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Jack Layton lays out his platform to the ethnic media
The leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Jack Layton laid out his near-idealistic platform and pointed out the very realistic problems with this ...
 
Communist Party document claimed to name Estonians as Soviet enemies (7)
It’s important to note that the Estonians are targeted not as enemies of Russians but enemies of Soviet power, a belief system and regime ...
 
Why do capitalists support communists? (3)
The following article was first published in the Estonian language in the ethnic newspaper “Meie Elu” in the year 1982. The author wrote its ...
 
Jõekääru bears down on a new constitution (5)
A black bear made its yearly appearance at Jõekääru on Saturday, May 26. It was a pleasant morning, with the sun shining brightly in a clear blue ...
 
Tartu: what’s in a name? (1)
A good child has many names says an old Estonian proverb and the town’s important strategic position on the road and water routes to Russia has ...
 
Saku is going to the Toronto Beer Festival
Saku Originaal has been the leader of Estonia’s beer market since 1995*. Being the first quality beer of the post-Soviet period in Estonia, it ...
 
Time (2)
Time marches unrelentingly on and my old friend and neighbour Victor the “Baltic baron” lately has been feeling its bite. He is now in his ...
 
Estonia's clean sweep at wife-carrying BBC NEWS (1)
An Estonian man has fought off a challenge from a sumo wrestler to be named the world's best wife carrier.

ARTICLE: ...
 
Why do capitalists support communists? (4) (1)
Roosevelt’s “New Deal”

In the early 1930s Bernard Baruch and General Electric’s president Gerhard Swope and their sympathizers were ...
 
Emotions conflicting with rational thinking in Estonian politics
The Estonian government has adopted a doctrine of keeping the internal policies of the state separate from its external policies. That makes it ...
 
Why is America the fall guy? (1)
Being an eager student of history made me wonder: why has the U.S. become an easy victim? The book Savage Peace gives me some answers. (David P. ...
 
Seedrioru Suvihari 2007 (6)
I always find it difficult to write about an event when I know that I am up against Eesti Elu’s eminent roving reporter and wordsmith Eerik Purje ...
 
Marcus Kolga wins CEMA award for GULAG 113 (2)
The 29th annual Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA — formerly the Canadian Ethnic Journalists and Writers Club) awards event took place this ...
 
Jaanipäev 2007 in Alberta
They came through the pouring rain, played traditional outdoors games between showers, feasted indoors on very tender rotisserie pork roast, ...
 
Kingsep descendants set foot on home soil after 108 years (5)
The idea was preposterous, the timing was bad and the list of family contacts almost 30 years out of date. But there we were, huddled around a ...
 
Freedom House declares Estonia to be a stable, parliamentary republic
The outright dismissal of human rights, the forcible takeover of independent media, the intimidation, even liquidation of “unfriendly” ...
 
There are only 46 days left, until the West Coast Estonian Days!
The best hotel reservations have already been made, ticket sales have been great, and the Gold Cards are selling well. A surprise is awaiting the ...
 
Moscow’s own policies costing it influence in neighboring states
VIENNA – Moscow is itself to blame for its declining influence in the former Soviet republics, a Russian commentator argues, because it has failed ...
 
A fun summer at Jõekääru awaits
Summer has begun, school is almost out and the long-awaited summer camp at Jõekääru is about to begin!

The Board of Directors invites all to ...
 
Jaanipäev
As many of you know, this weekend is the midsummer holiday. Basically it’s the summer solstice holiday, but in Estonia it has several layers. The ...
 
Unauthorized Entry
Things have been slow down at the lake so when I recently read about two elderly men that are in process of being deported for allegedly lying to ...
 
A special evening in Old Town Tallinn (2)
They came from the four corners of the world to eat, to drink, to reminisce, and to be merry! Most had Alberta Estonian pioneer or post-WWII ...
 
U.S.-Baltic Relations: Celebrating 85 Years of Friendship
Honorable Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister, Republic of Estonia, The Honorable Artis Pabriks, Foreign Minister, Republic of Latvia, The Honorable Petras ...
 
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets ethnic journalists (1)
On June 15, 2007 the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, presided over a round table session with certain members of the ...
 
June 23/24, 2007 Suvihari at Seedrioru (1)
SUMMER KICK OFF. THIS IS THE EVENT, Don't miss it - if you have other commitments during the day, come as soon as you can and join the
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Flamingos 0 – Storks 2
Not a single pink, plastic flamingo was to be seen in the town of Büdelsdorf in Northern Germany, but we did see some mischievous aiapäkapikud ...
 
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