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On November 29, 2022, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held nomination hearings for ambassadorial nominees Christopher T. Robinson to the Republic of Latvia, and George P. Kent to the Republic of Estonia. Both nominations were passed out of committee by a unanimous consent vote on December 7. A final vote...

On December 6 and 7, the Estonian Ministry of the Interior and the U.S. Department of State co-hosted the “Sub-Regional CBRN Response & Assistance Workshop (SR2 Estonia)”. The training brought together representatives from Estonian ministries involved in internal security, defense, civil protection, health, environmental protection and international affairs with officials...

Dear leaders of Estonian communities all over the world! It is our pleasure to greet you from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. We are trying to make our communication more active and to enhance the cooperation between Estonia and Estonians living abroad; so, please allow me to share...

Karl Altau / JBANC Following the midterm elections and the Thanksgiving break, the United States Congress is back in action, finishing up business for the year, and this 117th Session of Congress. The new 118th Congress starts its two-year cycle on January 3. This is the third article in a...

“We can support each other”. Thanks to the EERO Children’s Fund, Estonian women who need help receive our support after leaving women’s shelters. This assistance has enabled them to buy their children medicine, healthy food, prescription glasses, clothes and shoes. Zoom interviews were conducted with 4 women, who have received...

Tere kõigile! My name is Liam Kivirist and I recently became a member of the Chicago Eesti Maja, but my grandparents (Aelita and Valdek Kivirist) were long-time members when they were living in Glenview. I grew up in an Estonian-American household and during the COVID pandemic, I took an interest...

Russia is recruiting soldiers abroad online, with promotion in English and in a breezy, casual manner, explaining how to join a welcoming, trustworthy organization.The website’s promo adopts a Madison Avenue sales pitch: “So, if you’re itching to start running with a brand new AK-12 in notorious Ratnik-2 battle gear, here...

I believe that Awareness is the number-one ingredient for a healthy and happy body and life. I am therefore spelling it with a capital A. Health is so much more than the absence of disease. It means bursting with vitality, being full of life force, radiating positive vibrations and having...

“Tööle!” Liisi claps. In the early afternoon of Saturday, November 19, the New York Estonian House held its annual November Blood Sausage Workshop. Organized by Liisi Vanaselja Fletcher and Argo Paomere, the workshop attracted about twenty participants, with annual workshop regulars and a few fresh faces coming in from across...

The Estonian National Criminal Police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, suspects related to a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering case in a joint operation this week. According to court documents, Potapenko and Turõgin, both 37, allegedly defrauded hundreds of...