During the first weekend in May, JBANC's Lita Juberte had the opportunity to address Latvian-Americans on Ukraine-related issues during the American Latvian Association's (ALA) annual Congress, held this year in Philadelphia.

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Published: May 21 2014

The Estonian Ministry of Education has prepared a bill which would make all school lunches free, not just for primary school students as is currently the case.

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Published: May 27 2014

ERR News - "I Won't Come Back," a film directed by Ilmar Raag and co-produced by film studios in Russia, Finland, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, has won a special jury mention from the Nora Ephron Prize's jury at the Tribeca FIlm Festival.

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Published: May 21 2014

Presidents Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Sauli Niinistö with Mrs. Evelin Ilves and Mrs. Jenni Haukio during Estonian President’s two day state visit to Finland on May 13-14, 2014.

The Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat said that between the presidential press services' official lines on close relations, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves displayed impatience with reasoning employed by NATO-skeptic Finnish politicians and that his view on the alliance's role clashed with that of his host, Finnish head of state Sauli Niinistö.

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Published: May 21 2014

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra (TCO) conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste will perform the world-famous music of Arvo Pärt in Washington, DC and New York from May 27th until June 2nd. The concerts will take place in the presence of composer Arvo Pärt.

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Published: May 13 2014

How movie titles are interpreted worldwide is always interesting. This movie just starting showing in Estonian kinod (cinemas), so a lot of people in the west must be at least somewhat familiar with these karva/näod (furry faces) and punn/põsed (chubby cheeks) belonging to the star oravad (squirrels). The original title of this laste joonis/film (animated kids’ movie) is The Nut Job. The Estonian translation Paras pähkel is an expression used to describe something that is hard to accomplish or to crack open. “A hard nut to crack” is the English equivalent, although in Estonian it can describe a person, but is more often used to describe a challenging situation.    Photo: Forum Cinemas AS – Estonia

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Published: May 27 2014

Photo: Siiri Lind

More than 30 years ago, after the Estonian Language Mother’s Day service in Cleveland, asked my husband’s niece who does not speak Estonian, why even men are wiping tears when singing “Mother’s Heart?” That night my husband sat down and wrote the translation  - a very good one, in my opinion - that can also be sung in English.

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Published: May 13 2014

The U.S. Tech Industry Would Be Wise To Keep An Eye On These Countries' Innovations – And Learn A Thing Or Two About Thinking Big.

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Published: May 21 2014