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Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas (Reform) lost the vote of no confidence against him on November 9, and was forced to resign. The parties will now take up official coalition talks. President Kersti Kaljulaid has asked the party leaders to Kadriorg for individual meetings, to begin with the outgoing prime minister.Of...

This article focuses on the places where Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Finns reside in the US. It examines (1) nationally the number of people, (2) number by state, (3) the percent of the total US ethnic group by metro area and (4) the proportion of the metro population, per 100,000...

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On October 31, The New York Times wrote about Estonia's Defence League (Kaitseliit). “The competitions, held nearly every weekend, are called war games, but are not intended as fun. The Estonian Defense League, which organizes the events, requires its 25,400 volunteers to turn out occasionally for weekend training sessions that...

Chicago Estonian House Christmas Market "Jõululaat" is coming up on November 12th form 10am-5pm.   Selection of unique vendors, raffle, whole day cultural entertainment, food, beverages and so much more!   Visit goo.gl/fA8JWl for a full list of vendors & performers.

Kristjan Randalu Trio.   Photo by ERR / (Kaupo Kikkas)   On October 31, and November 1, the Kristjan Randalu Trio played four concerts over two nights with American modern jazz guitarist Ben Monder, who has both released solo albums as well as been featured on hundreds of other albums, including...