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Your command is my wish: Võta õun! – Take an apple!   Photo: Riina Kindlam   Just like the Beaver Scouts motto (yes, it's a Scouts Canada thing... younger than hundud or cub scouts), "Sharing, sharing, sharing" (jagamine, jagamine, jagamine) is what Estonians would much sooner do than have anything go...

On September 11, 2001, almost 3000 innocent individuals lost their lives in the terrorist attack against the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington DC. This number included the crews and passengers of the four high jacked commercial airliners used in the execution of this evil deed. The...

Beginning September 16, the pre-order price for “Estonians in America, 1945-1995: Exiles in a Land of Promise,” will increase to $90.00 plus $7.50 for shipping and handling.   The hardcover book, slated for publication this November, will have over 500 pages, and will provide details and photos on the history...

Photo by Harri Rospu   Estonian composer, Liisa Hirsch, received the European Composer Award 2016 on September 1, in Berlin, for her piece "Mechanics of Flying" that had its World Premiere a day earlier, on August 31, with the Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

EANC was represented by (from right):  President Marju Rink-Abel; Washington, DC Director Karin Shuey; and board member Maia Linask.Photo courtesy of JBANC.   Estonian American National Council members joined the Joint Baltic American National Committee on August 23rd for their 10th commemoration of Black Ribbon Day at the Victims of...

SUL’s Assistant Curator for Estonian and Baltic Studies, Liisi Esse, defended her doctoral thesis on August 24th, at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Liisi’s thesis is titled “Estonian soldiers in the First World War: the war experience and its postwar meaning.” It is the first attempt to comprehensively explore and...

Defense and Security Cooperation NATO Allies:  As NATO allies, the United States, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania remain unwavering in their commitment to mutual defense, including building national resilience in line with the pledge made by all allies at the Warsaw Summit.  Estonia is one of only five NATO allies that...

The Republic of Estonia's Border Marker No. 1 was installed in Southeast Estonia, at the meeting point of the Estonian, Latvian and Russian borders on August 2, 2016, with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Minister of the Interior Hanno Pevkur present.    Photo by Police and Border Guard Board   ERR...

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Victims of communism and nazism remembered on Black Ribbon Day, 77 years after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Photo: Siim Lõvi / ERR   People gathered at the base of the War of Independence Victory Column in Tallinn's Freedom Square to pay tribute to the memory of the victims...