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The eestlaste muistne vabadus/võitlus aka 13th century Northern Crusades era look became so popular, these two cubs-in-training or mini-hundud Suvi Mari (4)and Tuuli (5), wore them to their kindergarten class.   This sparked their teacher Aire and soon the whole class was making and wearing the historic and stylish headgear....

Please join us as we welcome Estonian actor/music critic/recording artist/television personality and now playwright Mihkel Raud as freeFall Theatre, 6099 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida, stages the world premiere of his play American Monkey, from March 14 to March 30, 2014. We will have the opportunity to meet Mr. Raud...

ERR News - Social Democrat MP Inara Luigas said she is disappointed with the new border treaty and will vote against the ratification, despite all the parliament's factions saying they approve of the treaty.   Speaking on ETV on the day of the signing of the agreement, Luigas said an...

Russia has never considered Estonia an enemy, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a joint press conference after signing a long-awaited border treaty with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet in Moscow on February 18. Subjects like relations between NATO and Russia and the EU and Russia were also discussed at...

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The annual FIRE AND ICE party in Tallinn, known for its fire sculptures, burning of Christmas trees (note the nifty tree recycling symbol) and ice sculptures, could also be interpreted as the COME AND STAY party. Such is the beauty of homonüümid or homonyms, words that share the same spelling...

JBANC Press Release: February 7, 2014  (Washington, DC) – Circassian-American activists, who trace their roots to the Sochi region in the North Caucasus, participated on February 6 in the first-ever Google+ Hangout organized and hosted online by the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC). On the eve of the official...

A new Supreme Court decision looks to shake up inheritance issues in Estonia, reversing a longstanding taxation policy. For the last 20 years, monetary gains from selling inherited property were subject to full income tax. Yesterday, the court threw that out of the window, reports Postimees.   The case stemmed...

Free public transportation in Tallinn has created interest in world media, both in business and urban planning circles. FastCompany magazine analyzes the topic under headline “Why the worlds largest experiment in free public transportation failed”, stating that when Tallinn about an year ago made public transportation free to its residents...

ERR News - Senior cabinet members commented on January 30, on a case involving a naturalized Estonian citizen, a 13-year-old girl, who ended up with Russian citizenship as well – an illegal situation under Estonian law – due to an application filed by her father. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said...