Estonia has its own Halloween. It's called mardi/päev, (Saint) Martin's Day and kids run from house to house performing and awaiting treats in return on the evening before mardipäev, that being Nov. 9.

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Published: November 02 2015

Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world, ranked the best “value destinations” for 2016 and Estonia earned the top spot.

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Published: November 02 2015

On Oktober 18th “The Washington Beacon” brings to its readers a review of Sofi Oksanen, “Purge” by Jenna Lifhits.

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Published: November 02 2015

Now you can support both EANC and Vaba Eesti Sõna!  The Estonian American Natio-nal Council announces a special promotion: every person who donates $500 or more to EANC will receive a free subscription to Vaba Eesti Sõna, the only Estonian-language newspaper published in the U.S.!

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Published: October 26 2015

According to the airport guide, Sleeping in Airports, the Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport is the fifth best airport in Europe, based on the overall airport experience determined by travellers who had taken the site’s 2015 airport survey.

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Published: October 26 2015

Viru bog in North Estonia.  Photo by Kart Ulman / VES

ERR News - During the Soviet occupation, the total area of peatlands in Estonia decreased almost 2.8 times. Now large scale wetland restoration project is underway to rectify the situation.

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Published: October 26 2015

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Published: October 22 2015

Kihnu wedding.    Photo: puhkaeestis.ee

Travel to Kihnu, a small island off the coast of Estonia, and you’ll immediately notice that the island’s dirt roads, rock-strewn beaches, and tiny villages are bereft of men, writes Kirstin Fawcett in mentlfloss.com.

Its inhabitants are mostly middle-aged women; they zip across the island astride vintage motorcycles, clad in traditional woven skirts and head scarves.

Kihnu is one of the world’s last remaining matriarchal societies. Its economy is reliant on the island’s fishermen, who leave home for months at a time to sail the Baltic Sea. Their wives are left behind to work in the fields, raise the children, and essentially run the island.

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Published: October 22 2015