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The Estonian American National Council is pleased to announce that Estonian Ambassador to the United States Lauri Lepik will be the keynote speaker at a special EANC dinner on November 11, 2017. The dinner is in conjunction with EANC’s annual meeting at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel in downtown...

President of the Republic, Kersti Kaljulaid, will this week go on a working visit to New York where she will take part in the annual UN General assembly. Apart from numerous bilateral meetings with other heads of state and participation in various discussions, the Head of State will also give...

EANC joined a coalition of 23 groups concerned with human rights in signing an open letter to Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin stressing the importance of implementation and enforcement of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Global Magnitsky was signed into law in December...

Participants in the JBANC meeting with the State Department Baltic team. From left: Anna Udre, Julia Lazdins, Chris Evans, Karin Shuey, Ausma Tomsevics, Carol Werner, Henry Gaidis, Ian Campbell, Karl Altau, Peter Blumberg. Photo courtesy of JBANC.   Estonian American National Council representatives joined Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC)...

NOTICE: The Estonian American National Council will hold its annual meeting on November 11-12, 2017,  at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The meeting is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required and space is limited.   An open public program on...

The Speaker of the Estonian Parliament Eiki Nestor was in Washington June 26-28 for a Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) conference to foster transatlantic relations. The NB8 includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden in a format that focuses on regional cooperation. Parliamentary speakers from all nations except Denmark...

Campanelli Handbell Ensemble of Tallinn, Estonia, will present a concert at the New York Estonian House, 243 E 34th St, New York, NY on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 7:00 pm, during their East Coast tour. The ensemble and their conductor, Inna Lai have performed extensively throughout Europe and Russia,...

Representative Rohrabacher (back row, second from right) meets with Ukrainian- and  Russian-Americans, along with EANC and JBANC reps. Photo courtesy of JBANC.   EANC’s sister organization from the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) representing Ukrainian Americans held an advocacy event on June 14 in Washington to call attention to...

Congress brief - Left to right: JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau, SFRC Legislative Director Chris Socha, CSCE Senior Advisor Scott Rauland. Photo by Karin Shuey   The Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) held its biennial conference on Baltic security on 19-20 May in Washington, DC. World-class experts, diplomats, regional...