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  ERR News - The popular Ahhaa science center will permanently close the doors on its Tallinn branch this weekend but will open a new affiliate in Pärnu for the summer months. The exhibition center, which uses interactive methods to teach science to youngsters, is set to vacate its premises...

  ERR News - Starting in August, Estonian Air will begin charging customers for using their check-in service booths at airports. The announcement on April 19 is part of the most recent round of changes being implemented as part of the financially strugling airline's re-structuring plan. In a press release,...

  The annual east coast Esto pilgrimage to snow country took place March 8 - 11th.  This year’s resort destination was Jay Peak Vermont. Over 100 skiers, snowboarders and snow bunnies made the trip and were treated to the most awesome conditions that could ever be imagined! While the crowd...

  National Siblings Day on April 10, is the brainchild of Estonian Claudia Evart, who thought up the day as a way for siblings to honor, recognize and celebrate each other. She is the founder and director of the Siblings Day Foundation. Evart, a freelance paralegal from Manhattan, lost her...

  Researching and Archiving the Estonians in America.  A joint symposium of the Immigration History Research Center and Baltic Heritage Network. The symposium will bring interested parties together to share their experience, expertise and ideas as well as map and discuss future scenarios for growth, development and cooperation in researching...

  Thatcher shaped modern Britain - that is undeniable - but she also shaped modern Estonia. Estonia owes its prosperity and even its liberty to Margaret Thatcher. There is a direct line between That-cher's foreign and economic policies and Estonia's current situation, writes British journa-list and political commentator in Estonia...

  As I am approaching the age that is expressed by a large round number, I must accept the fact that my productive years are behind me. That is what the statistics show. I also see that my friends are leaving the ranks of the living in increasing number. I...

  Eesti's ice roads (jää/teed) were in the international spotlight recently, when the popular British television show "Top Gear" took the Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid for a spin over the Vormsi island's ice road. (www.topgear.com/uk/photos/Driving-across-the-sea-in-an-Ampera-2013-03-01) The other three ice roads (there are 6 in total), which are not currently officially open...

  On the 24th of February, the Republic of Estonia became 95 years old. This is not much, only about a lifetime of a contemporary man or woman, but in such a long time almost anything could happen – peace and war, justice and injustice, joy and sorrow, happiness and...

  High-Level Session On 4-15 March At The United Nations  Every year the U.N. hosts a high-level meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This year, from 4-15 March, it was the 57th time the commission convened and with a great number of delegates from all over...