August 22, 2016
20. August 2016 – 9:19 Dear friends, Today we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic of Estonia. Surely many of you remember the anxious days in August 1991. Today 25 years […]
March 14, 2016
The Consulate General of the Republic of Estonia in New York is pleased to announce that Ms. Mary B. Nippert of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been appointed as the first ever Estonian Honorary Consul to the […]
November 16, 2015
President Ilves’s answer to a request from Eesti Päevaleht and Postimees to comment on how the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015 will change Europe President Toomas Hendrik Ilves: In Paris on the evening […]
August 21, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 By Kara Nordness On August 11th, the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) hosted its second annual briefing on Capitol Hill for visiting Baltic high school students. The students were in the […]
June 24, 2015
BY KARL ALTAU JUNE 23, 2015 *NEARLY 50,000 CITIZENS OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES WERE SENT TO THE GULAG IN JUNE 1941 *THOUSANDS OF THOSE DEPORTED DIED ON THEIR WAY TO THE GULAGS This June, we […]
August 25, 2014
August 23 marked the 75th anniversary of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which divided Europe and helped start the Second World War. The first commemoration of Black Ribbon Day to be held in the U.S. Capitol […]
July 29, 2014
The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) has begun a series of meetings with members of the House Baltic Caucus to thank and recognize them for their support for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Photo […]
May 23, 2014
From Jaak Pedak, 5/23/14: The Black Ribbon Day resolution passes yesterday (May 22) in the U.S. Congress – to recognize victims of Soviet communist and Nazi regimes. This is especially important in light with what […]