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Pub night — pubi õhtu

Come out to the next pub night, set for this Friday, September 29 starting at 6.30pm at the Ol' Orchard Pub at ...
 
22 September 1944: The Otto Tief government and the fall of Tallinn (1)
In September 1944, the Soviet Union reoccupied Estonia, but not without Estonians making an attempt to restore their independence in the vacuum ...
 
The Toronto Sun under fire (1)
The Toronto Sun has taken some shots these last few weeks, but nothing that would stop the King street Queen.
 
First, Saturday Sun columnist ...
 
EACCI Baltic Real Estate overview
The Estonian American Chamber of Commerce & Industry will launch its 5th Anniversary season on Oct. 12, with an overview of Real Estate in the ...
 
Bird droppings from Estonia: Hanse Tartu and the Ema-Peipsi barges
I took the opportunity to do some very enjoyable research for my Tartu guidebook on a recent beautiful Sunday here in old Tartu. I am now on the ...
 
VOC Memorial groundbreaking ceremony
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has announced that Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula ...
 
The peculiar predicament of Toomas Hendrik Ilves (8)
Imagine, that you were a foreigner not in one country, but in two countries, and maybe then you can begin to understand the peculiar predicament of ...
 
A delightfully refined exuberance
Rosemarie Lindau and Tiina Kiik. Tango Naturno, 2006, 40:49

Chanteuse Rosemarie Lindau and accordionist extraordinaire Tiina Kiik have been ...
 
Re-independence day and the 20th anniversary of Black Ribbon Day
On Thursday, September 7, 2006 at Estonian House, the Estonian Central Council marked festively the re-independence of Estonia and the twentieth ...
 
Motorsport: Grand Prix of Mosport, September 1-3
A Mosport weekend that began with heavy rains ended in another Audi victory for Alan McNish and Rinaldo Capella in the LMP1 class. The result gave ...
 
Kristi Mühling in concert
Visitors to Estonia often notice a certain box of chocolates in the shape of a kannel. But who is the girl on the box? And what kind of kannel is she ...
 
Estonian films at Ottawa animation festival
Five Estonian films will be presented at this year's Ottawa International Animation Festival, taking place September 20 - 24. The Estonian films ...
 
Urban Russians say ethnicity behind Kondopoga; rural Russians blame criminal groups
VIENNA – Residents of Russia’s larger cities place blame inter-ethnic animosity for recent clashes in the Karelian city of Kondopoga, but those ...
 
Could some good come out of Kondopoga?
VIENNA – Most of the discussions of the ethnic violence that flared in the Karelian city of Kondopoga ten days ago continues to be apocalyptic, but ...
 
Moscow urged to revive propiska system – and warned against doing so
VIENNA – A week after violence erupted in the Karelian city of Kondopoga, Russian commentators are beginning to move on from the eternal Russian ...
 
Citizenship ceremony at the CNE
Tucked between the international kiosks at the Direct Energy Building (which once was the International Trade Building) at the Rogers Auditorium, ...
 
How I became less stupid in Nunavut (1)
The graffiti on the wall read “I Eat Blubber” in big red letters. Those three words, scrawled on the inside of a remote cabin by the shore of ...
 
Brush up and deepen your Estonian at the University of Toronto! (1)
Each year the Estonian Studies Program at the University of Toronto receives many inquiries about opportunities to study the Estonian language at the ...
 
Of a mouse and a mountain
After president Putin kissed young Nikita on the lad's tummy in the Kremlin gardens he was stuck with a thought. A stroke of genius. Surprising, ...
 
North Dakota museum featured Estonian exhibit
The Joachim Regional Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota featured an Estonian exhibit centred on Estonian settlers in the southwestern part of the ...
 
Pääsukesest kukeks – Swallow turns rooster (1)
When standing on Maakri tänav in Tallinn with your back towards the Radissoni hotell, you’re at a crossroads in many ways. For one, you are ...
 
Kondopoga – ‘The Birth of a Nation’ or the beginning of the end of Russia?
VIENNA – The growing flood of reactions by commentators of all stripes to the events last week in Kondopoga may say more about the present state ...
 
Learn to speak Estonian!
An excellent opportunity to study the Estonian language is offered for teenagers and adults on the third floor of the Toronto Estonian House (Eesti ...
 
Attention teens!
Jõekääru & Seedrioru Immersion alumni and all other interested teens: the Toronto Estonian Supplementary High School is adding a new class to ...
 
Koidula and 100 years of theatre (1)
Bird droppings from Estonia

In June I went to see a play called simply Koidula, about Lydia Koidula , a major figure of the 19c National ...
 
Make mine a laager
Drinking up life at Jõekääru this summer
Through the heart of Jõekääru runs a dark brown river. It moves quietly, largely unnoticed, but is ...
 
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