Yesterday the JBANC team headed to Annapolis, MD as Maryland Governor Hogan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Estonian Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov to reaffirm Maryland and Estonia’s robust partnership. Besides military-to-military cooperation, the relationship has also including a growing number of people-to-people ties, including a handful of Sister City relationships.Continue Reading

On July 6, 2019, Henry L. Gaidis, one of the two Lithuanian American Council (LAC) representatives to the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) and current Chairman of its Board of Directors, was honored by President Dalia Grybaskaite by confirming upon him the Cross of the Knight of the OrderContinue Reading

On Friday April 12th, 2019 the Maryland National Guard hosted its 14th Annual Unity Day in Baltimore, Maryland. The historical 5th Regiment Armory was buzzing as attendees were greeted by smiles and brochures directing them to the table displays of all the sister-states in attendance. A ceremonial Honor Guard initiatedContinue Reading

Photo by Wikimedia Commons STATEMENT: For Immediate Release January 16, 2019 Contact: jbanc@jbanc.org Release the Ukrainian Sailors: The Kremlin’s Aggression against Ukraine Continues On November 25, 2018, Russian naval vessels attacked Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov, capturing three Ukrainian vessels and 24 sailors. These actions were blatant provocationsContinue Reading

The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) is one of the co-signers of the letter of 90 NGO’s to the EU countries Ministers of Foreign Affairs regarding Global Magnitsky legislation. It is a measure that JBANC and the Baltic-American communities have strongly supported over the years. Washington, D.C.—Human RightsContinue Reading

The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) represents one million Americans of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian heritage. After we first heard in August about Walmart and other major online retailers selling t-shirts with Soviet symbols online, we believed that this was an error that would be marked quickly byContinue Reading