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On June 14th, 1986, President Reagan hosted Baltic diaspora activists and leaders of JBANC at the White House. The President received JBANC's Baltic Freedom Award and signed proclamation #4948 declaring June 14 as "Baltic Freedom Day" in honor of the "heroic Baltic nations" suffering under Soviet occupation, which he called...
The Election Committee, in accordance with Estonian American National Council bylaws, is submitting this list of candidates to serve on the XXIII Council. Those who submitted their application for candidacy by the announced deadline of May 26, 2022 have been included. As stipulated in the bylaws, a 10-day period is...
Filmmaker Terje Toomistu was in San Francisco on May 24 for a screening and discussion of her new documentary film “Homing Beyond” (Põlvkond piiri taga), about a new generation's experience of immigration, identity, and belonging. Terje Toomistu: ““It was a great turnout for the screening of “Homing Beyond” at San...
Welcome to Stanford, Piret Ehin! Piret is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu, and she will be spending the next several weeks at Stanford carrying out a research project entitled "Varieties of global populism: the rise of the...
Mati & Kati are hosting the LEP2022 Cocktail Contest and we invite you to join! Rules for tthe LEP2022 Cocktail contest:The focus of the contest is working with ingredients that are easy to procure and creating a memorable cocktail. Your cocktail could be the star cocktail of LEP2022.The winning cocktail...
Last month I wrote about the benefits of oils and fats and the three different building blocks of oils, which determine whether an oil can be considered saturated and very stable (can be used for frying at high temperatures), mono-unsaturated or fairly stable (can be used for cooking, baking and...
PRESS RELEASE (For immediate release) The Estonian American National Council (EANC) announced on April 14 its General Election for the XXIII Council, to be held this year. With the announcement, EANC issued a call for candidates who support the EANC mission, are willing to share their time, and can lend...
The 35th West Coast Estonian Days is taking place on July 25 – 27, 2022 at the Suquamish Clear-water Resort – just northwest of Seattle, WA. Situated on the water’s edge, the resort offers an intimate and beautiful venue in nature, on the shores of Puget Sound. Tickets and registration...
Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk and Mrs. Liis Prikk (center) were welcomed to San Francisco's 104th Estonian Independence Day Celebration by the fraternities and sororities of northern California. The Ambassador delivered a very informative speech and participated in an hour-long Q&A session during the event, which also featured the Community Choir...
LEP2022 Registration Information In order to simplify LEP ticketing, we are offering two tickets: a LEP “Base Ticket”, which is all inclusive of LEP activities, with the exception of the Gala, and a Gala Ticket. The LEP “Base Ticket” includes:RegistrationOpening CeremoniesTantsupidu and LaulupiduRahvapidu with DinnerSpordipäevAccess to SaunAccess to Beer TentOther...