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AP Photo: President Clinton with, to his left, Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis and, to his right, Estonian President Lennart Meri and Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas at the White House. Photo and text by US Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia   January 16 marked the sixteenth year since the signing of the...

We are happy to announce that pilot issues of our 'sister' publications ELLA (Eesti lühilugude ajakiri) and JESS (Journal of Estonian Short Stories) will be released in February 2014. The pilot issues of both publications will be distributed freely at launch events in both Tallinn and Tartu! After a somewhat...

Graphic warnings on packages of sigaretid aka suitsud ("smokes") are nothing new, but most likely the texts in Estonian are... The sticker on the top is proof that these are not sala/sigaretid or "secret cigarettes", i.e. have not been illegally smuggled, (a major problem at the Russian border) and are...

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ERR News editors took time to pick the year's most important narratives.   Municipal elections, 2013 edition   The October 20 municipal elections, which dominated Estonia's headlines from late summer to midautumn, didn't produce much in the way of shakeups. There were, however, further signs that support for the Reform...

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I was hooked right from the first page of this travelogue when the author recounts an amusing anecdote about a receptionist and ‘chicken’ at the hostel in Tallinn where he is residing at the start of a two month  backpacking odyssey around Estonia searching for answers to the title of...

11 Estonian Contemporary Artists in BOSI Gallery, NYC   The prestigious BOSI Contemporary gallery presents the Estonian Lithography Center's "Love in the 21st Century" exhibition by 11 well-known Estonian contemporary artists who all have their own message and point of view of love. Artists: Kadri Alesmaa, Peeter Allik, Toomas Altnurme,...