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  (Washington, DC) --- The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) has worked diligently this year to ensure the passage of the Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011, supporting democracy in Belarus. On Tuesday, December 20, the final bill passed Congress and will now go to the...

  ERR News - The new Traffic Act in Estonia requires all pedestrians to wear a reflector in conditions of inadequate visibility - theoretically enforced by a fine of up to 400 euros - but tourists may not be aware of the law. Britain's Foreign and Com0monwealth Office and the...

  It is a long time since Estonia was a subject, not an object in international affairs. I doubt anyone is alive today who has even the dimmest childhood memory of the Tartu Peace Treaty negotiations (though I would be delighted to be proved wrong if a precocious nine-year-old is...

  More than ten members of the Estonian Society of Central Florida (Kesk Florida Eesti Selts) spent the weekend of December 10-11, 2011, making preparations for Christmas. On Saturday, December 10, Leena and Väino Aare of Bradenton, Florida, once again very generously hosted the verivorst-making party. Seven pairs of workers...

  It's not too late to write to Jõuluvana in Estonian, you just have to know what and how to ask. If you want something traditional like sokid, vitamiinid or flanell-pidžaamad, the requests are straightforward enough. But I'm sure a lot of you are yearning for gadgets your grandparents never...

  Since 1961, the Estonian Students Fund in the USA (ESF) has provided scholarships and grants to students of Estonian descent.    While the scholarships were initially given to recent émigré students, the Fund now is giving scholarships to 2nd and 3rd generation Estonian-Ame-ricans.   Like any organization, the Fund...

  The European Commission is worried by the poor knowledge of young people of the European Union (EU) in maths and in science, because one fifth of the Europeans have an insufficient knowledge of the sphere. Androulla Vassiliou, the Cypriot education and culture commissioner, set Finland, Estonia and Netherlands as...

  This week Estonia hosted the virtual Olympics in Tallinn where contestants would run, jump or do whatever they do at the Olympics, in a square, in a gymnasium while looking at a video screen. They would imitate the action, for instance running on the spot. The computer device would...

  The organizing committee of the XXXI West Coast Estonian Days (LEP) - XI ESTO is inviting all Estonian artists, designers and friends to submit designs for the Festival’s over-all logo. Due to the dual nature of the combined Festivals - LEP and ESTO - it is requested that THREE...

 In support of ensuring the security of NATO airspace, members of the United States Air Force will be in the Baltic region this week to participate in an aerial- conflict simulation.  This simulation, which is being held over the skies of Lithuania, will include planes and NATO professionals from several...