Goodbye summer and hello fall. Now is the time to begin thinking about what is coming. The freezing cold and ice of winter. Not too late to experience the joy of seeing old friends and making new ones while celebrating Estonian culture, music and dance.  

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Published: October 02 2016

Three years ago Apple announced a plan to build a server park in the Estonian town of Paldiski. The project, said to cost up to a billion euros, was never realized because of the local energy prices being too high, mainly due to excise duties and renewable energy taxes, writes ERR News.

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Published: October 02 2016

Pillerkaar 5 dancers: l-r: Eve Tisler, Kadri Kallas-Zelek, Lauri Tankler, Age Landra-Robinson, Deborah Klepp

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Published: September 26 2016

Performing surgery at Keila Hospital in 1995. My assistant and colleague is orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erekle Dzotsenidze

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Published: September 25 2016

For the second year, the Estonian Culture Ministry has funded the San Francisco Estonian Society’s “Eesti By The Bay Cultural Exchange Project.” Over the last few years, the Estonian Society has been sponsoring more music, dance, and theater events, in part because a growing number of groups and performers from Estonia are looking for opportunities to perform for audiences in the US.

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Published: September 25 2016

Tallinn in the 60s was quite a different city

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Published: September 25 2016

CEEC members discussing policy. Clockwise from left: Ukraine representative Michael Sawkiw; JBANC intern Alex Blums; Karin Shuey, EANC; Latvian rep Ausma Tomsevics; JBANC Director Karl Altau; candidate Evan McMullin; McMullin advisor David Adesnik.    Photo courtesy of CEEC

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Published: September 19 2016

Why not tell it like it is? People in Põhja-Tallinn are being urged to buy this beast. Ostma = to buy, osta (imperative) buy! Osta ära = buy it "away" / take it away with you. Koletis comes from the word kole (ugly). Beauty and the Beast is Kaunitar ja koletis. But ühe kuld, teise muld or "one person's gold is another person's dirt" and beauty is in the eye of the beholder (ilu on vaataja silmades); thank goodness for that. Such honesty (ausus) is refreshing and charming. Made us look.   Photo and text: Riina Kindlam, Tallinn

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Published: September 19 2016