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Ambassador Prikk and the Counselor for Press and Culture, Aari Lemmik visited Cleveland OH, to induct Mrs. Erika Puussaar into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame on April 23, 2024.  The Ambassador wanted to visit the Estonian Cultural Garden (of which Erika Puussaar is President).  During the tour, he mentioned...

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas sailed from the Port of Miami on February 25th with over 300 participants on KLENK-IEP’s fourth Caribbean cruise.  Rein Luning had an idea for a cruise where Estonians and friends of Estonia from the world over could gather, make new friends, and have informative...

The seventh annual Baltic Advocacy Days took place with three days of virtual meetings and two days of in-person meetings in the United States Congress from April 8-12, 2024, with some additional meetings scheduled in the week that followed. The Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) first organized the advocacy...

Chicago, IL The Estonian Consul in New York will conduct a consular mission in CHICAGO on April 14 and 15, and is available for all consular services at these times: Sunday, 14 April from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Estonian House, 14700 Estonian Lane, Riverwoods IL, Monday, 15...

Mrs Erika Puussaar will be inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.  The Estonian Ambassador to the United States,  Mr Kristjan Prikk, will be coming in from Washington, DC, to induct Erika into the Cleve-land International Hall of Fame. Erika earned this honor through...

Minna ei taha, kuid jääda ei saa  Do not want to go, but can not stay Dear Fellow Estonians and Friends of Estonia, I am writing to you as a member of the Estonian World Council “Mass Flight 1944” Committee. (Suurpõgenemine 1944).  I, like thousands of us who fled and...

Cleveland Estonians gathered at Faith Lutheran Church in Mentor, Ohio for the traditional Estonian church service led by Pastor Pirn. The organist was Trina Läte Pirn, and guest viola player Lembi Veskimets (Cleveland Orchestra). After the service, we gathered in the adjacent church hall for verivorst, hapukapsad, and jõuluvana (Christmas...

Karl Altau, JBANC As we near Christmas and the New Year, it is glaringly apparent that those of us who support Ukraine’s path to victory against the Russian onslaught will be left with a big chunk of coal in our stockings. Victory will have to wait.The Grinch rejoices today, but...

Vaba Eesti Sõna has an immediate opening for a web support staff person. This is a part-time position, which should require only a few hours per week. The principal task involves coordination with the print editor, receiving from her, via the internet, the articles needing upload to the web edition...

As winter approaches, it is even more important than other times of the year to eat clean food. Clean food is food that is as close to Mother Earth as possible, that has not been stripped of nutrients in industrial processing. Clean foods are foods that have nothing harmful added...