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Exhibition "Estonia Through 100 Pairs of Eyes" in San FranciscoThe travelling exhibition and accompanying book "Estonia Through 100 Pairs of Eyes", completed for Estonia's centenary, has now reached San Francisco. It tells the story of Estonia through the portrait photographs and stories of one hundred Estonians, aged 100 to 1...
Over 300 Scouts Attend St. George's Day Camp and ParadeOver 300 boy, girl, and cub scouts gathered in the seaside town of Haapsalu last weekend to participate in the annual Jüripäeva (St. George's Day) camp, which wraps up with a parade and marks the start of the long-awaited outdoor activity...
New Estonian Government AppointedOn April 24, President Kersti Kaljulaid appointed the new Estonian government, led by Jüri Ratas, to office. During the formal ceremony, statements were made by the chairmen of the three governing coalition parties: Jüri Ratas of the Centre Party, Mart Helme of the Conservative People's Party of...
President Kaljulaid in New YorkPresident Kersti Kaljulaid was on a working visit to New York on April 6-8, where she opened the Louis Kahn exhibition at the UN headquarters, spoke at a support event of the Arvo Pärt Center and met representatives of Arab countries and French-speaking African countries to discuss...
Estonian Singer Inger Performed at MUSEXPO in Los Angeles. 2019 "Eesti Laul" finalist Inger (Eesti Laul is the Estonian song contest whose winning song becomes the Estonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest) was voted the A&R Worldwide music industry newsletter's new artist in February and performed at the MUSEXPO conference...
90th Anniversary of the Birth of President Lennart MeriMarch 29 marks 90 years since the birth of writer, translator, filmmaker, diplomat and politician President Lennart Meri. President Meri will be commemorated with special programs at both the Estonian National Museum in Tartu and on Estonian Public Broadcasting. On Friday, March...
Parliamentary Elections Won by Reform, Largest Growth by EKRE. The 2019 Riigikogu elections were won by the Reform Party, with an increase in their number of mandates from 30 to 34. However, the greatest increase in support was achieved by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), whose number of parliamentarians...
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