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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...

Mast office visit - From left: Karl Altau (JBANC), Sarah Miller (Rep. Mast staffer), Karin Shuey (EANC), Liv Hega Fears (JBANC). Photo courtesy of JBANC   EANC President Marju RinkAbel issued a letter thanking members of last month’s Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip that included a stop in Tallinn. Washington, DC...

BOUGAS, Tiina Parlin Died peacefully on October 24, 2016 at her home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, surrounded by her loved ones. She was the beloved wife of 63 years to Dr. James Andrew Bougas, and devoted mother to Karen Bougas Linn and Tiina Smith Rand. She was also the cherished...

The Estonian American National Council is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the following three young Estonian Americans to the 12th Joint Baltic American National Committee Baltic Conference:   Mariliis Eensalu, DeKalb IL Markus Kitsing, Monroe, CT Caroline Stevens, Sandy Spring, MD   These individuals were selected based on...

Maris Palo is pictured at her university laboratory in Tartu, Estonia.   In her native Estonia, budding atmospheric scientist Maris Palo is a doctoral student at the University of Tartu. When she is not cracking books or watching over instruments in the field, she works at the university’s Laboratory of...

Women medal winners (upper photo) and men medal winners.   Photos by Andrus Ers.   Over 150 USA and Canadian ESTOS converged on Mt Tremblant, Quebec on March 9th for a 3-day weekend of skiing, snow boarding and socializing. The group was fairly evenly split between our friends from the north...

From left:  Helen Sisask, Linda Tälli, Mia Marta Ruus, Dalia Doman, Kiira Gornischeff, Gertha Teidla-Kunitsõn, back row: Tõnu Poopuu.   Photo by Anneli Lepp / Text: Permanent Mission of Estonia FB page   Permanent Mission of Estonia to the UN is glad to have the very first Youth Delegation to attend...

As members of the 115th Congress settle into their new offices, it’s time for us to start thinking about how to make sure issues that impact Estonian security get those members’ attention.   EANC and the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) are stepping up our work on the Hill...

There were 2 people that are known to have marched on Saturday January 21 in Estonia in solidarity with the global human rights demonstrations, which grew out of the Women's March on Washington. The first person was writer, editor and translator Hilary Bird (on the right). Born to an Estonian...

Inside the SFRC hearing room.    Photo by Karin Shuey   The last several weeks have certainly been interesting. Articles have been published almost daily that seem to contradict what was written the day or week before. It’s difficult to know what information has substance and what is based in speculation....