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March 3-5, 2023.Virtual screenings March 6-19, 2023 The Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF), whose motto is "Meet the Baltic Soul", was created to raise awareness of the cultures and languages of the Baltic countries through film media. BBFF has been operating since 2018, and this year we are excited to...

The Connecticut Estonian Society’s Estonian Independence Day celebration will occur on Saturday, February 18th, at 3:00 PM. The event will again be held at the Baltic Restaurant, 237 New Britain Road, Berlin, CT. 06037. This venue replicates an actual Baltic Manor and features superb Baltic Sea regional cuisine. This year’s...

The Connecticut Estonian Society (CES) held its traditional Diaspora Estonia Day potluck-style dinner on November 19th. The CES Chairman, - Jaak Rakfeldt, Ph.D., presented a speech that he recently gave at the Estonian Parliament in Tallinn. His speech strongly urged the members of Parliament to create a day of remembrance...

Against the backdrop of Russian aggression in Ukraine, 100 years of United States diplomatic ties with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were commemorated at the U.S. Capitol on September 13, 2022. Relations with the U.S. are ever more critical for the three countries bordering their large neighbor to the east. The...

Think of the packaging of a food – including the words on the front of the package – as advertisement. As we all know, advertising is often misleading. Its function is to make you buy the product, not necessarily to give you accurate information. Therefore, always read the ingredients list...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) Election Committee submits the final list of candidates to the XXIII Council, with their introductions. Candidates were given the option to write their introductions in Estonian, English, or both. Election ballots will be mailed in the coming weeks to everyone who is in the...

Academic Conference Celebrates 100 Years of US-Estonia RelationsA conference held on June 17 in Tallinn featuring leading diplomats, academics and former president Toomas Hendrik Ilves marked the centennial of Estonia-United States relations. "After introductions and the presentation of a commemorative postage stamp issued by Omniva/Eesti Post to mark the event,...

The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory invites history teachers, educators, youth workers and graduated students to participate in a Summer School about the history of crimes against humanity and human rights violations during and after the Second World War, which we will introduce from the perspective of Estonia’s experience. We...

Global Estonian Virtual Forum on May 5thA virtual forum for Estonians worldwide will be held on Thursday, May 5 at 16:00 Estonian time (UTC/GMT +3). You can watch the virtual forum hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Worksup platform from anywhere via the internet. The forum will...

Presidents of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland Visit KyivPresident Alar Karis was in Kyiv on April 13 along with the Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish heads of state to show their support for Ukraine and to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. Speaking at the joint press conference, Karis said: "President...