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Join us and the EU Embassies May 9th, 2015 for the annual EU Embassies' Open House: a day of family fun, food, culture and more.   The event offers visitors a rare look inside the embassies and provides a unique opportunity for them to experience the cultural heritage and national...

Anne Midgette wrote in The Washington Post on March 3rd about the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir concert directed by Tõnu Kaljuste.   The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir opened its concert on March 2nd, with a simple iteration of seven notes (do, re, mi, etc) over and over, that wallowed in...

The Estonian government’s decision to increase excise duty rate of liquid fuels is already spelling trouble for the hard achieved coalition. The proposed hike has received criticism from experts and caused widespread outrage in the social media. The new three-party coalition has decided to raise excise duty rate on petrol...

The RAHVAKETT jamboree is extending an invitation to all U.S. Estonian Girl Guides and Boy Scouts.   Spring is at hand, winter will soon be but a memory, and this summer's Estonian girl guide and boy scout jamboree RAHVAKETT is approaching. The Estonian Girl Guides USA and Estonian Boy Scouts...

The aim of the scholarships offered by the Compatriots Programme is to support the language and degree studies of young expatriate Estonians in Estonia's public universities, national institutions of applied higher education and vocational education centers. The study scholarship will support successful applicants who wish to enroll for curricula taught...

Los Angeles Philharmonic's upcoming perfomance of "Brahms Fourth" on Friday, April 17 at 8:00pm and two additional matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19 at 2:00pm. This performance will not only feature Johannes Brahms' famous "Tragic Overture" and Symphony No. 4, but will also feature the LA...

Concerts "Spring Sketches from the Baltics and Beyond" in May will be performed by Accord Treble Choir. The program, which includes Estonian (Veljo Tormis and Gustav Ernesaks), Latvian, and Lithuanian choral music, will be presented twice:   Saturday, May 2 at 8:00pm: St. Ignatius of Antioch 552 West End Avenue,...

April 15 is a day to celebrate diversity in Estonia   April 15 is mitme/kesisuse/päev, Diversity Day all over Estonia. Mitme/kesisus is diversity. Mitme/mitu is many or multi; as in multifaceted. The poster says “You can’t make an orchestra out of only violins”, “Every member of the team is important!”...

Filmmakers have until September 23, 2015 to submit     TORONTO, CANADA, – The eleventh annual EstDocs Documentary Film Festival in Toronto is now accepting domestic and international submissions for its Short Documentary Film Competition. The complete EstDocs Film Festival will run from October 16–20, 2015. Competition winners have the...

(Washington, DC) – The President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, has confirmed that he will address the 11th Conference of the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 18.   His presence at the JBANC conference emphasizes the significant timing of...