ERR News  – Estonian Public Broadcasting has rejected an offer from a Ukrainian TV channel to broadcast its news on ETV, preferring to use clips from the channel as part of its own news broadcasts.

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Published: July 21 2014

Suddenly A Tiny Country Feels Like A Very Big Place

Estonian Choir from Seattle marching in Song Festival Parade in Tallinn.     Photo by VES

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Published: July 21 2014

Be involved in your Estonian American community and vote for the new XXI Estonian American National Council! Voting envelopes must be postmarked by July 19, 2014.

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Published: July 15 2014

TALLINN, Estonia — In a sea of embroidered regional costumes and blue, black and white flags, more than 20,000 choral singers recently filled the stage of an amphitheater here, cheering their conductors and composers as though they were rock stars.

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Published: July 21 2014

Save the date!  The Estonian American National Council invites you to attend “Estonians in America – Past, Present and Future,” a special seminar to be held on Saturday afternoon, September 27, 2014, in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Published: July 15 2014

Liina M. Sarapik and Hirvo Surva.

For the last three and a half days I have been immersed in, what my opinion, is the epitome of Estonian culture and the Estonian people – laulupidu (song festival).  In the past year I had taken part in several larger scale events in North America leading up to this year's laulupidu, including a smaller laulupidu at Seedrioru's Suvihari summer solstice event in Canada last summer, organizing a weekend choral camp in New Jersey in November, and taking part in a weekend choral camp in Toronto in January, led by renowned conductor, and this year's laulupeo artistic director himself, Hirvo Surva.  It was at this last event that I had the great honor of meeting Hirvo Surva.

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Published: July 15 2014

ERR News - A few weeks after British billionaire Richard Branson made an 18.5-million-euro investment into the Estonian-founded business Transfer-Wise, Äripäev reported that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has invested in 3D Control Systems, which also has Estonian roots.

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Published: July 21 2014

New York folk dance group Saare Vikat: Triin Lawrence, Jaan Kangro, Liisi Vanaselja and Linda Lu.   Photo by Aleks Kask

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Published: July 15 2014