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  Easter weather in Estonia this year could not have been more by the book. The big, Good book that is. Snow is not appropriate you say? Well, it was definitely hard to find someone who remembered the last snowy liha/võtte-/pühad or "meat taking holiday", referring to the end of...

  President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate diplomat Jeffrey D. Levine to be next ambassador to Estonia on February 16, 2012. Born circa 1954 and raised in California, as a teenager Jeffrey Levine was a fan of the band Jefferson Airplane and the movie Blazing Saddles. Levine earned a...

  The Estonian American National Council (EANC) has a new website!  It is at the same web address – www.estosite.org – but it has a completely new look and more information about news, activities and resources for Estonian Americans.  Plus an easy-to-navigate menu, with links to useful websites. The website...

  ERR News - While a report released by Children's Ombudsman Indrek Teder last month found that 45,000 children in Estonia were living below the absolute poverty line last year, nearly half of that total, or 22,000, had to make do on less then 69 euros ($90) per month, reported...

  PRESS RELEASE  3/19/2012    Dear Estonians and our friends all over the world!!  Estonians from San Fran-cisco and West Coast invite you to join us for the West Coast Estonian Days (LEP) and the world-wide ESTO joint festival from June 28th to July 1st 2013.   Over the years...

    ERR News - At their meeting in Washington on March 27, Secretary of State of the US Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that the two countries will co-chair a new working group that will support the development of new democracies. According to a Foreign Ministry press...

  Dear friends of Estonia living abroad, we are glad to inform you that once again, the Integration and Migration Foundation Our People (www.meis.ee, hereinafter Foundation) will hold an Estonian language camp for young people of Estonian origin living outside of Estonia. These camps have been held since 2000. Estonian language...

  March 9 marks the day when, sixty eight years ago, Tallinn was caught in the crosshairs of Soviet long-range bombers.   In remembrance of victims of the attacks, Ambassador and Mrs. Polt attended a memorial candle-lighting at St. Nicholas Church, one of the thousands of buildings destroyed in the...

  Every language is beautiful, if it's special to you. And an avenue into a culture in which you feel good. It could be the language of your childhood, the language of those dear to you and/or the language(s) that you associate with something intrinsically yours. A language that speaks...

As of February 24, 2012, Professor Helmi L. Lutsep, M.D. is a member of the board, the Estonian American Fund announced.  Dr. Lutsep is presently Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology at Oregon Health and Science University and Associate Director of the Oregon Stroke Center. She is on the Executive...