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  As part of the 2010 International VSA Festival, the National Symphonie Orchestra (NSO), conductor Kristjan Järvi, and percussionist Evelyn Glennie perform Tüür's "Magma." The uplifting program also features music from Ellington and Bernstein. AfterWords: On Thursday, June 10, performance at 7 pm is followed by a free discussion with...

FM Review, May 6, - Meeting with executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Tibor Toth in New York, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that Estonia supports the work of the CTBTO in building up a verification regime for nuclear testing. Paet stated that...

Pianist Mihkel Poll in NY Estonian HouseFor music critics, these nights are rather Estonia-shing. On Wednesday (May 5), the Church of Ignatius Loyola performed Arvo Pärt’s Miserere and Beatitudes in the charming Jesuit church. Last night (May 7), in the equally charming, virginal white concert hall of Estonian House, on...

11 May (BNS) - Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts and the European Union co-ordinator for the Rail Baltica project Pavel Telicka agreed at a meeting on May 11, that a passenger train link between Tallinn and Warsaw could realistically be launched within the next few years.Parts...

German investors await an improvement in the economy sector of the three Baltic States and plan further investments in capital and persona this year, as to the yearly survey conducted by the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK).“Secure future prospects are positively reflected in plans for investment and employment – more...

Eight other countries still not ready to join the euro area European Commission, May 12, 2010 – Six years after it joined the EU, Estonia meets the requirements for adopting the euro.The commission announced today that it would recommend that EU governments let the country switch to the currency in...

9. mail toimus Euroopa päeva raames viies pealinnas festival Eurocine 27, kus näidati Euroopa Liidu riikide filme.Eurocine 27 festival toimus seitsmendat korda ja igast Euroopa Liidu riigist valiti igasse linna üks film. Sel aastal toimus festival Pariisis, Madriidis, Roomas, Brüsselis ja Luksemburgis. Eesti filmidest näidati Brüsselis „Vashat“ (rež. Hannu Salonen),...

Noore eesti filmitegija Tanel Toomi Londoni filmikooli lõputöö „The Confession“ on valitud viie filmi hulka, mis kandideerivad tudengifilmi Oscarile välismaise filmi kategoorias.Ameerika filmiakadeemia tudengifilmi auhinna viie kandidaadi kohale kandideeris 61 filmi 36 riigist. Nn tudengifilmide Oscar antakse välja 37. korda. Auhinnatseremoonia toimub Los Angeleses  12. juunil. Tanel Toom on lõpetanud...

Ajakirja “Keel ja Kirjandus” kaksiknumber 8-9, 2009, sisaldab tosina autori artikleid, mis käistlevad vana kirjakeele ajalugu, alates ladinakeelse Liivimaa kroonikaga a. 1224 kuni Anton Thor Helle piibli tõlkimseni a. 1739.Seda 500-aastast ajavahemikku on varemgi küllaldaselt uuritud, siiski on huvitav jälgida artiklite autorite erisuguste aspektide põhjal lähenemist vana kirjakeele ajaloole.Eesti kirjakeel...

Palos Verdeses Californias resideeruv Eesti kunstnik Aapo Pukk pälvis maineka Ameerika Portreekunstnike Ühingu Portrait Society of America auhinna Excellence Award.Auhinna tõi Pukile õlimaal legendaarsest R & B kitarristist Lawrence McCuest, mille kunstnik esitas ühingu rahvusvahelisele konkursile, kus osales 1300 maali üle maailma. Auhind anti pidulikult kätte 24. aprillil Washington D.C.-s....