Katie Vesterstein from Utah, member of the Estonian A Team, will be representing Estonia at the Winter World University Games on  December 11-21, 2021, in Lucerne Switzerland. She will race the Slalom World Cup on December 29 in Leintz, Austria, and at the 2022 Winter Olympics in February 2022, where she will compete in slalom, giant slalom, and parallel slalom.

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Published: November 13 2021

Baltic Unity Day Celebrated in Lakewood

On Sunday, November 7, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians gathered at the Lakewood Estonian House in New Jersey for the annual Baltic Unity Day.

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Published: November 13 2021

 

What a beautiful night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with music of Arvo Pärt!

 

Every seat was filled and one could sense the silences between the notes.

The Temple of Dendur was the setting for the haunting world premiere of O Holy Father Nicholas, commissioned by Nektarios S. Antoniou for the Schola Cantorum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Published: November 08 2021

Speakers clockwise from upper left: Elisabeth Braw, Konrad Muzyka, moderator Michael Sawkiw, Alex Tiersky.

Ms. Braw noted that the threat to national security goes beyond disinformation with the intent to target and harm democracy in Western nations, and that this threat is nothing new.

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Published: November 08 2021

IN PERSON at Scandinavia House at 58 Park Avenue

(at 38th Street) and ONLINE across the U.S.

The other cinema of Northern Europe: the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been producing motion pictures since 1910.

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Published: November 08 2021

Photo by Jaan Heinmaa

 

With the arrival of fall we say goodbye to the warmth of summer and move into the cooler months of the year.

 

Transitions like this can be stressful on the body and it is a good idea to lighten its load by letting go of stored toxins and compromising eating habits and thereby boosting our vitality and immunity.

Fall is the time to flush out the excess heat from the summer and prepare our bodies and minds for the winter.

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Published: November 08 2021

President Biden Met With Prime Minister Kaja Kallas

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas met with U.S. President Joe Biden on November 1 alongside the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow , where they discussed bilateral defense ties, including the continuation of defense cooperation both bilaterally and in NATO.

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Published: November 08 2021

On October 26, Assistant Secretary Donfried met with Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets and others from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They discussed cooperation in NATO, the United Nations, and the OECD, and ways to promote our shared democratic values in the region.    Photo by U.S. Embassy Tallinn

 

U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Dr. Karen Donfried, traveled to Sweden and Norway, Estonia, and Rome, Italy this week.

Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Karen Donfried is in Tallinn this week to highlight the strength of the U.S.-Estonian relationship and reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO at the Bucharest Nine summit.

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Published: October 30 2021