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  ERR NEWS - The new ambassador to Washington says the Obama administration is about more than rhetoric in terms of Estonia's national security. Both Marina Kaljurand and ambassador to NATO Lauri Lepik, fresh from a conference of Estonian foreign service leaders in Tallinn last week, told ETV that the...

  On August 23, 2012 about 50 people gathered for a remembrance ceremony to commemorate the victims of Soviet communist and Nazi regimes, on the anniversary of the 1939 signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, (International Black Ribbon Day). H.E. Ambassador Marina Kaljurand along with the Embassy staff attended the remembrance...

  Which spot in the world has the greatest number of species? It depends on the size of the picture you’re viewing. Professor Meelis Pärtel of the macroecology workgroup at the University of Tartu, in conjunction with colleagues from New Zealand, USA and Germany, has published a list of world...

  National carrier Estonian Air has released its economic results for the first six months of 2012, which indicate the company made a 14.9 million euro loss, reported uudised.err.ee. The airline, which has at various times pledged to become profitable as early as this year but admitted last month that...

  Finns are most active buyers of Estonia-based real estate objects as compared to other non-residents, LETA/Kauppalehti reports. Next follow Brits and Italians who also show interest in purchasing Estonia's real estate. Brits used to be the most interested in Estonian real estate, but their deals' volume has been on...

  Finns are most active buyers of Estonia-based real estate objects as compared to other non-residents, LETA/Kauppalehti reports. Next follow Brits and Italians who also show interest in purchasing Estonia's real estate. Brits used to be the most interested in Estonian real estate, but their deals' volume has been on...

  The Estonian Archives in the United States has been selec-ted to receive the Estonian American National Council’s award for “Organizational Excellence” at EANC’s 60th anniversary gala on September 29, 2012.    The Archives, located in Lakewood, New Jersey, and now also with some collections at the University of Minnesota’s...

In July 91,983 passengers flew on regular flights of Estonian Air and the number of passengers on regular flights departing from Tallinn increased 78.6% compared with the same period last year. The load factor of the regular flights of Estonian Air in July was 79.3%, 9.2 percentage points higher than...

Jeffrey D. Levine was sworn in as the new United States Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia during a July 24 ceremony in Washington, DC. Under Secretary of State Patrick F. Kennedy administered the oath of office in the ornate Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State. Levine is...

The representatives of the Estonian Embassy in Washington attended on August 8th the burial ceremony of Major Aado Kommendant at Arlington National Cemetery. Deputy Chief of Mission Tanel Sepp laid a wreath on his grave on behalf of the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves.   Kommendant was a U.S....