On February 9, the Estonian government decided to confirm the recipients of the National Lifetime Achievement Award for Culture — conductor Neeme Järvi, actor Lembit Ulfsak and theologian and translator Kalle Kasemaa.

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Published: February 17 2017

Sarasota Orchestra music director and conductor Anu Tali hosts guest pianist Simon Trpčeski and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür at Anu and Friends Dinner, Sarasota Yacht Club (FL), January 31, 2017.   Photo: Erkki Taada

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Published: February 17 2017

From left:  Helen Sisask, Linda Tälli, Mia Marta Ruus, Dalia Doman, Kiira Gornischeff, Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, back row: Tõnu Poopuu.   Photo by Anneli Lepp / Text: Permanent Mission of Estonia FB page

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Published: February 06 2017

The expanding international relations of Estonia have increased global interest in Estonian language and culture, and the willingness to promote cultural, economic and political relations with Estonia.

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Published: February 06 2017

As members of the 115th Congress settle into their new offices, it’s time for us to start thinking about how to make sure issues that impact Estonian security get those members’ attention.

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Published: February 06 2017

The U.S. Army will be sending tanks to the Baltics this week in the largest such deployment since the Cold War, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Published: February 06 2017

January 15, 2017 - February 19, 2017, open Saturday and Sunday from 1–6pm and by appointment. SOLOWAY, www.soloway.info 348 South 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Gallery Soloway is pleased to present: Caught In a Looped Gesture, an exhibition by Terttu Uibopuu.

In a journey that begins in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina in Florida and Louisiana, and continues to the post-Soviet Baltic country Estonia, Uibopuu traces subtle signs of trauma and recovery in the lives of people and places still healing from natural disaster and political occupation.

Caught In a Looped Gesture brings forward a selection of works from Uibopuu’s photographic series E.S.E (East South East; 2014-16,) where she shifts between various sites in Eastern Europe and the American South.

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Published: February 06 2017

There were 2 people that are known to have marched on Saturday January 21 in Estonia in solidarity with the global human rights demonstrations, which grew out of the Women's March on Washington. The first person was writer, editor and translator Hilary Bird (on the right). Born to an Estonian mother, she grew up in England and stood in the town hall square of her current hometown Tartu on Saturday, holding a sign that read "Kiisud Trumpi vastu!"

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Published: January 30 2017