The international conference “The Mass Flight in 1944 and Us” was held September 19th, 2022 at the Conference Hall of the Estonian Parliament. The opening remarks are by Tarmo Kruusimäe (Chairman of the Parliament’s Estonian Diaspora Support Group) and Tõnis Lukas (Minister of Education and Research).  The presenters are Meelis Maripuu (Estonia), Leide Neimane (Latvia),…

Conference “We Stand With Ukraine. Historical & Current Perspectives.”      In-Person and Virtual June 3, 2022 Europe House, Regeringsgatan 65, Stockholm REGISTRATION FORM On June 3, 2022, an In person and LIVE streaming conference in support of Ukraine will be held at Europe House, Regeringsgatan 65, in Stockholm, from 13:00 – 17:00. Conference organizers are Estonian…

Estonian World Council Statement on Russia’s Escalation of Aggression against Ukraine February 22, 2022 Russian president Putin’s order to “recognize” as independent and send “peacekeepers” into the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine is a serious violation of international law and an escalation of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Putin’s February 21st…

On Saturday 27 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the second virtual forum for Global Estonians. The forum looked at the life of Estonian communities abroad, presented the preliminary results of the great diaspora survey and explored the global Estonian diaspora in general. “I am very glad that we are continuing the tradition of…

The Estonian World Council, representing organized Estonians in United States of America, Canada, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and the Czech republic, strongly supports the recent joint statement of November 8, 2021, by the Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, where they…

Dear Estonians all over the world, You are cordially invited to follow the first virtual forum for Global Estonians. The virtual forum is now available for subsequent viewing. At the forum, we present the plans and activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Global Estonians and the results of the survey conducted in October….