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Kongats Architects, the brilliant minds behind KESKUS International Estonian Centre in Toronto, has again been honored with a prestigious 2024 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture. This recognition comes from the esteemed Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts, and is awarded biannually to celebrate...

(For immediate release, July 2, 2024) The Estonian American National Council (EANC) - Eesti Rahvuskomitee Ühendriikides (ERKÜ) is pleased to announce the recipients of a new EANC grant in the form of a travel stipend for attendance at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory’s (EIHM - Eesti Mälu Instituut) Summer...

After 72 years St. Marks Estonian congregation has decided to end the work of the congregation. This has been a painful topic during the past three years and making the final decision was very difficult. Throughout these latter years the congregation membership and activities have declined significantly with dwindling attendance...

Memories of metsavend Ruuben Lambur (July, 1947, age 21) “Not even an hour had passed when I became involved in a battle. I tried to shoot back but suddenly something hit me in the face. I fell. My head hurt and echoed within, I couldn’t hear anything, my face was...

The Hon. Kristjan Prikk, ambassador of Estonia to the United States, visits the Bay Area again on Wednesday, May 29. Members of the Estonian community and friends of Estonia are invited to two special public events at UC Berkeley and Stanford on that day. At noon on the Stanford campus,...

I have often found meaningful insight through the music of the Beatles and the band’s members. The title of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1971 single “Happy Christmas (War is Over”), recorded with the Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir, wormed itself into my brain today. I suppose...

Barbie is the most popular doll in the world, with over a billion sold worldwide. In 2022 Estonian freestyle skier Kelly Sildaru was the model for Estonia’s first actual Barbie doll as part of the Dream Gap campaign to use positive role models to encourage self-confidence in young girls. That...

The Connecticut Estonian Society (CES) will hold its annual observance of Victory Day (võidupüha) and St. John’s Night (jaaniõhtu) on Saturday, June 22nd (rain date Sunday, June 23rd same time) at the Estonian Society’s Land (Eesti maa), 25 Times Farm Road, Andover, CT 06232. The gate will open at 3:00...

DATE: 14 May 2024TIME: starts at 13.00VENUE: Estonian Embassy in Helsinki. Itäinen Puistotie 10, Helsinki Finland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_q49IvIJo Agenda 12:00 – 13:00 Registration, reception13:00 Introductory remarksSven Sakkov, Estonian Ambassador to FinlandSirle Sööt, Chair, Estonian World Council, Association of Estonians in SwedenMargus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia (Livestream) 13:30 KEYNOTEDouglas...

Ambassador Prikk and the Counselor for Press and Culture, Aari Lemmik visited Cleveland OH, to induct Mrs. Erika Puussaar into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame on April 23, 2024.  The Ambassador wanted to visit the Estonian Cultural Garden (of which Erika Puussaar is President).  During the tour, he mentioned...