Linnar Looris, first soloist of the Houston Ballet, performing in “Tempest”.

June 24, 2017

Enamus selle ajalehe lugejaskonnast oskab nii eesti kui ka inglise keelt, nii panen mõnda paberile viimases. Peamine põhjus on, et ma ei oska teatud sõnu või mõtteid eesti keelde tõlkida.

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Published: July 23 2017

Liiklus (traffic) in Tallinn's kesk/linn (mid/town) is suletud (closed) on July 2 from 8 am to 3 pm. Some people are no doubt thinking "Hmm, I wonder why?" and finding it a terrible nuisance, but if they happened to see what was going to happen, they would stop, watch and be mezmerized.

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Published: July 06 2017

Which could point to the future of how countries deal with critical data

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Published: July 06 2017

Campanelli Handbell Ensemble of Tallinn, Estonia, will present a concert at the New York Estonian House, 243 E 34th St, New York, NY on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 7:00 pm, during their East Coast tour. The ensemble and their conductor, Inna Lai have performed extensively throughout Europe and Russia, and have appeared numerous times on TV and radio.

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Published: July 06 2017

Toomas H. Ilves at the Bertelsmann Foundation Award Ceremony on June 29 at Gütersloh, Germany. Photo from THI facebook page 

This year's Reinhard Mohn Prize "Smart Country: Connected. Intelligent. Digital." went to Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the former President of Estonia. He was awarded in honor of his pioneering work on the promotion of digitalization in government, education and public services. Ilves was awarded the prize worth €200,000 at a ceremony in Gütersloh on June 29,  announced the Bertelsmann Foundation website.

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Published: July 06 2017

Representative Rohrabacher (back row, second from right) meets with Ukrainian- and  Russian-Americans, along with EANC and JBANC reps. Photo courtesy of JBANC.

EANC’s sister organization from the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) representing Ukrainian Americans held an advocacy event on June 14 in Washington to call attention to legislation relevant to ending the conflict in Ukraine.

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Published: June 30 2017

July 2, 2017, will mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Karl Linnas at the hands of the Soviet Union. Pursuant to the Hitler-Stalin Pact (1939), the Soviet Union killed thousands, made arrests, confiscated property, carried out mass deportations, and militarily occupied and annexed Estonia (1940).

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Published: June 30 2017

Group photo. Märten Vaikmaa’s Jaanipäev with the Estonian Society of Central Florida on June 18, 2017 in Terra Ceia, Florida. Photo: Anné Phillips.

Märten Vaikmaa, his wife Sunne, and children Iti (12) and Uku (10), our newest parttime neighbors from Estonia, invited members of the Estonian Society of Central Florida (Kesk Florida Eesti Selts) to join their friends and neighbors in a fabulous Jaanipäeva celebration in their beautiful waterfront home in Terra Ceia, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2017.

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Published: June 30 2017