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Women medal winners (upper photo) and men medal winners.   Photos by Andrus Ers.   Over 150 USA and Canadian ESTOS converged on Mt Tremblant, Quebec on March 9th for a 3-day weekend of skiing, snow boarding and socializing. The group was fairly evenly split between our friends from the north...

From left:  Helen Sisask, Linda Tälli, Mia Marta Ruus, Dalia Doman, Kiira Gornischeff, Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, back row: Tõnu Poopuu.   Photo by Anneli Lepp / Text: Permanent Mission of Estonia FB page   Permanent Mission of Estonia to the UN is glad to have the very first Youth Delegation to attend...

As members of the 115th Congress settle into their new offices, it’s time for us to start thinking about how to make sure issues that impact Estonian security get those members’ attention.   EANC and the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) are stepping up our work on the Hill...

There were 2 people that are known to have marched on Saturday January 21 in Estonia in solidarity with the global human rights demonstrations, which grew out of the Women's March on Washington. The first person was writer, editor and translator Hilary Bird (on the right). Born to an Estonian...

Inside the SFRC hearing room.    Photo by Karin Shuey   The last several weeks have certainly been interesting. Articles have been published almost daily that seem to contradict what was written the day or week before. It’s difficult to know what information has substance and what is based in speculation....

February 1, 2017, at 19:00 Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, USA February 2, at 20:00 St. Paul's Basilica, Toronto, Canada February 3, at 20:00 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA February 4, at 16:00 Southern Theatre, Columbus, Ohio February 6, at 19:30 The Chapel of...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Dozens of United States Special Operations forces are now in the Baltics to bolster the training and resolve of troops who are confronting a looming threat from Russia, and to enhance the Americans’ ability to detect Moscow’s shadowy efforts to destabilize the former Soviet republics, writes The...

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.    www.epcc.ee/en     The leading proponent of Arvo Pärt’s music in the world, The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, has won two Grammy awards for recordings of Pärt’s works. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir will be performing Pärt at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York...

The Estonian Relief Committee in the USA (Eesti Abistamiskomitee USA-s) is celebrating 75 years of providing charitable support for fellow Estonians based on the public’s generous tax-deductible donations. The organization was established in 1941 in New York by local Estonians seeking to aid their countrymen being impacted by World War...

Katja Novitskova, Installation view, Approximation (Storm Time), Greene Naftali, New York, 2016   Greene Naftali is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Katja Novitskova, the artist’s first with the gallery, and her debut solo exhibition in the United States. Katja Novitskova (born in Estonia) is an installation...