- Community briefs
Embassy restored after devastating fire. Renovation is near complete at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, D.C., which was badly damaged in a July 2001 fire.
- Educators take expertise overseas
Every summer for the past 11 years, Phil Taylor has been coming to Lithuania to share a few weeks of teaching expertise with local educators as part of APPLE — the American Professional Partnership for Lithuanian Education.
- BATUN looks ahead to 2004
When the Baltic flags of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania went up for the first time at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Sept. 17, 1991, representatives of the Baltic Association to the United Nations marked the happy occasion.
- Upcoming events abroad
Twentieth Estonian Festival in Australia (Eesti Paevad Austraalias). Dec. 27 - 31, 2003.
- Estonian, Argentine artists in joint exhibit
A new wave of “tangomania” will hit the Baltics when the tango-inspired art exhibit by Estonian-born artist Sirje Okas Ainso and Argentine artist Jose M. Ansalone travels across the ocean from the Americas.
- Russian-U.S. relations revisited
During the initial stages of social rebirth in the Baltic states after they reclaimed their independence in the early 1990s, it was well understood that the key to their long-term security would involve developing good relations.
- Lithuanian Jonas Mekas honored for achievements
On Oct. 30, Lithuanian Jonas Mekas, artistic director of Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue in New York celebrated 50 years as a programmer of avant-garde cinema.
- Estonian trade delegates explore U.S. market
A flurry of e-mails is already underway on both sides of the Atlantic as a result of the successful Estonian Trade Mission that was held at the New York Estonian House on Sept. 17, 2003.
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The communities of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians living outside the Baltics played an important and historic role during the fight for independence that stretched over a large part of the last century.
- Putting Latvia on the map
Remember when 16-year-old Alina Lebedeva slapped Prince Charles in the face with a carnation during the prince’s visit to Riga?
- Government plants seeds for e-PINE
The communities of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians living outside the Baltics played an important and historic role during the fight for independence that stretched over a large part of the last century.
- Upcoming events abroad
U.S.-Baltic Foundation “A Baltic Celebration.” Silent auction and gala awards dinner. Historic Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Nov. 1. Visit http://www.usbaltic.org/ for more information.
- Estonian animators recognized in upcoming New York festival
“Culture vultures” are getting geared up to attend the Estonian Animation Festival to be held at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in New York Nov. 13-16.
- Preserving Latvia's rural splendor
Since Latvia’s independence in 1991, there has been great pressure to catch up to Western economic standards and their market driven economies.
- A new era for U.S.-Baltic relations
Integration with Western societies and strong alliance building has been a priority for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ever since they regained their independence in the early 1990s.