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Kaie Põhi Latterner and her friends Tiiu Messner and Tina Kõiva, on holiday from the cold northeast, serve as perenaised at the KFES Eesti Supi ja Võileiva Lõunaöök, Jan 3, 2016, Seminole, FL.   Photos by  Lisa A. Mets   Nearly 45 members of the Kesk Florida Eesti Selts (KFES) (Estonian...

This scene of shadow puppetry or varju/teater, as it is  known in Estonian, was played out on New Year’s Eve in the Kassi/saba (“Cat’s tail”) neighborhood of Tallinn. It was part of a social event, but not a performance...   The shadow of the figure first-grader Hugo is holding up...

Aavo Reinfeldt (EANC) from Laguna Niguel, California, is going to gift  his time and energy to lead the Estonian Comprehensive Cemetery Refurbishment project. More at EV100.ee   Our beloved Estonia will soon be celebrating a very special occasion – in 2018, the Republic of Estonia will commemorate its 100th anniversary....

Photo by Estonia National Tourism Board   TravelChannel has listed the next 11 great destinations and of course Estonia is among them! Recommended are Tallinn, Matsalu, Vilsandi and Lahemaa. For all you true travelers out there looking for the coolest passport stamps of 2016, we bring you the 11 Next...

Estonia is known for having the world's lowest ratio of men to women, and its capital outdoes the national average, according to data published in the freshly-released Tallinn statistical yearbook. As of January 1, Tallinn was home to 230,154 women and just 185,990 men. That puts the sex ratio at...

Amendments to the Aliens Act will be implemented on January 1, 2016, that will make settling in Estonia easier for foreign specialists and highly qualified people looking for long-term self-fulfillment in Estonia. “Amendments to the Aliens Act that come into force next year continue the changes already introduced two years...

On December 15, 2015, the Embassy of Estonia hosted a holiday reception for the local Estonian community. We also had the pleasure of welcoming Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand to Washington, DC. Ms. Kaljurand took the opportunity to hand a honor certificate to Ms. Kaia Kirchman representing the Washington Estonian School...

Jõuluvana, the Estonian version of Father Christmas, and his Russian colleague Ded Moroz met on December 18, on the Friendship Bridge in Narva, Estonia, that connects the two countries to exhange good wishes. The pair visited both Narva and Ivangorod, the twin towns on the opposite banks of the Narva...

The Police and Border Guard Board of Estonia will receive 8.6 million euros (9,9 million dollars) worth of hovercrafts, motorboats and jet skies for use on guarding the nation's seas and waterways. Interior Minister Hanno Pevkur said the new vessels will vastly improve the forces' capability to react quickly to...

If we are to solve the biggest problems of our time — from climate change and food security to nuclear non-proliferation — we're going to need more scientists. That's partly why the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tracks new college degrees in 40 of the world's most advanced...