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Events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the June 14, 1941 Soviet deportation of Estonians took place nationwide on June 14th. An estimated 10,205 Estonians were deported without trial and on a purely arbitrary basis, including children, women and the elderly, deep into Soviet territory, meaning primarily the Siberian Gulag system...

Recent events posing threats to European and U.S. security, and the upcoming meeting on June 16th bet-ween Presidents Biden and Putin, are the impetus for the June 3rd letter from Estonian American National Council (EANC) President Marju Rink-Abel to President Biden.   It supports two May letters from the Central...

Two new podcasts look back at the late 80's and early 90's, and the events surrounding the fall of the Soviet Union and Estonia regaining its independence. Vermont Public Radio's podcast series "Timeline" presented a four-part series on Estonia's Singing Revolution earlier this year “Timeline: The Singing Revolution” (in English)....

Häly Laasme On June 4, 2021, the United States National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) announced the final nominees for the Sister Pat Kelley Achievement Award. Häly Laasme, the State of Delaware's Energy Assistance Director, is one of the three finalists. The award recognizes a person with exemplary achievement...

The Estonian American Discovery Foundation (EADF) has opened applications for the 2021 EADF Discovery Awards, dedicated to supporting discovery and invention in culture, science, humanities and history by Baltic and/or Baltic heritage artists, filmmakers, performers, scientists, researchers, educators and inventors of all kinds. Three (3) awards will be awarded to...

Jaanika Peerna “The Wings of Desire”, 2021.  Pigment and water on hand-cut Mylar. “The Wings of Desire”, a new wall work in pigment and water on hand-cut Mylar by Jaanika Peerna, is a highlight of the JHB Gallery’s new exhibition opening on May 27, 2021, at Jetsam Studio in Southampton,...

We are honored to announce the graduation of our granddaughter Talia Karianna Tomson from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa with the degree in Criminal Justice / Cyber Science. Talia graduated with Summa Cum Laude and received the following Honor Society Recognitions as an Outstanding Scholar:1. Order of Omega Alpha...

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Jānis Juzefovičs, Maarja Merivoo-Parro, Charles Perrin, and David Trimbach have been awarded the 2021–2022 Research Grants for Emerging Scholars. The research grants of up to $6,000 support early-career scholars in any field of  Baltic Studies. Proposals are...

The mini Boston Baltic Film Festival (BBFF) in April was a huge success, having over 400 participants, bringing together people  around the world to watch films made in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  We want to thank the many viewers and our sponsors, ERKU, the NY Consulate General of Estonia, and...

May got off to a busy start for many Estonian officials who were called on to share their expertise in various aspects of European and transatlantic security.   Several think tanks hosted events looking at challenges ranging from the adoption of artificial intelligence into NATO’s toolbox to regional concerns such...