Mart and Dr. Linda-Reet Kask

Presentation by Mart Kask, Board Chairman and Managing Director, Rotalia Foundation, Member of Fraternity Rotalia, Emeritus Honorary Consul, Republic of Estonia At the 100-year Estonia Independence Celebration Seattle, Washington 24 February 2018

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Published: April 28 2018

The latest KLENK-IEP 2019 will be more exciting and feature an incredible selection of talent. To date we have Veronika Portsmuth and her famed choir, Märt Agu and his folk dancers, an accordion troupe from Viljandi along with yoga, an assortment of lectures and workshops, Estonian films, multiple speakeasies (salakõrts), cocktail party, ecxiting ports of call (Ft Lauderdale, Labade, San Juan, St Maarten, St Kitts) and all the excitement and features of the RCCL Adventure of the Sea.

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Published: April 30 2018

In the wake of his receiving a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, Estonian World spoke to the American composer, Eugene Birman, about his work and its connection to Estonia.

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Published: April 27 2018

The Estonian-founded, London-based money transfer company, TransferWise, has launched its borderless multi-country account for everyone and a MasterCard debit card for Europeans, enabling its customers to get local bank details for the UK, the US, Australia and Europe.

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Published: April 30 2018

You'll have to take my word for it that this door is quintessentially spring green. Twotone roheline  in fact – dark green details on light green. And quintessentially kevadine (vernal), since this wonderful tõe/hetk(moment of truth), full of helid ja lõhnad(sounds and smells) that everyone had forgotten existed, occurred on the corner of Kevade tänav (Spring Street) in central Tallinn, in what was soul-shaking 18 degree Celsius heat on esmaspäeval, 9. aprillil. 

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Published: April 27 2018

Estonian delegation at the White House. From left to right: Lauri Kuusing, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser, Estonian Defence Minister Jüri Luik, president Donald J. Trump, president Kersti Kaljulaid, Ambassador Lauri Lepik and Tiit Riisalo. Photo: President Kersti Kaljulaid’s Facebook page

Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid visited Washington, DC on April 3rd and 4th in conjunction with the summit meeting between President Trump and all three Baltic leaders. 

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Published: April 22 2018

During the Baltic presidents' April 3 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, a declaration will be adopted on U.S. support for enhancing security in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis said in an interview with Latvian Television on Thursday, March 29 morning.

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Published: March 30 2018

Conductor Maaja Roos (left) and the soloist Arete Teemets after the concert. Photo: Eleri Ever

Those who don’t know Estonian choral music beyond the name Arvo Pärt may wonder whether it is like Latvian or Lithuanian music. But the Baltic states are quite different from one another in many respects, notably music — in which Estonia is truly distinct. Its people revere singing as a national pastime, gathering every five years on a cliff facing the Baltic Sea, with a choir of thousands singing to many thousands more. 

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Published: April 22 2018