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BES Christmas party – December 11th at 3:30 p.m. (Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA) We are pleased to announce that we can celebrate Christmas together again. The program includes a traditional blood sausage Christmas dish, a performance by BES schoolchildren and, of...

The contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film! On November 30, see a special screening with Estonia’s official nomination for the 95th Academy Awards, “Kalev” (dir. Ove...

Karl Altau / JBANC The 2022 midterm elections in the United States are in the books. But the counting will continue into December. The election headlines are that the Senate will remain in the hands of Democrats, and Republicans held on to flip the House . Despite the victory, House...

“We’re not for Russia or Ukraine. We’re for peace.” This was Mart Helme’s message on the state broadcasting network’s online portal for Russian speakers. Helme’s own far-right EKRE party leadership were seemingly disturbed by the gaffe, and downplayed its importance. For the public, they ostensibly distanced themselves from Helme’s candour....

JBANC Managing Director Karl Altau was among the speakers at a benefit for a wounded Ukrainian marine at the childhood home of Grace Kelly in Philadelphia on October 29, 2022. Roman Horodensky, a 20-year-old Ukrainian Marine from Odesa, is currently undergoing prosthetic rehabilitation in Philadelphia. He went to defend Ukraine...

The next in-person “Washington Ukraine Days” advocacy event will be held in Washington, DC November 15-17, 2002. The advocacy event is sponsored and organized by the Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), the Washington, DC public affairs bureau of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA). If you are interested in...

The Siblings Day Foundation will be hosting a Siblings Day Social on November 18th, at the New York Estonian House (234 East 34th St, Manhattan, NYC), starting at 6 PM, and featuring twin brother musicians and Julliard graduates, Will and Pete Anderson. Identical twin brothers and “Virtuosos on clarinet and...

EUROPEAN LITERATURE NIGHT 2022 Wednesday, November 166 – 10 PM Ukrainian Institute of America2 E 79th St.New York, NY, 10075 RSVP needed European Literature Night brings some of Europe’s brightest literary talents to New York audiences. Critically acclaimed authors as well as translators and performers representing 11 E.U. countries will...

Last month I wrote about the role fat plays in our bodies and how fat in our meals is actually helpful in losing weight. Today we will look at non-food items that can be helpful for weight loss. Awareness Bring awareness to everything food-related. So many of us rush to...

I was in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1954 on the charter schooner "Caribee", when Queen Elizabeth, on the Royal Yacht Brittania, was visiting the British Empire, which was vast. We were told in social studies that "The sun never sets on the British Empire", as Britain had holdings in every arc...