It’s less than 100 days until we welcome you to Lääneranniku Eesti Päevad (West Coast Estonian Days) at beautiful Whistler, British Columbia, August 5 through 9, 2015.

We are thrilled to be able to present to you many talented groups of singers, dancers and musicians from Estonia – Noorkuu, Saaremaa men’s choir, Eesti Rahvusooper (Estonian National Opera), Vanemuine Ballet, Justament, Võlukeeled, just to name a few.

Keep an eye out for future newspaper articles featuring these and the other amazing performers who are coming for your entertainment pleasure.  And of course, our beloved favorites will also be here to delight and keep the fun flowing – Puus Brothers, the Teose-Tork band, Vancouver’s own folk dance troupe Kilplased and many, many more. 

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Published: June 01 2015

On June 3, Col. Aivar Salekešin was presented the Legion of Merit award (degree of Commander) by U.S. Ambassador Levine at EDF headquarters in Tallinn in recognition of his outstanding performance as the former Estonian Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché in Washington D.C. Col. Salekešin’s citation, signed by former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, said the Colonel was “a vital link between the Estonian Land Forces and the U.S. Army,” and that he “influenced and strengthened the bonds for the positive military-to-military relationship.” The Legion of Merit is a U.S. military award bestowed upon people “who shall have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct service in the performance of outstanding services.” The degree of Commander is conferred on members of foreign governments only and are awarded for services comparable to those for which the Distinguished Service Medal is given to members of the United States Armed Forces.     Photo by Estonian Defense Forces

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Published: June 08 2015

Estonia just released a new line of stamps featuring companies such as Skype and Transferwise, which both have some Estonian founders.

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Published: June 19 2015

The European Commission (EC) today officially proposed migrant quotas, under which each individual European Union member state should provide safe haven for a certain number of refugees.

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Published: June 01 2015

Jeb Bush will visit Estonia to speak about security concerns between Europe and America on Friday, before launching his bid to become President of the United States of America next week, writes ERR News.

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Published: June 19 2015

Based on Mikhail Shishkin’s article translated from Russian by Marian Schwartz

The May 9th issue of The New York Times carries on its Opinion Page the Russian novelist Mikhail Shishkin’s story. Shishkin recounts that as a youngster he was very proud of his father, who had enlisted at age 18 and was a submariner in the Baltic sea during WW II.  He states that there was a picture of his submarine on the wall and during the May 9 Victory Day anniversaries he donned his sailors uniform with all his medals of honor.

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Published: June 01 2015

Now you can support both EANC and Vaba Eesti Sõna! The Estonian American National 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: June 08 2015

`(…) Our institution will be recorded by history, the reason being that it is unique. Refugees usually have not the mental spirit to create a university, but we had the spirit (…)’
Information Bulletin Baltic University, 13 December 1947.

In 1947 they thought that historians would investigate the Baltic University even after many, many years. It turned out to be otherwise: the archive seemed to be lost, the buildings destroyed by fire and the institute almost forgotten.

But not totally: there are still people who remember this special university, whose career started right there in Hamburg, who have pictures, documents and stories to tell.

It is not yet too late to ask witnesses to tell about this remarkable institute, the students and fraternities. It is still possible to make a documentary film…

I’m a journalist and also make documentaries. When going through the papers of my Estonian father, I came across the subject of the Baltic University. I found his study book of the Baltic University and became interested in this institute.

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Published: May 27 2015