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At the end of 2014, Estonian American National Council President Marju Rink-Abel made a substantial contribution on behalf of the EANC to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOCMF) for the purpose of supporting the planned Museum to the Victims of Communism. Pictured are JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau (a...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At the age of 93, Tina Uustal finally got recognition for her artwork. She won a tiara, a scepter, a check for $300 and some Christmas cards of her own design for her nursing home and relatives to send out this year. Her watercolor of a...

Each January, Bachtrack publishes statistics for its listings for the year just ended. Alan Teder, who manages the Arvo Pärt Fan Page, reports on Facebook: They don't say it explicitly in this Bachtrack article on 2014 performance statistics, but on Twitter Bachtrack confirmed that Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is No....

Photo source: Jaanika Merilo's Facebook Page   Jaanika Merilo has become the latest foreign national to join the Ukrainian government.   The Estonian has taken up a position as an advisor to the minister for economic development who is himself also a foreigner – Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavicius.   Merilo will...

Mihkel Männik (on the left) and Martin Saar, two of the three men behind the Tallinna Naha/töö/koda or leather workshop set up shop in Solarise keskus (center) in midtown Tallinn for the entire month of detsember, showing off handmade items previously only seen and sold online.   The mood was...

A natural, local, handmade alternative to the silver heat-reflecting sise/tallad (insoles) we have all slipped in our winter footware, turba/tallad are made of turvas (peat) and vill (wool).   The insoles resemble vilt (felt), in fact they have been made in the viltimise (felting) technique.   Their package reads: Villa...

I just wanted to share some photos from our Volmer family annual blood sausage making...every year all the men in the family get together to create this wonderful tradition.   I am the granddaughter of Estonian grandparents and recently married into a Mexican heritage family so was great having my...

Cook County Illinois Treasurer Maria Pappas hosts a display of Christmas trees each year that represent different ethnic groups in Cook County. Estonian American National Council member Gilda Karu has decorated an Estonian tree for many years.   The photo shows Gilda with this year’s tree and the other photo...

The Marine Detachment at U.S. Embassy Tallinn got to play Santa Claus on December 18.   They delivered gifts to the kids at Haiba Orphanage as part of the Toys for Tots Program.   Marine Isaac said, "The kids were charming and happy, and it was a real joy spreading...

ERR News - A Pessimist's Guide to the World in 2015, put together by Bloomberg News, suggests that the Baltics may become one of the geopolitical flashpoints. "Vladimir Putin undermines NATO members by stirring up trouble with Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia, and with Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave between Poland...