Tag: Karl Altau

A few days after submitting last month’s Vaba Eesti Sõna article (“Baltic Security Initiative Update: To Be or Not to Be?”) about the endangerment to the BSI, there were positive developments, this time coming from the United States Senate. By a vote of 77-20 on October 9, the Senate passed ...

In early September, sources reported the sobering news that the Trump administration intended to halt established United States security assistance programs with allies and partners, including those for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. As Noah Robertson wrote in The Washington Post on September 4, 2025: “Among the programs to be suspended ...

An appeal from our Ukrainian friends in America. Please call/write/email the White House to express support for Ukraine against Moscow's aggression and the invasion of the territory of a sovereign nation.   Remember Georgia in 2008, Ukraine in 2014. Which country is next? Thank you!   Karl AltauJBANC   Dear ...

JBANC Press Release: February 7, 2014  (Washington, DC) – Circassian-American activists, who trace their roots to the Sochi region in the North Caucasus, participated on February 6 in the first-ever Google+ Hangout organized and hosted online by the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC). On the eve of the official ...

December 11, 2013   The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC), echoing the concerns of Americans of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian heritage, and the Ukrainian people and concerned individuals and governments around the world, calls for a fair, democratic, and peaceful solution to the increasingly volatile situation in Ukraine. ...

Please ask your Representatives for their support   Washington, DC (JBANC) - Baltic Caucus co-chairman Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) introduced the “Black Ribbon Day” resolution in the U.S. House of Represen-tatives on July 16. The legislation supports the designation of August 23 as a day of remembrance to recognize the ...