A number of JEBanoj have already signed up to attend the Internacia Junulara Kongreso (IJK) which this year is taking place in Szombathely in Hungary, from 26th July to 2nd August 2008.

If you want to know more about the congress, we recommend you visit the official IJK website, where you can read all the details about the location and programme (in Esperanto only), as well as view a list of those people who have already signed up. (more…)

Just to inform you that the British Esperanto Congress is taking place in Southport, Merseyside from Friday 9th May 2008 to Sunday 11 May 2008. Southport is a vibrant seaside town, easily accessible both by road and public transport, and this year’s congress promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable event.

If you wish to read more about the weekend, which is organised by the Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB), please click on the following link to the EAB website which provides further details: http://www.esperanto-gb.org/eab/eab_events/bk_payment.htm#ko ngreso You can also sign up and pay via this page; the cost is £10 for JEB members but to read how you could claim your costs back via NoJEF please see the following part of the JEBsite http://www.jeb.org.uk/attend-eo-events-for-free (more…)

The next JEB meetup is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 8th March in Peterborough.

This is an informal affair, to which everyone is welcome We’re likely to be meeting around lunchtime, probably somewhere in the vicinity of the station as most of us will be arriving by public transport. (more…)

The Esperanto Association of Britain runs a programme called Springboard which offers teaching to primary schools using Esperanto as a faciliating device to create language-awareness.

Along similar lines, the Springboard staff asked me to give a presentation to a primary school in Leicestershire in recognition of the European Day Of Languages last September. It went pretty well. Here is the report that I provided to them. (more…)

Alveninte malfrue al Ni Festivalu 2007, mi ege esperis alveni ĉe la ĉi-jara evento je pli taŭga horo. Bedauxrinde, malgraŭ la plej bonaj intencoj, mi denove malsukcesis alveni antaŭ la sabata matenmangxo Audante tion, certa amiko mia diris al mi ke li tute ne miras, ĉar se mi iam havas elekton inter la plej simpla kaj la plej komplika maniero ion fari, mi ĉiam elektas la plej komplikan, por aldoni intereson al la vivo. Tion mi kompreneble disputas; ne estas mia kulpo se de tempo al tempo strangaj aferoj okazas al mi, kaj certe ne estis kulpo mia sabaton ke mi devis trajne veturi de Birmingham al Barlastono tra Leicester kaj Derby. (more…)

Five British Members of Parliament recently undersigned a nomination to have the Universala Esperanto-Asocio considered a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

They were approached by activists from the UK’s “Esperanto Lobby”.

The five original signatories are Roger Gale, Mike Hancock, Oliver Heald, Brian Iddon, and Austin Mitchell. They were later joined by Rob Marris and Lord Teverson.

The nomination they submitted reads:

The International Language Esperanto is regular and relatively easy to learn, is currently in use by a worldwide community and is employed in world travel, correspondence, cultural exchange, conventions, literature, language instruction, radio broadcasting, and on the internet. Esperanto already serves as a common auxiliary language, fostering effective and fair international communication.

The Universala Esperanto-Asocio (UEA) supports linguistic diversity, democracy, human emancipation, and a global culture for peace.

Because Esperanto contributes to, education for international understanding, and because understanding is essential for peace, I wish to nominate the Universala Esperanto-Asocio for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008.

Wouldn’t it be poetic for UEA to win the award during the International Year of Languages

January 3^rd, 2008

We had to vacate our rooms by 09:00, so there was no chance of a lie-in. As had become par for the week, I dragged my sorry carcass out of bed after far too little sleep, this time feeling like death after my cold decided to bookend the holiday. (more…)

January 1^st, 2008 - Part 1 - Midnight till the early hours

Happy New Year!

So, I went downstairs leading up to the stroke of midnight. Cue “The Final Countdown”, and everybody singing along with it. It amazes me that foreign people actually know the lyrics, whilst I and the other English folk have to make do with loudly voicing “La-la-la laaa, la-la-laaaa”. (more…)

It would appear that circumstances have led me to already cease updating every day. That’s not very good, I know.

So, rather than wile away the three hours leading to the stroke of midnight over here in the disco, I figured it appropriate to sit down, take advantage of nobody else being around to leach the net connection, and play catch-up.

Now just to hope that I can remember everything … (more…)

December 26th, 2007

Not much of note to say about today, seeing as it was a day of travelling. How can I make that worth reading?!

I suppose the thing that most stood out was the fact that we, well, might well have missed our flight. Whoops. (more…)