The labour market of countries is not only one of the most important aspects of a country's economy, it is also the main indicator for monetary policy makers. The job market across Europe suffered an enormous beating after the financial crash in 2008. But what is the situation in 2016 and which countries are better off than others?

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Published: February 01 2016

Photo by Erik Kulu from the ESTCube-1 team

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Published: February 01 2016

On January 16, was the 18th anniversary of the U.S.-Baltic Charter! Signed by the presidents of the United States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1998, it sets for the U.S.’s "real, profound, and enduring interest" in the Baltic States and has been a cornerstone of relations between the U.S. and the Baltic region ever since.

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Published: January 25 2016

The Estonian American National Council has a new MENU button on their homepage www.estosite.org. - “Celebrating Estonia: 1918-2018”

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Published: January 25 2016

The New York Chamber Music Festival presents the FOYLE - STSURA DUO: Michael Foyle, violin (England) and Maksim Stsura, piano (Estonia, presently resides in London)), in their highly anticipated New York Recital Debut, with a splendid violin & piano program of masterpieces by Mozart, Brahms, Cesar Franck, Lutoslawski.

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Published: January 25 2016

Consul General, Eva-Maria Liimets, will be in Los Angeles to attend the Los Angeles Estonian community's celebration of Estonian Independence Day.

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Published: January 25 2016

You know muesli. Originally known in Swiss German as Bircher/muesli, (because it was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital), or simply Müesli, the word is an Alemannic German diminutive of Mues which means "puree" or "mash-up."

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Published: January 25 2016

A group of Estonian students. Photos from the VEMU archive, Toronto, Canada, (Järvesoo archive)

Tragedy, hope, success – all elements to build a great story were there and yet there had never been a film about the Baltic University. It was hard to believe.

The Baltic University had been such an unbelievable achievement: who could imagine that refugees who had lost everything would create a university so shortly after WW II, in an almost totally devastated city. The story should have been made available to a larger audience one way or another. But I found it was not. So I decided to make a documentary film about it: The story of the Baltic University.

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Published: January 18 2016