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  In the midst of a severe winter storm when heavy snow, high winds, and ice storms caused havoc and a quarter of million households went without power, there appeared a bright star at the Beneroya Seattle Symphony Hall, Saturday night.  The Seattle audience who dared travel to downtown Seattle...

  The intensive Estonian Summer Institute will again be held at the University of Pittsburgh from June 4 through July 13, 2012.  Beginning and Intermediate Estonian will be offered.  This course is open to students of any age, including juniors and seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students, as...

  Amid all the chaos, including loss of life that the extreme freeze in Europe has brought, there is nevertheless a very bright and slick, shiny side to the unseasonably cold weather. Decent jää – ice. Ukraine, which has seen the largest number of casualties, over 100 since the beginning...

  A banner seen in front of a Neste gas station in Tallinn this week features a reindeer and the smaller print reads: Soome talvediisel, Finnish winter diesel. Parim kuni -32° C juures. The best up to -32° C. And on the bottom left: Sõidame soodsalt, Let's drive profitably, i.e....

  ERR News - Under the guise of intellectual property rights enforcement, Europeans could become victims of the US political system's dependence on corporate money. The Wikipedia-led blackout on January 18 in protest against SOPA and PIPA appears to have been a big success. The blackout raised awareness among the...

  The Organizing Committee of the 34th Gatineau Loppet unveiled details of the next edition of the biggest cross-country ski event in Canada. The 34th Annual Gatineau Loppet will take place on Feb. 17-19, 2012. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, a passionate skier who has taken part in several Worldloppet...

  You have already received, or will shortly receive, the Estonian American National Council’s fundraising letter, together with a new brochure about the EANC and its activities.  The printing company who handled the printing and mailing, and which we have used in the past, has mista-kenly included a wrong, old...

  We again welcome in a new year.  Even though the traditions associated with its coming remain comfortingly fami-liar, with the start of each new year we can anticipate new initiatives, new challenges, and new achievements.  The Estonian American National Council wishes all of you a happy, productive, and prosperous...

  The Birth of Estonian Film In 2012 Estonian film will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Photographer Johannes Pääsuke, who wandered across Estonia taking pictures of farm workers, purchased a film camera in 1912 and used it to record Utoshkin, a stunt pilot who was performing over Tartu in the province...

  What a venue for the finale! The "Õnnelik Lõpp" or Happy End(ing) of Tallinn as the 2011 European Capital of Culture was held on the evening of December 22 across the city. The official closing ceremony was an invitation-only event that took place in the newly renovated Lennu/sadama vesi/lennukite...