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  ERR News - Statistics Estonia said that per capita average annual potato consumption is 98 kilograms. The figure includes figures for homes and restaurants as well as for both locals and tourists, said the agency in a statement. Consumption of the starchy tuber is slowly increasing in Estonia. In...

  So we all know the Estonian language has 4 special dotted letters (täpi/tähed), that lie obediently in wait at the very tail end of the alphabet (tähestik). More precisely, they are topped with diacritical marks or diacritics (diakriitiline märk ehk diakriitik). But do you know what order they are...

  The Estonian American National Council (EANC )is pleased to announce that it will award financial support to selected young adults interested in attending the10th Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) Baltic Conference on April 19-20, 2013. The Conference will be held at the Crystal City Marriott outside of Washington...

  ERR News - Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on March 12,  gave the green light for holding the next round of border treaty talks with Russia. Following an address from the Estonian foreign minister and ambassador to Russia, the parliamentary committee, which will be in Moscow from April 9 to 12,...

 (Washington, DC) - The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) is pleased to announce that William Browder, the former employer of whistleblowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, will speak at its Tenth Baltic Conference, being held April 19-20 on the outskirts of Washington DC. William Browder is the CEO and...

For the past 15 years there has been an annual gathering of Estonian families and friends in the Phoenix area of Arizona at the end of February.  As the year have gone by attendance has varied up and down as is common in America having a very mobile society.  In...

  ERR News - US technology giant Intel and venture capital company Greycroft has bought shares of international mobile payment provider Fortumo, which is based in Estonia. “We have been impressed with Fortumo’s strong product focus and ability to execute,” said Dana Settle, a partner with Greycroft, in a statement....

  ERR News - Two Estonian-owned companies have bought the Palace Hotel, a landmark institution on one corner of Tallinn's Freedom Square, from Sweden's Scandic Hotels. EfTEN Capital's real estate fund and Esraven AS each now own 50 percent of a new company set up to own and manage the...

  Most likely the first thing that comes to mind when you read mao is Communist China's late Chairman Mao Zedong. He would no doubt be celebrating right now as well, especially since he was born in a mao/aasta (year of the snake). Is that how he got his name?!......

  On March 27th, Estonia’s post-war independence exceeds the length of the pre-war one. Toomas Kiho, adviser to Prime Minister and editor of the Akadeemia magazine, has based his calculations on the fact that Republic of Estonia was founded on February 24th, 1918 and managed to last for one day,...