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  ERR News - Under the guise of intellectual property rights enforcement, Europeans could become victims of the US political system's dependence on corporate money. The Wikipedia-led blackout on January 18 in protest against SOPA and PIPA appears to have been a big success. The blackout raised awareness among the...

  The Organizing Committee of the 34th Gatineau Loppet unveiled details of the next edition of the biggest cross-country ski event in Canada. The 34th Annual Gatineau Loppet will take place on Feb. 17-19, 2012. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, a passionate skier who has taken part in several Worldloppet...

  You have already received, or will shortly receive, the Estonian American National Council’s fundraising letter, together with a new brochure about the EANC and its activities.  The printing company who handled the printing and mailing, and which we have used in the past, has mista-kenly included a wrong, old...

  We again welcome in a new year.  Even though the traditions associated with its coming remain comfortingly fami-liar, with the start of each new year we can anticipate new initiatives, new challenges, and new achievements.  The Estonian American National Council wishes all of you a happy, productive, and prosperous...

  The Birth of Estonian Film In 2012 Estonian film will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Photographer Johannes Pääsuke, who wandered across Estonia taking pictures of farm workers, purchased a film camera in 1912 and used it to record Utoshkin, a stunt pilot who was performing over Tartu in the province...

  What a venue for the finale! The "Õnnelik Lõpp" or Happy End(ing) of Tallinn as the 2011 European Capital of Culture was held on the evening of December 22 across the city. The official closing ceremony was an invitation-only event that took place in the newly renovated Lennu/sadama vesi/lennukite...

  (Washington, DC) --- The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) has worked diligently this year to ensure the passage of the Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011, supporting democracy in Belarus. On Tuesday, December 20, the final bill passed Congress and will now go to the...

  ERR News - The new Traffic Act in Estonia requires all pedestrians to wear a reflector in conditions of inadequate visibility - theoretically enforced by a fine of up to 400 euros - but tourists may not be aware of the law. Britain's Foreign and Com0monwealth Office and the...

  It is a long time since Estonia was a subject, not an object in international affairs. I doubt anyone is alive today who has even the dimmest childhood memory of the Tartu Peace Treaty negotiations (though I would be delighted to be proved wrong if a precocious nine-year-old is...

  More than ten members of the Estonian Society of Central Florida (Kesk Florida Eesti Selts) spent the weekend of December 10-11, 2011, making preparations for Christmas. On Saturday, December 10, Leena and Väino Aare of Bradenton, Florida, once again very generously hosted the verivorst-making party. Seven pairs of workers...