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Bowling winners: Laine Skonberg (third place), Liz Laupa (second place), Tooni Männik (second place), Christiina Vinkman (first place), Derek Kuusalu (first place).  Photo: Carl Skonberg   That was the general feel I got from talking to people and it's the feel I still have looking back. Here's what may have...

Frier from USA, who has lived in Estonia for 12 years, described an incident in his Facebook: “So this morning I parked my car next to some Russian guy. Apparently he felt I parked too close to his car, so he starts cursing me out in Russian.   I ask...

20. August 2016 - 9:19   Dear friends,   Today we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic of Estonia. Surely many of you remember the anxious days in August 1991. Today 25 years ago the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia functioning as a parliament...

Lembe Lokk (left) performing at the New York Estonian Cultural Days 2016 at the NY Estonian House with David Rothenberg.  Photo by Chris Nigul   Lembe Lokk is an Estonian singer, composer, actress and a poet currently based in Paris, France. In her most recent single “Don’t Ask” she addresses...

The Central and East European Coalition (CEEC), representing more than 20 million Central and Eastern European Americans, strongly backs the United States' continued unconditional commitment to upholding the NATO Treaty as well as U.S. support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all Central and Eastern European nations.   Our...

Marina Kaljurand   The Estonian American National Council announces that Hon. Marina Kaljurand, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia, will be the keynote speaker at the EANC’s November 5, 2016, gala event in San Francisco.   Kaljurand has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of...

Picture includes (from left) Craig Karner, Jaani Tassa (mens winner) and Juri Tassa (senior winner).   The annual golf tournament during Lakewood Eesti Mängud got off to a wet start on July 29th. The heavy morning rains unfortunately cut attendance down to 17 players who braved the soggy conditions but...

Lonnie Cline   EANC will honor Portland’s Lonnie Cline with the 2016 Friend of Estonian Americans Award. And, the Estonian League of the West Coast (EOLL) has been awarded the 2016 Outstanding Organization Award. Both these awards will be presented at EANC’s 2016 awards gala on November 5 in San...

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) is pleased to announce Arne Kalm as its 2016 Outstanding Contributions to EANC Award recipient.  Mr. Kalm 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 Contributions to...

EANC, JBANC and State Department representatives from left:  Karl Altau, Krista Viksnins, Raits Iglitis, Karin Shuey, Stan Backaitis, Marju Rink-Abel, Henry Gaidis, Nathaniel Dean, Ausma Tomsevics, Peter Blumberg, Karoline Kelder, Elizabeth Jackson, Tomas Sadauskas.  Photo courtesy of JBANC   Estonian American National Council representatives joined Baltic colleagues for a briefing...