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  Saturday, March 24th at 5 pm at New York Estonian House (243 East 34th Street, New York, NY). Like most Eastern Europeans, Estonians resist being called Eastern European. Francis Tapon will not only explain why he puts Estonia in Eastern Europe, but he will also explain what we can...

  Members of the Estonian Parliament Imre Sooäär, Remo Holsmer, Kalvi Kõva, Jüri Ratas, Annely Akkermann, Indrek Saar, Sven Sester and Kadri Simson met with the members of Maryland congressional offices and the Members of Maryland Estonia Exchange Council at the  Embassy of Estonia on the 5th of March. The...

  Rahvusvahelisel filmifestivalil Miami’s (2. - 11. märts) esitatakse 100 filmi 35 maalt. 3. märtsil esilinastati siin saksa direktori Hans Steinbichler’i “Das  Blaue vom Himmel” ehk “Promising the Moon”. Filmi tegevus algab 1933. a. Jurmalas, Lätis ja käsitleb ühe läti/baltisaksa perekonna traagilist elukäiku läbi Teise Maailmasõja sündmuste kuni taasvabanemiseni.  Filmi...

  Alexander Theroux “Estonia  -  A Ramble Through the Periphery” Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, WA,  2011;  351 lk. (saadaval Amazon.com kaudu) Mu ees on nägusalt kujundatud raamat, millel pealkiri   “Estonia”. Alapealkiri, “A Ramble Through the Periphery”  –   “Ekslemine läbi (Euroopa?) ääremaa” paneb veidi mõtlema, kuid vaatame sellest esialgu üle....

  Members of the European Parliament together with the Unitas Foundation and NGO TuliPisar invite you and other Baltic communities across the world to hold commemoration events on March 25th, the launch day of the 1949 March deportations. Soviet mass deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are among the most...

  On Sunday February 26th many of the Arizona Estonian families and friends gathered together to celebrate the 94th Anniversary of Estonian Independence as they have done over the past many years.   For the third year in a row the event was hosted at the home of Jim and...

  The Estonian Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc., established to support the preservation of Estonian culture in the US, is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2012/2013 academic year.  Applicants must be US citizens who are or have been active in Estonian-American organizations and have personally advanced their knowledge of and...

  ERR News - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has once again blasted Estonian and Latvian citizenship and language policies, this time mentioning them in a lengthy article that mostly hit out against the US and NATO. Putin's piece, "Russia and the Changing World," which appeared in Moskovskie Novosti on...

  Pisut lõbus, pisut kurb, osalt ajaviide – nii soovisin selle raamatu olevat. Ühendada tõtt ebatõega, magusat valet halli elu kibedusega, kuid seda kerge käe ning vallatu sulega – selline oli mu ülesanne. Kahtlemata kõikusin seda teost kirjutades kogu aja lõbusa ning kurva meeleolu vahel. (Friedebert Tuglas ) Nii kirjeldab...

  Tänavu korraldab Eesti Kultuurfond Ameerika Ühendriiges huvitava kirjandusliku loengu, mis toimub New Yorgi Eesti  Kultuuripäevade raames – “Loodus Marie Underi elus ja luules.” Kõnelema tuleb poetessi elu ja loomingut süvitsi uurinud kirjandusteadlane dr. Sirje Kiin. Missugused Eesti paigad, taimed ja linnud inspireerisid Underi luulet? Kuidas ta kasutas neid kujundite...