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THE ESTONIAN AMERICAN FUND PRESS RELEASE   The Marshall D.Shulman Book Prize,sponsored by the Harriman Institute of Columbia University is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph dealing with international relations, foreign policy, or foreign-policy decisionmaking of any of the states of the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe. Honorable mention...

Lt.Gen. Riho Terras, Chief of Defence of Estonia, Minister of Defence of Estonia Hannes Hanso and Minister of Defence of Finland Jussi Niinisto at the Warsaw Summit.  Photo courtesy of NATO Flickr page.   The EANC board recently coordinated with the Estonian Embassy on sending security-related questions to the Estonian...

Funderbeam, a new global marketplace for startup investments built on blockchain, has just raised a $2.6 million funding round from Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters, and IQ Capital. Previous investors-business angels and 3TS Capital Partners have also participated in the round. Founded in 2013 by Kaidi Ruusalepp, Urmas Peiker and Villu...

Wednesday, November 2nd @ 10:15pm at 80 NORTH 6TH ST, Brooklyn, NY 11249   The Absolute Ensemble lead by eclectic Estonian conductor and producer Kristjan Järvi gets together with HAUSCHKA and Folk Music Star Maarja Nuut to revive the Nordic Spirit in a unique Music Show.   In celebration of...

Panelists from left:  Marius Laurinavicius, Jeffrey Gedmin, Mamuka Tsereteli, David Ensor, Liz Wahl.   The Central and East European Coalition (CEEC; www.ceecoalition.us) hosted a timely and substantive event on Thursday, September 15, to discuss the topic “Russia’s Info War:  What is the Impact?” A panel of four distinguished experts shared...

Lakewood Estonian School kids are welcoming new students. School dates and times are listed on the first page of this issue of Vaba Eesti Sõna.

An important part of EANC’s work includes providing grants and financial support to organizations and cultural projects across the U.S. that further Estonian American interests, and help maintain language and heritage. The following two projects have been selected by the Estonian American National Council’s Board of Directors to receive a...

Ambassadors and representatives from Baltic-American organizations discuss current events. Photo courtesy of JBANC   The Latvian embassy hosted the Baltic ambassadors and Baltic American community representatives for the third quarterly JBANC-Baltic embassies meeting in September 2016. The ambassadors updated us on their countries’ priorities and upcoming events and a productive...

Estonian American National Council representatives joined Central and East European colleagues for a meeting with advisors to the Clinton campaign, including Secretary Madeleine Albright, on Thursday, September 8th.   This was the third in a series of meetings the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) has been pursuing with the...

Goodbye summer and hello fall. Now is the time to begin thinking about what is coming. The freezing cold and ice of winter. Not too late to experience the joy of seeing old friends and making new ones while celebrating Estonian culture, music and dance.   The exciting KLENK-IEP program...