Seen on a bright yellow pakendi/ringluse/tünn (package recycling container) on Soo tänav (Swamp Street) in Tallinn’s Kala/maja (Fish House) district. A pott/sepp is looking for work.

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Published: February 04 2015

ERR News - The US Army in Europe will soon send a team to scout locations in eastern Europe, including the Baltics, for locations to store tanks and other military equipment.

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Published: February 04 2015

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia could soon be ready to go ahead with the Russian-Estonian border treaty. His Estonian counterpart said that Estonia is waiting for concrete actions from Russia.

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Published: January 27 2015

Eugene Birman (on the left) and Scott Diel (center) received the Creativity Recognition Award. Bikeep received the Newcomer Award.

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Published: January 27 2015

ERR News –  Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas inaugurated a new 3.000 kilometer long data highway between Tallinn and Frankfurt on January 21, to offer significantly better speed and capacity.

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Published: January 27 2015

Aleksandra Piibe

Last fall “The Bay Eagle” of the Califonia’s El Segundo High School had an extensive interview with Aleksandra Piibe, a senior, described as “hästi kursis” or rather well-versed.

The interviewer, Anita Chauhan states that Aleksandra has excelled in every facet of her high school career, from sports to academics and in extracurricular activities.

Aleksandra’s grandparents were born in Estonia. Along with many visits to Estonia, Aleksandra also spent the 2013 summer studying the Estonian lanugage at Tallinn University.

We learn from the interview that she was an energetic child who enjoyed participating in many activites: sports, piano lessons, singing in a choir, ballet and drama productions; belonged to the swim team, Brownies and Girl Scouts and was also a Junior Lifeguard.

At six years of age she started focusing on tennis. She has played on the girl’s varsity team for four years  and claims that beside focusing, she plays all out.

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Published: January 27 2015

EDM Machinery, a company which grew out of the University of Tartu, has launched the first 3D printer designed and built in Estonia.

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Published: January 27 2015

At the end of 2014, Estonian American National Council President Marju Rink-Abel made a substantial contribution on behalf of the EANC to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOCMF) for the purpose of supporting the planned Museum to the Victims of Communism. Pictured are JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau (a board member of the VOCMF), VOCMF chairman Dr. Lee Edwards, Ms. Rink-Abel, and VOCMF Executive Director Marion Smith. Ms. Rink-Abel is also serving as current JBANC President.   Foto: Karl Altau

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Published: January 20 2015