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The Orissaare Oak Tree stands in the middle of the stadium   The tree's story Is there a place in the world where you can find a stadium which has an oak tree in the middle of it? For the locals in Orissaare, Saaremaa, its a common thing, but this...

Staunton, February 10 – A prominent Moscow analyst says that “the West would surrender Ukraine to Putin if Putin’s demands were limited to only Ukraine,” but the West understands that Putin wants far more – the restoration of the Yalta-Potsdam world and recognition of Russia as a super power like...

The European Social Survey (ESS) reveals that Estonians have the least active social lives in Europe. If we consider the number of social contacts per person, Estonia shares the bottom spot with Lithuania and Hungary. According to the index, the Scandinavians have the strongest and former Soviet countries the weakest...

ESTCube-1 Photo: Wikimedia Commons   Anne Sulling, Estonian minister of foreign trade and entrepreneurship, signed an accession agreement with the Paris-based space agency on February 4. According to Aviation Week, Estonia spends several hundred million euros annually on space activities, including new financing for national R&D activities decided last year...

"In the Crosswind," the 2014 film about the World War II-era genocide against Estonians, continues its successful festival run, winning the audience prize at the Gothenburg festival, which just ended over the weekend. The week before that, the film took a special jury prize at the Premiers Plans festival in...

It has happened again! An article and instructions on how to knit the Tanumüts by Nancy Bush, the estophile who constantly heightens awarness about interesting and high qualty Estonian handicrafts, has been published in the the knitters elegant magazine “Piecework’s” January/February issue. Nancy excels in discovering knitting patterns from different...

According to the global graduate business school, INSEAD, Estonia is among the most talent-ready countries in the world. The second edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index, created by INSEAD, in partnership with Singapore’s Human Capital Leadership Institute and Adecco, placed Estonia 19th in the index, just ahead of Japan...

The internationally acclaimed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is coming to Washington again. This time to celebrate the anniversaries of Arvo Pärt (80), Veljo Tormis (85) and Jean Sibelius (150) This concert is being presented as part of the Serenade! International Choral Series by Classical Movements. March 2, at 19:30 in...

For the first time since the age of the Vikings, Icelanders will be able to publicly worship at the altar of Thor (or any other Norse god they choose).   This month, construction begins on a temple dedicated solely to the Norse gods, where neo-pagans can celebrate ancient rituals, perform...

On November 22, 2014 in Alexandria, VA. Cherished wife of Leslie Cohen; mother of David Cohen and daughter-in-law Andrea Cohen; grandmother of Claire and Marina Cohen; sister of Tonu Artna. Agda Artna was born in Tartu, Estonia on October 19, 1930. The family fled Estonia at the height of WWII...