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Historical Review Of American Estonians’ Past Political Activities
Arne Kalm: Notes For Panel DiscussionEstonians in America: Past, Present and FutureEANC, Stamford, CT - Sat. Sept. 27, 2014 Introduction I am delighted to participate on this panel and plan to devote most of my allotted time to a historical review of past political activities in the broader Estonian...
More About The Publication Of “DP Chronicle”
Publication of the English-language translation of the“DP Kroonika” (“DP Chronicle”), reported (Oct. 30 English language section) by Enda Mai Michelson Holland, president of the Estonian Archives in the U.S., is welcome news. The book is a monumental history of Estonian displaced persons in Germany after World War II, and...
Estonian Kaido Ole Named Among 100 Top Upcoming Painters
Kaido Ole Estonian artist Kaido Ole is represented in a new exhibition titled “100 Painters of Tomorrow”, which opened at the One Art Space gallery in New York. The exhibit will move to London at the end of the month with a catalog also due out. The exhibit...
NY Times: Tallinn’s Old Town Attracts Foreign Real Estate Buyers
Tallinn Old Town. Photo from Internet The New York Times reports that the historic decor of Tallinn's Old Town is attracting an increasing number of foreign real estate buyers. Majority of the foreign buyers come from Finland and Russia. Tõnu Palm of the Nordea Bank told the New York...
Estonian National Male Choir Turns 70
Estonian National Male Choir. Photo by Jaan Krivel/ERR The Estonian National Male Choir (RAM) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a concert tour of the country of their favorite songs from Friday to Sunday. A gala concert will take place on Sunday at the Estonia Concert Hall. RAM was...
Remarkable book “DP Chronicle” in English
The year 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of The Estonian Archives in the United States, Inc. (EAUS). It is only befitting that this unique book reaches a wider English speaking audience. The plight of refugees from many nations embroiled in too many wars is still an unfortunate fact. "DP Chronicle"...
Finno-Ugrians Occupy UN
Photo by Siiri Lind On Monday, September 22, 2014 an exhibit was opened at the UN international headquarters, in New York City, regarding the ethnographic explorative work done by Lennart Meri on the indigenous people of Finno-Ugric origin, entilted “The Waterfowl People”. As one of the main themes upon...
Lexington Symphony Launches 20th-Anniversary Season With “Estonian Night”
Left to right: Jay Kaufman, Lexington Symphony board member; Epp Sonin, Lexington Symphony president and board chair; Joyce Vyriotes, communications director, Cummings Foundation; and Virginia Hecker, Lexington Symphony executive director, at a reception for Cummings Foundation grantees in June. Courtesy photo September 8, 2014, Lexington, MA. Lexington Symphony, a...
Baltic Way Commemoration In Chicago
On August 23rd over a thousand people filled Chicago’s City Hall Plaza in anticipation of replicating the 400-mile long human chain that has become known as the Baltic Way and to remember the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Due to heavy rain, after more than an hour’s delay, we were...
Estonia’s Return To Independence 1987–1991, II
Continued from VES #3414 The Estonian citizens committees movement In October 1988, Gorbachov unveiled a plan creating a new committee in the Soviet Union, the Congress of People's Deputies, and markedly restricting the rights of the constituent republics. Gorbachov's plan resulted in protests in every Soviet republic. In...
Vaba Eesti Sõna is an Estonian expatriate weekly newspaper with a national readership, founded in 1949 and published in New York City by the Nordic Press.
