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Esto Golf Camaraderie – Alive & Kicking on August 1st
While the Lakewood Eesti Mängud organized each summer by Spordiliit USA was cancelled this year, 20 golfers nonetheless gathered for a competition at Lakewood Country Club. The golf tournament served to keep alive the 67-year-old string of meeting up at Lakewood to celebrate ESTO sport, friendships, and culture. It...
A New Program to Help Those, Who Have Lost a Sibling
The Siblings Day Foundation is proud to announce one of our four programs will commence this late summer called Sibling2Sibling, an interactive, supportive webinar series. The series will be held on Zoom and facilitated by Dr. Katherine Shear, a professor at Columbia School of Social Work and Founding Director of...
Russian Fabrications and Distortions of History Hinder Mutual Understanding and the Pursuit of Truth
Statement of the Estonian World Council The Estonian World Council joins the foreign ministries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in protesting the most recent Russian attempts to revise history. A recent legislative initiative in Russia’s State Duma would revoke the December 24, 1989 declaration of the Soviet Union’s Supreme...
OSWALD RIISMA IN MEMORIAM
Oswald Riisma was born in Märjamaa, Estonia on May 19, 1920 and lived to be 100 years old, passing away peacefully at his home in Boca Raton, Florida on July 15, 2020. Oswald was an entrepreneur in both Toronto, Canada and subsequently in Florida, USA. He arrived in Canada...
New Navy Warships Being Built on Saaremaa
At the end of this year, the Estonian Navy (Eesti Merevägi) will have at its disposal the first brand new warships of the entire period of re-independence. They are currently being built on the island of Saaremaa. "Aktuaalne kaamera" (ERR News) reported on July 13th, that two military...
A Short Story of a Study Choice
Helga Merits Anatomy lecture. Archive photo Whatever will be will beThe future's not ours to seeQue sera sera After the Second World War, most students in Europe wanted to study either medicine or architecture. They had seen so many lives devasted, so much destruction that they wanted...
“Chasing Unicorns (Ükssarvik)” to be Screened in San Francisco
SAVE THE DATE: On Friday, July 17, the Estonian Society in San Francisco, CA, is hosting a virtual screening of the 2019 Estonian start-up comedy "Chasing Unicorns (Ükssarvik)" for our local community. After the film, join the filmmakers for a Q&A about the film, which was shot in both Estonia...
A Short Story About Sanitary Pads
Helga Merits Girls at the Baltic University. Archive photo by Helga Merits Toilet paper seemed to have been the most sought after item to have in a time of a lock-down. People were buying it in large quantities, afraid that they would not have enough while stuck...
Draft Budget Bills Include Support for Baltic Security
As both chambers of Congress deliberate the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021, the Estonian American National Council (EANC) and Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) have been engaging with House and Senate staff to call attention to bipartisan Baltic Security Initiative amendments confirming U.S. support for Baltic security...
The Story of a Rumour Machine
Helga Merits The Baltic University in Hamburg, Germany, opened in March, 1946. Photo courtesy of Helga Merits For us displaced persons, an essential part of our life is hope. Without hope, our life would be intolerable. Hope for our future, hope for a better fate of our native...
Vaba Eesti Sõna is an Estonian expatriate weekly newspaper with a national readership, founded in 1949 and published in New York City by the Nordic Press.
