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Continued from VES #3414   The Estonian citizens committees movement   In October 1988, Gorbachov unveiled a plan creating a new committee in the Soviet Union, the Congress of People's Deputies, and markedly restricting the rights of the constituent republics. Gorbachov's plan resulted in protests in every Soviet republic. In...

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Estonia regained its independence on 20 August 1991. Capitalizing on confusion from a failed hardliner putsch in Moscow, the country literally turned the "worst of times" into the "best of times" with a show of cross-partisan solidarity that has been all too rare since then. Here is an in-depth look...

Jaani Tassa, Mens Winner 2014 - Score of 82.   The LEM 60th Anniversary Golf Tournament bought together over 40 golfers at nearby Woodlake Country Club. Despite a few afternoon showers, all players were able to finish their rounds and retire to the 19th Hole to share golf tales and...

Pillerkaar, Estonian Folk Dancers, will be performing at the annual scandinavian festival: Scanfest on Sunday, August 31 at 12:00 pm and at 3:00 pm at the Longhouse Pavillion in Vasa Park at Budd Lake, NJ. Come and watch them dance and forward this note to your friends – especially those...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014 awards to honor outstanding Estonian Americans and organizations.   The EANC awards tradition was established in 2012 in conjunction with the Council’s 60th anniversary.  The awards recognize the exceptional work of individuals or entities in...

Understanding Jaan Kaplinski   An introduction to Estonia's internationally best-known writer and intellectual. Are we ill-suited for this world? Among Europe's major contemporary poets, Estonia's Jaan Kaplinski offers a rare vision of human advancement and fulfillment: the less we intervene the more we flourish. But how then can we remain...

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The Baltic Way was a major media event all across the globe. Hundreds of journalists were filming the Baltic Way and it was broadcasted by all major news channels of the world. News agency Reuters was one of the first to report from the Baltic Way, claiming that the action...

ERR News wrote about new local craft beers last week, but missed one from an internationally well-known brewery on the other side of the world that got its start in rural Saaremaa.   Last  week, California's Anchor Brewing Company introduced  Saaremaa Island Ale, a medium-bitter pale ale that was fermented...