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Photo from last week’s re-burial of August and Regina Võhma.   Major August Võhma, was re-buried next to his commanding officer Col Alfons Rebane at Metsakalmistu just outside of Tallinn.   Võhma was just an ensign in 1940 but in four short years was promoted to major. Col Rebane was...

First prize – Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano from Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos SLP, Spain, titled TABULA. See all the works at www.arvopart.ee/en/kellasalu/architectural-competition   On 20 June 2014, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves announced the winners of the contest for the architectural design of the Arvo Pärt Centre building at...

Be involved in your Estonian American community and vote for the new XXI Estonian American National Council!   As a reminder, voting envelopes must be postmarked by July 19, 2014.  If you are going on vacation, vote before you go!   Ballots and election certification statements should be sent to...

  A Canadian actress of Estonian origin, Julia Desotto, will give four performances in Estonia this month, presenting her one-woman show about three significant female figures in her life: her Estonian mother, Italian grandmother and Scottish mother-in-law. The English-language production, "I Remember Mama," made its debut at the Tarragon Theatre...

Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja took a jab at Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who said the situation in eastern Ukraine bears a resemblance to the events of 1919 and 1940 in Estonia. In his Estonian Victory Day speech on June 23 (see the speech at president.ee), the Estonian head...

Photos: Historic Estonian Church has also a Facebook community page “Estonian Ev. Martin Luther Church in Gleason, Wisconsin”.   The Estonian Evangelical Martin Luther Church, located in Wisconsin, is the first Estonian church built in the United States, and today it stands as the only one in the state.  ...

Original Incorporation Document.   The 11th of June marks the anniversary of the publication of the very first issue of Vaba Eesti Sõna. We proudly print today's issue as number 3386 in an uninterrupted sequence of weekly Estonian-language newspapers, published in New York and serving readers across all of North...

Photo: Marju Rink-Abel, Arvo Pärt, Carnegie Hall, May 31, 2014   In honor of his "Extra-ordinary Contributions of Artistic and Cultural Significance," Marju Rink-Abel, EANC president, presented Arvo Pärt with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a special post-Carnegie Hall concert reception on May 31, 2014. The reception, which was hosted...

One of the number of Song and Dance Festival sponsors is Felix, producer of hapu/kurgid (pickles), moosid (jams), mahlad (juices), majonees, ketšup and supid, such as the made-for-this-summer-only laulu/peo/supp – song festival soup. The type of soup chosen for this honor is värske/kapsa/borš veise/lihaga or fresh cabbage borscht with beef,...

Photo by Valts Vitums — at Victims of Communism Memorial.   Ambassador Kaljurand and Col. Aivar Salekešin laid a wreath at the Victims of Communism Memorial today. People gathered there on June11, 2014, for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation's (VOC) 20th Anniversary Ceremony. At this ceremony, VOC awarded, for...