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Commander in Chief of the Defense Forces Maj. Gen. Riho Terras said that NATO’s command supports Estonia’s suggestion to create a Tallinn-based training ground for cyber warfare. According to Terras, funding has been allocated for the project, mainly aimed at building the infrastructure for information processing and Estonia is hoping...

President Ilves speaking at Green Library, Stanford University. Photo credit: Steve Castillo   by Gabrielle Karampelas As part of his official visit to the United States, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of the Republic of Estonia visited Stanford University on Friday, May 23 to speak about “Evolving into a Genuinely Digital...

Ballots and instructions for the Estonian American National Council’s XXI council elections have been mailed first class to over 4,400 addresses in the U.S.   If you have not received your package, or need additional ballots, please contact Linda Rink: 215-546-5863, or [email protected].   Election ballots must be returned (postmarked)...

Kogu Me Lugu (KML) is an oral history initiative to collect video testimonials of people (direct witnesses or their friends and relatives) who have lived under or fled from the Soviet and/or the German occupation in Estonia or migrated as a result of acts committed by these regimes (http://kogumelugu.ee/). We...

(Washington, DC) – Legislation designating August 23 as a “Black Ribbon Day” commemorating the victims of both Soviet communist and Nazi terror passed on May 23, in the U.S. House of Representatives. It is a culmination of an ongoing two-year effort by the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC)...

PRESS RELEASE  5/27/14The Estonian American National Council   The Estonian American National Council is pleased to announce that it has engaged Priit Vesilind to finish the history of Estonians in the United States from the time of the World War II.  The book, which has a working title of “Estonians...

Priit Parming   Russian intelligence officers surreptitiously cross the country’s border conducting area assessment and laying the groundwork for unconventional warfare. Senior Russian officers are preparing a plan to overthrow the country’s government by utilizing local extremists led by veteran Russian officers. The locals are to be clandestinely assembled. At...

Photo and text by ERR News   The Patarei sea fortress and prison, which has been mostly abandoned since 2002, when the prison was shut down, has attracted interest from a number of foreign investors. State Real Estate, which owns the 4-hectare seaside property, said it will wait for the...

May 20, 2014   Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will visit St. Olaf College May 25 to receive an honorary degree and deliver the charge to the graduating class.     His speech will be streamed live and archived online.   As the leader of the smallest and most successful...

The Estonian Ministry of Education has prepared a bill which would make all school lunches free, not just for primary school students as is currently the case. If passed, schools, public and private, would each get a slice of the additional 3 million euros earmarked for school lunches, adding up...