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For the second edition of stillspotting nyc, composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Paide, Estonia) and the New York City and Oslo-based architectural firm Snøhetta collaborate on a series of stillspots around Lower Manhattan that explore the special relationship between space and sound. stillspotting nyc, a two-year multidisciplinary project by the ...

On Thursday, September 8, the Department of State hosted a gathering of Baltic Americans and representatives of those countries to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.  The theme of the reception was “Together Again.”  Photos portraying...

Eesti pealinnas on praegu veel rahva päralt kaks kultuurinähtust, kuid nad ei jää kestma külmadeni. Need on suvised nähtused nagu fatamorgaanad, mida mu kadunud Memm mulle tutvustas teel Kotkajärvele. Päikesepaistelisel päeval metsa sõites paistis taamal maantee asfaldil olevat sillerdav vesi. Lähemale jõudes see haihtus; oli vaid silmapete. Viirastuslikes nähtustes nagu...

  A major festival of Estonian culture, Estonie tonique, will take place in Paris in October and November; it is so far the biggest cultural cooperation project between the two countries. The aim of the festival is to give a better idea of Estonia through the medium of culture and...

  ERR News - Continuing population loss due to declining birth rates and emigration are the most significant problem facing the Baltic states, according to the authors of the newly-released Estonian Human Development Report. The report, presented in Tallinn on September 5, noted that the collective populations of Estonia, Latvia...

  Uus nimeraamat ilmunud On ju nii, et Eestis tuleb tihti lausa imestada, kust ometi vanemad oma lastele need nimed võtnud ja loota, et vanasõna  – nimi ei riku meest – on ikka jõus.  Enamasti saab ju laps ikka õige nime, mis Eestile omane. Olgu see nimi siis nii öelda...

  "Those are seljakotid!" – backpacks, is what I would have said once upon a time, since while living in Canada I had never heard of the term ranits. A ranits is a type of backpack used by young kids as schoolbags. They usually have sturdier sides and some older...

  ERR News - The paltry 278 euros per month, before taxes, that marks the legal minimum wage in Estonia comes in at 38 percent of the EU average, statistics from Eurostat show. Äripäev reported that  the minimum wage earners in Bulgaria are the worst off in the bloc, making...

  7. augustil  Portlandis lõppenud LEP-al võis nautida mitmekülgset muusikat. Vaimustusega tagantjärgi mõteldes pakkusid päevad üht muusikalist üllatust üllatuse järgi. Oli kõrgpunkte ja oli meelt siduvat. Muusika seob eestlaskonda ja seda me lootsime kuulda, aga et Portlandi päevade korraldajad leidsid nii mitmepalgelist materjali ja leidsid ka väärikaid ettekandjaid oli hämmastav....

ERR News - Although Estonia is popular among Finnish tourists for its cheap alcohol, there is no reason for the northern neighbors to buy ice cream or butter here, since it costs about twice as much as back home. While at a local Alepa grocery store in Finland a liter...