The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will meet on Friday to discuss coordinating the easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Baltic states, Latvian Prime Minister Krišjanis Karinš has said. Latvia wants to develop a strategy to start lifting restrictions this month, public broadcaster LSM reported on Tuesday. KarinšContinue Reading
Even without the introduction of universal conscription, Lithuania will probably conscript all young men fit to serve in 6-8 years due to demographic changes, the country’s National Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas says. “One way or the other, we are moving towards a universal conscription model when practically all men, youngContinue Reading
The coalition Center Party wants to lift coronavirus certificate restrictions from February 7 as it no longer serves its purpose. Additionally, the party wants to relax all restrictions, including mass PCR testing. The party, which created the restrictions currently in place alongside the Reform Party, released a statement on Sunday.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) urged the United States to ramp up its military presence in the Baltic countries in an interview to Financial Times. Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops on the Ukraine border. Kallas wants NATO to boost its eastern flank presence irrespective of whether Russia invades UkraineContinue Reading
Puolustusvoimien mukaan eristyksiin ja karanteeneihin soveltuvia tiloja löytyy joukko-osastoissa vain rajoitetusti. Esimerkiksi Porin prikaatissa tilanne on kuitenkin hyvä. Korona on iskenyt varusmiesten arkeen entistä rajummin, sillä tartuntamäärät ovat nousussa myös Puolustusvoimissa. Samaan aikaan anonyymin keskustelusovelluksen Jodelin intti-kanavalla käy keskustelu kuumana varusmiesten epäoikeudenmukaisesta kohtelusta karanteenissa ja muutenkin korona-aikana. Vastaavanlaista keskustelua onContinue Reading
An Estonian Navy (Merevägi) officer has been appointed new commander of a NATO mines coutermeasures group. Naval (Merevägi) Officer Cdr Ott Laanemets is now the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1), and has relieved Cdr Michal Dziugan of the Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna), following a ceremony held in TallinnContinue Reading
As of Wednesday morning, the price per liter of 95 gasoline in major fueling stations rose to €1.599, which is an all-time record. Fueling chains say there are many reasons for the price inflation. Neste marketing and communication manager Risto Sülluste told ERR that the main reasons for the increaseContinue Reading
State-owned energy firm Eesti Energia has signed a long-term purchase agreement with clean energy generator Octopus Renewables, acquiring with it a major wind farm in Finland, over a five-year term starting this year. Margus Vals, Eesti Energia board member, said that: “This is another landmark deal which brings more green energyContinue Reading
The cable carries data from satellites orbiting the Earth above the North Pole Service to one of the world’s key Arctic underwater cables providing a data lifeline to satellites orbiting the Earth has been disrupted. One of the two cables has been out of service since Friday and Space NorwayContinue Reading
The general public and politicians have to decide whether universal military conscription in Lithuania should include women, Darius Kuliesius, President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security advisor, said on Tuesday. “It is society as a whole and all politicians who have to make a decision on this matter,” the advisor toldContinue Reading