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Estonian American National Council President Marju Rink-Abel and Washington, DC Director Karin Shuey were both invited to speak away from their home bases near DC at community events that celebrated 102 years of Estonian independence. Marju visited the Atlanta community and Karin went to the south Florida community’s program in...

For the 4th year in a row, USA and Canadian Estos trekked to Mont Tremblant on Feb 27th for a 3-day weekend of winter sports which included; skiing, snow-boarding, cross-country, tubing and of course apres-ski socializing. The weekend kicked off with a major snowstorm on Thursday, adding travel time and...

The Estonian Consul General of San Francisco Ann Hänni and the Consul Kairi Pirk-Vatunen at the Estonian 102th Independence Day celebration in Sunnyvale, CA, welcomed  by co-sponsors of the event,  Korp! Vironia.   Photo:Vaido Vald

President of Boston Estonian Society Paul Attemann together with Baltic guests: Mr Uldis Sīpols, Latvian Honorary Consul ion Massachusetts; Mr Gintaras Čepas, Vice President of the Lithuanian Council New England District.   Photo by Paul Branzetti As an American with Finnish-Estonian roots, attending the EV102 celebration with the Bostoni Eesti Selts...

Flag waving in front of San Francisco City Hall.  Photo by Carolyn van Spyk For the first time in recent years, the Estonian flag flew from San Francisco City Hall on February 24th, to honor the 102nd anniversary of Estonian independence. Arranged by the Consulate General of Estonia in San...

Bay Area Estonians' EV102.   Photo by Vaido Vald. On Saturday, February 22nd, Bay Area Estonians gathered again to celebrate Estonia’s independence. One hundred and two years after Estonia first declared its freedom, guests at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale were greeted with a program that reflected ongoing activities...

On behalf of the people and government of the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday congratulated the Republic of Estonia on the 102nd anniversary of independence and the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Tartu. "Both the Treaty of Tartu and the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

“Some are dissatisfied with the name of the paper, others with the appearance, others with print and paper, and quite a few with the articles. ” What may come as a surprise is that this summary of Vaba Eesti Sõna reader critiques was written by Jacob Madison, the first President...

Korp! Vironia Suusapäevad 2020 in Lake Tahoe at the home of vil! dr. Toomas Rebane in Incline Village, Nevada. Twelve members of the fraternity and their families joined in the weekend-long festivities of skiing, saunas and the annual dinner (as photographed) at the home of vil! Toomas Rebane.  Photo by...

Indiana University’s Summer Language Workshop is proud to host the 2020 Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI), a cooperative project of the Baltic Languages Consortium and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, offering intensive Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian language courses. BALSSI was founded in 1994 and is supported by...