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  Easter weather in Estonia this year could not have been more by the book. The big, Good book that is. Snow is not appropriate you say? Well, it was definitely hard to find someone who remembered the last snowy liha/võtte-/pühad or "meat taking holiday", referring to the end of...

  President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate diplomat Jeffrey D. Levine to be next ambassador to Estonia on February 16, 2012. Born circa 1954 and raised in California, as a teenager Jeffrey Levine was a fan of the band Jefferson Airplane and the movie Blazing Saddles. Levine earned a...

  The Estonian American National Council (EANC) has a new website!  It is at the same web address – www.estosite.org – but it has a completely new look and more information about news, activities and resources for Estonian Americans.  Plus an easy-to-navigate menu, with links to useful websites. The website...

  ERR News - While a report released by Children's Ombudsman Indrek Teder last month found that 45,000 children in Estonia were living below the absolute poverty line last year, nearly half of that total, or 22,000, had to make do on less then 69 euros ($90) per month, reported...

  PRESS RELEASE  3/19/2012    Dear Estonians and our friends all over the world!!  Estonians from San Fran-cisco and West Coast invite you to join us for the West Coast Estonian Days (LEP) and the world-wide ESTO joint festival from June 28th to July 1st 2013.   Over the years...

  Märtsis dirigeeris Mihkel Kütson Heidelbergi Filharmooniaorkestrit (Philharmonische Orchester Heidelberg). Programmis olid kahe suure vene helilooja teosed: Dmitri Šoštakovitši (1906-1975) Kontsert viiulile ja orkestrile nr. 1 a-moll op. 77, mis tuli esiettekandele Leningradis 1955 ja Sergei Rahmaninovi (1873-1943) Sümfoonilised tantsud op. 45. Solistina esines noor andekas viiuldaja Veronika Eberle, kes...

  On kujunenud kauniks kombeks, et igakevadiste  New Yorgi Eesti Kultuuripäevade raames annab Kultuuripäevade toetaja Eesti Kultuurfond Ameerika Ühendriiges auhinna isikule, kellel on erilised teened eesti kultuurilise tegevuse arendamises.  Auhind sai alguse juba 1968 (laureaadiks Marie Under) ja seda on siiani järjekindlalt jagatud. On eriline heameel, et Kultuurfondi žürii (liikmed...

  Ühendus R.A.A.A.M. on avastanud järjekordse suvise mängupaiga. Seekord proovitakse koostöös Tapa vallaga leida uut hingamist juba 2004. aastal suletud Tapa raudteejaamale. 21. juunil esietendub Tapa raudteejaamas José Sanchis Sinisterra ja Gerda Kordemetsa lavastus „Viirastuste vaksal“, milles mängivad vabakutselised näitlejad Elina Reinold ja Helena Merzin. Lavastuse kunstnik on Ervin Õunapuu...

    ERR News - At their meeting in Washington on March 27, Secretary of State of the US Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that the two countries will co-chair a new working group that will support the development of new democracies. According to a Foreign Ministry press...

  Dear friends of Estonia living abroad, we are glad to inform you that once again, the Integration and Migration Foundation Our People (www.meis.ee, hereinafter Foundation) will hold an Estonian language camp for young people of Estonian origin living outside of Estonia. These camps have been held since 2000. Estonian language...