13th Global Estonian Cultural Days to take place in Stockholm, Tallinn, Narva in 2025 baltictimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltictimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 2025 Global Estonian Cultural Festival, ESTO, will be hosted in Stockholm, Tallinn and Narva between June 26 - July 2, 2025. The ESTO Festival has called together Estonians from around the world since 1972, to celebrate their shared culture, heritage, and achievements – and to promote unity and reinforce the bonds between Estonians around the world. ESTO 2025 will coincide with and precede the XXVIII Song Festival and XXI Dance Festival happening July 3 – 6, in Tallinn.
Embassies Urge Hungary to Protect LGBT Rights Ahead of Pride March usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The embassies of the United States, Germany and 36 other countries urged Hungary's government to protect the rights of LGBT people and scrap laws that discriminate against them in a statement ahead of Budapest's Pride march on Saturday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government promotes a strongly Christian-conservative agenda and passed a law in 2021 banning the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under-18s, despite criticism from rights groups and the European Union. In a joint statement, the embassies and about 10 cultural institutions including the British Council, the Estonian Institute and Institut Français said they supported Saturday's event which is expected to draw thousands to downtown Budapest.