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Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand and the US Ambassador to Estonia, Jeffrey D. Levine, commemorated the Welles Declaration on July 23, in Tallinn.   Photo by FM   On July 23, 1940, the acting US Secretary of State, Sumner Welles, issued a declaration that condemned the Soviet Union’s aggression against Estonia, Latvia...

Yet another anti-immigration demonstration was held on Tallinn Freedom Square on July 18. (Martin Dremljuga/ERR)   Estonia has agreed to relocate 130 migrants, that is people who are in need of international protection but have not yet been granted refugee status, from Italy or Greece.   In addition, it will...

(Photo above - from right) JBANC interns Erik Lazdins and Kara Nordness, EANC president Marju Rink-Abel, JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau, Lithuanian Desk Officer Carol Werner, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs John Heffern. Also present was Estonian Desk Officer Kathleen Bresnahan.

"There seemed to be no time for sitting down and writing books,” said the late Juhan Simonson of his generation of Estonian freedom fighters. He was talking about a long-awaited documentary volume from the Estonian American National Council (EANC). Now seems like the time. "Estonian Americans: Exiles in a Land...

The planned Rail Baltica station in Pärnu   EU member states have unanimously approved European Commission's (EC) 11.93-billion-euro investment plan to upgrade infrastructure and boost jobs and growth.   One of the selected projects is Rail Baltica international railroad to connect Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with central and western Europe....

Marina Kaljurand and Toomas Hendrik Ilves on July 15, 2015   President Toomas Hendrik Ilves officially approved Marina Kaljurand's nomination on July 15, and she will assume duties as Estonia's 29th foreign minister. Ilves expressed delight at appointing his long-time colleague as the new foreign affairs chief – both worked...