Uncategorized

Photos by Tõnu Tunnel   On September 18th, an installation of three gigantic wooden megaphones built by a team of Estonian Academy of Arts interior architecture students opened for all forest dwellers for resting, contemplation and above all – listening to the sounds of nature and forests around them. According...

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave a speech at the General Debate of the 70th United Nations General Assembly, focusing on human rights, personal freedoms and the refugee issue. Ilves started his speech by expressing hope that the historic agreement on the Iran nuclear program will pave the way toward more...

On Sept. 23, the day of the autumnal equinox or sügisene pööri/päev at 11.21 Eastern European Summer Time, the place to be was on the corner of Suve and Sügise Streets in Tallinn, or literally on the spot where summer and fall meet.   Like virtually all place names in...

Andres Simonson Seattle 1950 family   The Estonian American National Council (EANC) needs your help to tell the Estonian-American story.     They are out there somewhere. Maybe in an old shoebox in a dark forgotten corner of the attic. Maybe inside the front cover of a dusty book, whose...

A group of mycologists and truffle hunting dog Rocky found a new species of truffle, never seen before in Estonia, in Valga county on September 17. The find, Tuber aestivum, is so new, it doesn't even have an official Estonian name yet. For now, mycologists have christened it summer truffle....

{gallery}gallery/pictures/2015-09-27_president_EM{/gallery}    

{gallery}gallery/pictures/2015-09-27_putin_meeleavaldus{/gallery}      

General Martin Dempsey in Tallinn. Photo by ERR News   General Martin Dempsey, the highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, who was on a two-day working visit to Estonia, said that both countries benefit from the mutual military co-operation and the American presence in the country might...

On September 24 the Atlantic Council and Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law will present a public address by President Toomas Ilves of Estonia on the future of technology in elections.   Estonia is the only country in the world to use internet voting at the...

“1944”. Photo by Taska Film The Estonian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards will be Elmo Nüganen’s "1944".   Nüganen’s film depicts the events of the war in 1944 as Estonia faced advances from both the Red Army and the German Army.   The story...