{"id":3322,"date":"2026-03-23T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/journal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:12:11","slug":"journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/en\/journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3322\" class=\"elementor elementor-3322 elementor-1974\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f547475 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f547475\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e249a21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e249a21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7be13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e7be13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f148f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f148f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vana-Kaasiku journal entries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e38d0 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"d6e38d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pagination_type&quot;:&quot;numbers_and_prev_next&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:70,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-3406 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/en\/news\/march-news\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ekvilibrist-0118-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vanakaasiku.ee\/en\/news\/march-news\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tMarch news\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>A brainstorming session will take place on March 28. 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