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Arvo Pärt accepts the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award  in Tokyo presented by the Japan Art Association.   Photo: news.err.ee   1. The continuing global success of Arvo Pärt's music At the beginning of the year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was, for the third year running, given the title of...

The Christmas Card of the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves. The illustration was created by Eiko Ojala, who regularly features in the world’s top magazines, from New York Times and Le Monde to Wired. Card design by Silver Tibbing at Brand Manual, e-card by Datalab.   president.ee/christmas

New York’s Times Square gave a grand welcome to the Estonian business delegation, led by Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, in the morning of December 12, 2014.   The delegation also visited Nasdaq, the largest stock exchange in the United States.  Photo by Siiri Lind.   Riigikogu has approved an amendment...

New York Estonian Mixed Choir after the Christmas concert at the NY Lutheran Church on Lexington and 88th Street. Photo by Al Brownell   What a beautiful way to celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Advent!  We heard the Christmas message preached in the Estonian language, we sat in the midst...

Many of us carry fond memories of Järvemetsa in our hearts.   For decades, guides and scouts, brownies and cub scouts, leaders and friends have walked those sandy paths, teaching and learning forest skills, Estonian songs, handicrafts, scouting knowledge…and getting into some memorable mischief as well. The organization Federation of...

  A highly successful International Christmas Market was held at the Chicago Eesti Maja (CEM). Nearly 400 people passed through the seven-hour event held on the first cold weekend of the season. It consisted of approximately 40 vendors selling their wares while numerous groups provided live entertainment. It was perhaps...

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...

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...

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...

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...