addition to its usual repertoire. ERR caught up with members of the choir as they got to grips with the tricky task of mastering Estonian pronunciation. This...

New York, NY—The 7th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America is back this November 6-17, 2024, with a mix of in-person and virtual screenings of the best new films from the Baltic region. From November 6-10, festivalgoers can enjoy screenings...

A monument commemorating the Great Flight of 80 years ago was unveiled in Pärnu. The statue, funded through donations, was erected under the leadership of the Estonian World Council, which gifted it to the city of Pärnu during a ceremony on September 21st. The sculpture depicts the final touch of...

As the instigator of the Pärnu Monument idea and the dreamer who could not let go of the desire to somehow publicly express  my generation’s “Thank you” to our refugee-suurpõgenemise families, I am so proud of ALL the other dreamers, many friends and the ÜEKN Suurpõgenemise  Commit-tee who joined what...