Miks? WHY are there still so many pipar/koogid (gingerbreads) left?! How on earth can you begin a new tervislik (healthy) režiim in the uus aasta (new year), when there are still so many goodies left over from the pühad (holiday)?!

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Published: January 13 2018

Photo by Õhtuleht /Jörgen Norkroos

There's nothing in the world quite like Christmas in Europe, writes the Conde Nast Traveler— wooden chalets in historic towns dating to the 13th century,  snow-covered cathedrals, and all the hot mulled wine you can drink. CN Traveler also mentioned Tallinn among the 12 of the continent's can't-miss markets.

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Published: January 06 2018

Reform Party chairman and Second Vice-President of the Riigikogu Hanno Pevkur has hired former Reform minister Rein Lang as his adviser. The decision was criticized by fellow opposition members right after it was announced, as Lang will work on Reform's platform for the 2019 elections, not for the benefit of the national parliament.

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Published: January 13 2018

ESTPLA-24 and the Irish-Finnish battalion IRISHFINBATT on Christmas in Lebanon. Photo ERR News/mil.ee

ERR News – Estonian troops of the ESTPLA-24 platoon serving in a multinational Finnish-Irish battalion on the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in Lebanon took time on Christmas Eve to celebrate the holiday with their Finnish colleagues.

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Published: January 06 2018

Unique Teaching From Estonia Is Coming To San Francisco on February 10-11, 2018.

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Published: December 26 2017

A kesk/aja (medieval) feast is one of the countless sculptures and 3D sculptural scenes made entirely of pipar/koogi/tainas (gingerbread dough) that can currently be seen through the giant vaate/aknad (picture windows) of the Disaini- ja Arhitektuuri/galerii on the main Pärnu maantee thoroughfare in central Tallinn.

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Published: January 01 2018

Endla Saar

One night, an American and a Canadian (both of Estonian descent) were wandering though the Barnes & Noble Store in Niskayuna, NY. They were in search of yet more books to add to their already burgeoning personal collections.

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Published: December 26 2017

Estonian Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Marko Mihkelson addressing the gathering.

The House Baltic Caucus (HBC) turned 20 this year and was recognized with an elegant reception on Capitol Hill attended by members of Congress, Baltic parliamentarians, embassy officials and other friends of the Baltics.

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Published: December 26 2017