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The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art "Fine Arts Film Festival, Venice, California" will be held June 8-14, 2020 online using the Vimeo platform. Over 90 films have been selected from all over the world, included are world premieres. The Fine Arts Film Festival (founded by Estonian Jüri Koll) is dedicated...

 In 2001 there was a fire at the Estonian Embassy in Washington. Firefighters did their absolute best to save the building.   On May 8, 2020, Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov visited the local fire department to thank the first responders for their work on the front line during these difficult times. Photo:...

Vova Kojalo, Worcester Massachusetts   There were a couple of articles published in your paper describing the armored trains in Estonia and that stirred up many memories. My father served in the armored train regiment from the time it was formed until they were dismantled by the Soviet occupation in...

Washington, DC,May 6, 2020 On April 25, 2020, the White House released a Joint Statement by President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Meeting on the Elbe.   In honor of the May 8th anniversary of the end of World War...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) recently joined with two protests of the Joint Statement by President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Meeting on the Elbe issued by the White House on April 25th.   The Joint Baltic American National...

The Keele Ring group now meets twice a month via Zoom. Photo: Linnea Bartling   San Francisco Bay Area Estonians have been sheltering in place, by a six county ordinance, since March 16. We are trying to make the best of it, leaning in to family and friends, learning to use...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on April 29 to reopen all state parks. The order took effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020. The order also allowed golf courses and county parks to reopen. Social distancing will still continue to be mandated.

Relaxation of crisis measures may happen first among the under 10s where the spread of the coronavirus has been lowest, the Estonian Health Board said on Thursday, April 30. Mari-Anne Härma, Head of the Infectious Diseases Surveillance and Epidemic Control Department of the Health Board, said at a press conference...

On April 25, 2020, the White House released a Joint Statement by President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Meeting on the Elbe. In the statement, both parties highlight the “historic meeting between American and Soviet troops, who shook hands on...

  We are deeply sad to announce that Mr. Harry Huge, Estonian Honorary Consul in South Carolina, has passed away. Mr. Huge, born in 1937, was an attorney, philanthropist and venture capitalist in Charleston, South Carolina.   Mr. Huge received his BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University (1959) and his Doctor...