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EANC calls on Estonian Americans to join us on November 8th and 9th for the Joint Baltic American National Committee’s 13th conference in Washington, DC. The all-day conference on Saturday will feature many high-level experts, including Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, Windows on Eurasia author and long-time supporter of the...

Laine Tigane was born May 23, 1919, to Elisabeth and August Tigane in Tartu, Eesti. She shared with me a bit of her history but it was difficult for her to recall too much from her past. She did not enjoy talking about herself. Laine lived in the present and...

Jaak Rakfeldt. The replanting of the new Freedom Tree in Elizabeth Park in Hartford next to the commemorative stone, took place on August 23, as the old tree had dried and was cut down. The ceremony was attended by representatives of every Baltic State.  The President of The Estonian Society...

Estonia’s capital Tallinn ranks eighth among the 50 most cultured cities in Europe and number one in Northern Europe, in a list researched and compiled by Wanderu, a travel search platform and fare aggregator, writes Estonian World. Using a specific methodology, the Boston, Massachusetts-based Wanderu calculated the density of culturally...

Estonia earned €141.2 million in income from the sale of greenhouse gas emission credits in 2018, at least half of which is used to mitigate climate change, it appears from an overview to be presented by Minister of the Environment Rene Kokk to the government on October 10, ERR News...

Persecutions, arrests, executions, deportations and the scorched earth policy carried out by destruction battalions of Communist party members and the Red Army were fresh memories that spurred a massive flight from the oncoming Soviet hell back in 1944. How massive was it? Here it would be like 25 million people...

Dear Friends and Family of Fred Ise, I am speaking to you today on behalf of Rotalia Fraternity, an academically based global Estonian society and brotherhood that Fred served as an active member of for many years. Fred joined Rotalia Fraternity in 1947, thus making him an honored member of...

The stickers handed out to students last week read: "Terry ran for me. I am running for ____" This 5th grader in Toronto ran for her vana/ema (grandmother), in this case called Mamma, who fought rinna/vähk (breast cancer) at age 82 in Eesti this past year and survived. She is...

The Washington Estonian Society extends a big thanks to its community members who came out for the Great Refugee Flight commemoration! “We especially appreciate remarks by Ago Ambre and Estonian Embassy Public Diplomacy Secretary Triinu Rajasalu, and also the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation for allowing us to use their...

Photo courtesy of ERR This is the story of my family's flight from Estonia on September 22, 1944. I wrote it in my mother's voice, from her experience and perspective.Jaak Rakfeldt. (1999). Flight From Home. Connecticut Review. Volume XXI, No. 1, pp. 157-162.*********Major Kõrgmaa crashes through the door. His face...