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TORONTO, CANADA, March 24, 2014 – The tenth annual EstDocs Documentary Film Festival in Toronto is now accepting domestic and international submissions for its Short Documentary Film Competition. The complete EstDocs Film Festival will run from October 17-21, 2014.

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Published: April 01 2014

March 25, 2014 marks 65 years from the day when over 20 000 people – nearly 3 percent of the 1945 Estonian population – were seized by soviet authorities in a few days and dispatched to remote areas of Siberia.

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Published: April 01 2014

Fred confronts judges Norman, Courtney and Alex. "American Monkey" by Mihkel Raud, freeFall Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida. March 2014. Photo by Mike Wood Lighting.

On Saturday night, March 15, 2014, at the freeFall Theatre, the international premiere of Mihkel Raud’s “American Monkey” opened to a sold-out theatre.

Mihkel Raud beamed with joy to see the production rewarded by the audience with a standing ovation. The play received support from the Estonian Ministry of Culture through its program "Estonian Culture in the World."

Reality television in all its varieties seems fueled by the viewing audience’s thirst for acts of humiliation. When will it stop? Likely not until we take our eyes off the screen and take time to examine ourselves.

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Published: March 27 2014

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) announces solicitation of award nominees for the 2014 EANC awards program to recognize exceptional Estonian American individuals or organizations.

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Published: March 27 2014

The March 2014 issue of "EANC Newsletter" has been mailed!

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Published: March 27 2014

The Reform Party and the Social Democrats signed their coalition agreement in the Riigikogu building in Tallinn on March 20.

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Published: March 27 2014

ERR News - ERR's US correspondent reports that a Russian diplomat quoted by Reuters as voicing concern over Estonian policies as compared to Ukraine mentioned the countries in a different context.

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Published: March 27 2014

Andres Simonson’s Greeting At The Estonian Independence Day Celebration in Lakewood, NJ

Tere tulemast and welcome. My job today is to greet you and make you feel welcome at our Estonian Independence Day celebration. But as I set the joyous mood for today’s Lakewood Estonian House festivities, many will be wondering, why is our speaker speaking in English - this is Estonian Independence Day after all. Täna on Eesti Vabariigi aastapäev, miks ta räägib Ingliskeeles? Mis on viga poisiga? On ta lolliks läinud?

Well, besides the fact that my vocabulary is more robust in English, and that I rely on it like a crutch, the reason I am speaking in English is this: I am going to open today’s events by sharing my personal Eesti Vabariigi perspective - that of a hyphenated American, in this case an Estonian-American.  

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Published: March 19 2014