Artist Jaanika Peerna together with Estonian Consul General Eva-Maria Liimets, the Director of the Kentler Gallery Florence Neal and Program Director Sallie Mize. Photo by Umru Rothenberg

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Published: February 24 2015

The American motion-picture company, Samuel Goldwyn Films, has acquired the US rights to the Estonian-Georgian film, “Tangerines”, a nominee for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

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Published: February 24 2015

On February 10, Ambassador Eerik Marmei and acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Mr Richard O. Wightman Jr, signed at the Estonian Embassy the Military Reserve Exchange Program Memorandum of Agreement. The memorandum will mainly facilitate individual reciprocal exchange of reserve forces as well as create additional training opportunities. This great event serves as another block in building up our defense cooperation.   Estonian Embassy

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Published: February 19 2015

The Orissaare Oak Tree stands in the middle of the stadium

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Published: February 19 2015

Staunton, February 10 – A prominent Moscow analyst says that “the West would surrender Ukraine to Putin if Putin’s demands were limited to only Ukraine,” but the West understands that Putin wants far more – the restoration of the Yalta-Potsdam world and recognition of Russia as a super power like the USSR in that system.

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Published: February 19 2015

The European Social Survey (ESS) reveals that Estonians have the least active social lives in Europe.

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Published: February 19 2015

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Anne Sulling, Estonian minister of foreign trade and entrepreneurship, signed an accession agreement with the Paris-based space agency on February 4.

According to Aviation Week, Estonia spends several hundred million euros annually on space activities, including new financing for national R&D activities decided last year and a contribution to European meteorological organization Eumetsat.

“The country has strong research facilities, particularly in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, with the Observatory of Tartu and the universities of Tartu and Tallinn,” Aviation Week said.

Estonia spent 330 million euros on space activities in 2009, and has been contributing about 1.2 million per year to the European Space Agency (ESA) budget as part of a cooperation contract signed in 2010.

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Published: February 10 2015

"In the Crosswind," the 2014 film about the World War II-era genocide against Estonians, continues its successful festival run, winning the audience prize at the Gothenburg festival, which just ended over the weekend.

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Published: February 10 2015