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ERR - The Estonian Ministry of the Environment has passed along to Parliament and technical agencies an environmental impact assessment for a depository for radioactive waste that Russia is planning just across the border in Leningrad oblast. The report was received from the Russian Embassy in Tallinn, uudised.err.ee reported on...

After Alan Ago Koerv’s article appeared in the VES #22, May 30, 2013 paper, asking for other variations of translation of the “Kas siis selle maa keel....”.  The VES has received some additional translations. Why can’t our land’s voice Rising up in song’s fire, Seek the way to the skies...

 Miami has a large professional diplomatic corps funded by nations from around the globe, dozen of smaller nations get their diplomatic feet on the ground by serving their nations with honorary consuls. Four years ago there were 67 honorary consuls posted in Florida, the largest groups surrounding the area of...

There is often talk of a “global Estonia” since Estonians live all over the world possibly a couple of hundred thousand Estonians live now outside of Estonia.  Estonian Culture Minister Rein Lang said at the National Congress in SF that we live in a “global village”, he emphasized that this...

ERR News - One proposed route of the Rail Baltic project, which would connect Estonia to other Baltic nations and beyond by high-speed trains, would cut one community in Rapla County in half. “It would be like the Great Wall of China, which cuts one whole land in half. The...

ERR News - Freshly released figures from the 2011 census show that Estonia is now home to 180 ethnicities, 38 more than a decade ago, during the last count. Statistics Estonia analyst Anu Tõnurist said on the organization's blog today that while in many countries it is considered a form...

ERR News - A Russian AN-30B aircraft carried out an observation mission over Estonia on Tuesday, July 16th as part of the Open Skies Treaty. The aircraft was equipped with a panoramic camera, but all developed film will be done so in the presence of Estonian representatives, the Estonian Defense...

ERR News - A progress report on the statistical benchmarks of Estonia's integration plan finds that the unemployment rate gap between ethnic Estonians and non-Estonians widened last year. Produced by the Ministry of Culture, the report says the unemployment rate in 2012 was 8.8 percent among Estonians and 14.9 percent...

Tartu Hanseatic Days July 19 – 21, 2013 Tartu gets back in touch with its roots as a Hanseatic trading city with an upcoming and all-encompassing Medieval festival. Expect the town to fill with people wearing historic costumes, and the Old Town to turn into a gigantic marketplace. Each year,...

The U.S. debut of the Estonian National Ballet on June 28 night at the Palace of Fine Arts was the highlight of the gala that opened Lep-Esto 2013, a four-day celebration of Estonian culture in San Francisco, writes Mary Ellen Hunt in SFGate.com Now directed by Toomas Edur, the 87-year-old...