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KLENK IEP 2024 Cruise Proved the Perfect Venue for Family Reunions!
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...
Baltic Advocacy Days – Taking Action Now
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...
San Francisco Estonian Choir on Their Way to Üldlaulupidu
Our singers are hard at work preparing for the song festival audition! The San Francisco Estonian Choir is working together with other Estonian singers on the west coast and some members of local choirs in the Bay Area to fulfill what for many is a lifelong dream – to sing...
EV106 in San Francisco and Silicon Valley
This year, Bay Area Estonians celebrated the 106th anniversary of Estonian independence on Wednesday, February 21. The day began with a flag-raising ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, organized by the Consulate General of Estonia in San Francisco and Consul General Maria Belovas and hosted by the Chief of Protocol...
Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Mass Flight of 1944 (Suurpõgenemine 1944)
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...
The Consulate General of Estonia in San Francisco Will Have a Consular Mission in Las Vegas
Consular services will be provided in Las Vegas between January 9 and 12. If you need to apply for an Estonian passport, ID card, submit fingerprints, or pick up an eresidency card, get in touch with the Consulate General by emailing [email protected]. Please find more information on applying for Estonian...
Transatlantic Success Is a Personal Relationship
In these challenging times, with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine spanning over 1.5 years, the repercussions have reverberated across Europe, particularly affecting the Baltic States, Finland, and the United States. By now we have accepted that this war will go on probably for a long time. The economy is shaken...
Karl Altau: Bah, Humbug! The Grinch and the Ukraine Supplemental
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...
Baltic Christmas Fair in San Francisco Was a Huge Success
“We are still catching our breath after Saturday's Baltic Christmas Fair, with a record attendance of over 500 guests, our most successful year yet!,” the Estonian community in San Francisco, "Eesti By the Bay," announced on social media. “Thank you to Maria Belovas of the Consulate General of Estonia in...
Vaba Eesti Sõna Is Looking for a Web Support Staff Person
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...
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.
