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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...

A few weeks ago, the University of Tartu appealed to the Estonian diaspora in support of Ukrainian refugee students attending the University. The University decided to accept up to 300 refugee students from Ukraine for studies at the University. The Estonian Government has supported the cost of their tuition. With...

American poet and translator Adam Cullen recently opened a tiny new bookstore-cafe in the coastal Estonian resort town of Haapsalu. What makes it especially unique is that the bookstore's selection focuses on Estonian fiction translated into foreign languages. Located in a wooden house on the corner of Posti and Vaba,...

Fermi Energia, which is developing a nuclear power station in Estonia, will begin a preliminary geological study at one of the possible sites for a compact reactor in the village of Letipea, in the municipality of Viru-Nigula. In November, Steiger Engineering will drill three 90 mm diameter holes at depths...

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...

The Connecticut Estonian Society (CES) will hold its traditional Diaspora Estonia Day (väliseesti päeva) pot-luck-style dinner on Satur-day, November 19th, at the Romanian Church (formerly Latvian Church) at 2 Winter Street, Manchester, CT 06040. As in the past, CES will provide roast pork for the potluck meal and asks guests...