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Many documents and photographs belonging to Estonians are included in the exhibition. Foto: Siiri Lind   The exhibition was organized with the help of Honorary Vice Consul for the Republic of Estonia in Chicago Siim Sööt.   “No Home to Go To”, an exhibition organized by the Balzekas Museum of...

The first war refugees to be resettled from Turkey under the European migrant relocation plan arrived in Estonia. One family is to live in Rakvere while the other will be settled in Viljandi. The Estonian Ministry of the Interior announced that one of the two familes to arrive from Turkey...

ERR - According to Reuters, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said during his visit to Stockholm that the joint venture of Russian and European companies to build a second gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, Nord Stream 2, was a “bad deal”. The deal for the construction of an extension...

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Riga on Aug. 23, where he will meet with presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania, Raimonds Vējonis of Latvia, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia. VES / ERR

According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number of stateless permanent residents of Estonia has decreased by more than 45,000 over the past decade, with 80,754 left early in 2016. Three factors contributed to the decrease, namely taking on citizenship of a third state, becoming an Estonian citizen, and...

Minister of Culture Indrek Saar (SDE) finds that all those who finish school in Estonia should also be able to pass the citizenship exam. Saar invited the Ministry of the Interior on August 17th to think about how young holders of the alien passport can be motivated to become Estonian...

The Estonian fish processing sector hopes to double its exports to Japan next year, industry executives attending a fish fair in Tokyo told BNS. "We expect sales in Japan to reach at least seven million euros in 2017," said Valdur Noormagi, manager of the Estonian Association of Fisheries.   He...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) is pleased to announce Steve Jürvetson as its 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award recipient.   Mr. Jürvetson will be honored at EANC’s awards gala on Saturday, November 5 at the San Francisco Marriott Union Square in San Francisco, California.   The 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award...