October 16, 2023 On October 16, 2023, the United States Embassy will celebrate the completion of the renovation of the “Päkapikk” kindergarten in Võru. The United States Department of Defense and the United States European Command’s Humanitarian Assistance program funded the renovations, which cost over a half-million US dollars. The U.S. Embassy in Tallinn administered …
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September 14, 2023 The Embassy of the United States of America will open an educational outdoor exhibition “Pollination Investigation” on the green area between Ehte and Kolde streets in Tallinn on Friday, September 15 at 1 p.m. as part of the Tallinn European Green Capital project “The Pollinators Highway.” “I can’t think of a better …
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August 7, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to Estonia George P. Kent joined Estonian Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas and GLOBE Director Tony Murphy in Tartu to open the GLOBE Estonia Learning Expedition 2023, an environmental study program run in cooperation with U.S. space research center NASA. During the four-day Expedition, 150 students and teachers …
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How the U.S. Supports Estonia 10 Things You Might Not Know About U.S.-Estonia Partnership By: George P. Kent, U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Published in Õhtuleht on July 4, 2023 Today is the United States’ 247th Independence Day. People across the U.S. are celebrating with food, family, and fireworks. It is a day to …
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August 2, 2022 U.S. Embassy Tallinn Chargé d’Affaires Gabrielle Cowan joined Estonian President Alar Karis, Minister of Education and Research Tõnis Lukas, and GLOBE Director Tony Murphy in Käsmu to open an environmental study program, in cooperation with the U.S. space research center, NASA. During the four-day expedition, 170 students, teachers, and scientists from Estonia …
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September 22, 2021 The United States Embassy in Tallinn is proud to join GLOBE Estonia’s 25th anniversary conference and celebration on Wednesday, September 22 at the AHHAA Research Center in Tartu. U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Brian Roraff will give opening remarks at the conference and host an evening reception in honor of the anniversary. The …
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NOTE: The 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices were released on March 30, 2021. The annual reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United …
Read More» February 9, 2021 The United States Embassy in Tallinn, in coordination with the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), NASA, and the GLOBE Implementation Office, is proud to announce the designation of Estonia as a GLOBEPlus member. This distinction allows GLOBE Estonia to enhance its program and engage schools, institutions, and groups to further promote science education. …
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September 3, 2019 On August 28, 2019, the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research and the United States Embassy in Tallinn modified the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program. The amendment to the MoU, which was originally signed in Tallinn in 2007 and extended in 2015, further enhances cooperation between educational, …
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