The total number of pigs put to death in Estonia since first cases of African swine fever were diagnosed on July 21 is now getting close to 15,000. The country already struggles to get rid of hundreds of tons of carcasses and the death toll is expected to rise still.

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Published: August 18 2015

Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand and the US Ambassador to Estonia, Jeffrey D. Levine, commemorated the Welles Declaration on July 23, in Tallinn.   Photo by FM

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Published: August 06 2015

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Nearly 150 visitors, including Estonian-Americans from around the U.S and Canada, converged on the Gleason area on Saturday evening, July 18, for the much anticipated “Hingemaa” or “Land of Soul” concert by Estonian rock legend Tõnis Mägi, and his wife, singer/actress Kärt Johanson. The concert was a fund raising effort to restore a once abandoned 108-year-old Estonian church, one of the only remaining churches of its kind in the U.S.

According to the event organizer and guest speaker Bill Rebane of Saxon, WI, the event soared above and beyond expectations.

“Myself and many of the volunteers and organizers arrived early last week to begin setting up and so forth,” Rebane explained. 

“We made bets for fun, on how many would actually show up for the concert. Most guessed 50 to maybe 75 or so at the very most. Then as early as Wednesday, cars and vans started coming down the road.

They continued to pour in as late as 8:15 Saturday night!” he added. “We were so wonderfully surprised!”

The concert began at 8 p.m. and lasted until 9:30. Along with the appearance of Mägi and Johanson, was special guest Rupert Encinas, Baag-Da (Flying Eagle), spiritual leader of the Tohono O’od-ham, a Native American tribe located in Arizona.

Desserts and treats were served for a nominal fee as well as a borscht dinner.

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Published: August 06 2015

Yet another anti-immigration demonstration was held on Tallinn Freedom Square on July 18. (Martin Dremljuga/ERR)

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Published: July 27 2015

(Photo above - from right) JBANC interns Erik Lazdins and Kara Nordness, EANC president Marju Rink-Abel, JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau, Lithuanian Desk Officer Carol Werner, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs John Heffern. Also present was Estonian Desk Officer Kathleen Bresnahan.

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Published: July 27 2015

"There seemed to be no time for sitting down and writing books,” said the late Juhan Simonson of his generation of Estonian freedom fighters. He was talking about a long-awaited documentary volume from the Estonian American National Council (EANC).

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Published: July 27 2015

The planned Rail Baltica station in Pärnu

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Published: July 27 2015

Marina Kaljurand and Toomas Hendrik Ilves on July 15, 2015

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Published: July 20 2015