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Jim Farber's article in the Travel section of the Sunday Daily News warns travelers not to be misguided by either the visual appearance of Tallinn, nor by the common depictions and descriptions of it. He explains that the city certainly reflects the aura of its Old Town and its —...

Pictured from left: Aimi Brown, Inga Barrett and Ulla Kemman.   On Aug. 9, 1945, 16 Estonian refugees set sail from Sweden in a 37-foot sloop to cross the Atlantic to America. Four and a half months later they arrived in Norfolk, Va. The Küün daughters, consisting of Inga Barrett...

“Kajakad”, representatives from the Estonian Guides and Scout Associations and members of the EABS visiting the Estonian Consulate General offices in New York on Friday, August 7th. Estonian Consul General Eva-Maria Liimets in the middle of the second row.

New York City-born Estonian Bill Karjane, Jr. won two gold medals at the recently concluded National Senior Games in Minneapolis, MN. The biennial event drew approximately 10,000 women and men over age 50 to compete in 21 sports. Bill's 3.67 meters defeated 20 opponents to win the Men's 75-79 Long...

Jeremy Ratliff / www.merrillfotonews.com   Nearly 150 visitors, including Estonian-Americans from around the U.S and Canada, converged on the Gleason area on Saturday evening, July 18, for the much anticipated “Hingemaa” or “Land of Soul” concert by Estonian rock legend Tõnis Mägi, and his wife, singer/actress Kärt Johanson. The concert...

Transferwise founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann.   Photo by Tiit Blaat/EPL   The Estonian startup, Pipedrive, won the Best B2B Startup of the Year award and the founders of TransferWise, Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, were honoured as the best startup founders at this year’s the Europas Conference and...

Jeb Bush will visit Estonia to speak about security concerns between Europe and America on Friday, before launching his bid to become President of the United States of America next week, writes ERR News. The Republican will will fly to Tallinn to tour NATO cyber defense center as part of...

Based on Mikhail Shishkin’s article translated from Russian by Marian Schwartz   The May 9th issue of The New York Times carries on its Opinion Page the Russian novelist Mikhail Shishkin’s story. Shishkin recounts that as a youngster he was very proud of his father, who had enlisted at age...

`(…) Our institution will be recorded by history, the reason being that it is unique. Refugees usually have not the mental spirit to create a university, but we had the spirit (…)’Information Bulletin Baltic University, 13 December 1947.   In 1947 they thought that historians would investigate the Baltic University...

Conductor Andrejs Jansons.   Photo by Ulla Vinkman   The Estonian Mixed Chorus’ Spring Concert took place on Saturday, May 2, at the New York Estonian House. After performing a program of songs both old and new and being entertained by the New York Estonian Folkdancers with an excellent program, the...