Monthly Archives: February 2013

International Conference at University of Glasgow “A Long Way from Home: The Baltic People in the United Kingdom”

The international conference “A Long Way from Home: The Baltic People in the United Kingdom” was held on 7 and 8 February 2013 at the University of Glasgow.

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Alberta’s Estonian Diaspora

A recent Canada Census indicates that over 2,200 Albertans reported Estonian ethnicity. The first Estonian pioneers arrived here starting in 1899 and soon established several settlements in the central and southern regions of the province of Alberta, established in 1905. Following World War II, several hundred Estonian immigrants also found their way to Alberta and settled largely in Calgary and Edmonton.

A New Year and a New Book at the National Library of Lithuania

2013 began with the release of a published bibliography of TOMAS VENCLOVA’s work – Tomas Venclova Bibliographic index (1956 – 2011). A poet, translator, literary scholar, winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize – Tomas Venclova is one of the best-known persons of Lithuanian culture nowadays.

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