At an extra meeting of the National Defense Committee of the Riigikogu on Thursday, Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet (Reform) provided an overview of the government’s decision to use additional funding to improve the Estonian state’s defense capability. The committee approved the allocation of half a billion euros in additionalContinue Reading
A contingent of over 200 Danish military personnel arrived at Ämari air base on Friday, ready to contribute to the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup based at Tapa. Around 150 soldiers from the Jutland Dragoon Regiment’s (Jydske Dragonregiment) Viking Company, a heavy infantry unit, are to serve with theContinue Reading
Russia’s operation in Ukraine has resulted in the rise of energy resource prices, as gas price soared by nearly 40% and the price of oil reached USD 105 (EUR 94.18) On the day of Russian operation, Thursday, February 24, Brent crude oil price hit USD 105 per barrel for theContinue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said on Thursday she did not recommend that Estonians volunteer to fight in Ukraine. People who fight for Belarus or Russia face five years in jail. Speaking at the government’s weekly press conference on Thursday, Kallas spoke about Estonians who want to fight on theContinue Reading
Germany has granted Estonia permission to send weapons, formerly owned by the country, to Ukraine, media outlets Die Zeit and Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has confirmed the news. Estonia sought permission to send 122-millimeter howitzers, previously owned by Germany and Finland, to Ukraine more thanContinue Reading
President Alar Karis has held his post for approximately five months. He will make his first speech on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia tomorrow (February 24). This anniversary will be again celebrated in a more modest manner due to the corona crisis and due to the threat ofContinue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) has pursued a successful foreign policy course amid the current security crisis facing Ukraine, senior ERR journalists Anvar Samost and Huko Aaspõllu find. On the other hand, defense minister Kalle Laanet (Reform) has been irresponsible in stating that if Ukraine falls before Russia’s objectives, theContinue Reading
The average electricity price in Estonia on Friday will be €81.45 per Megawatt Hour (MWh), a rise of 29 percent, between Thursday and Friday. The average price of electricity per MWh on Thursday was €63.01 on the Nord Pool exchange. The cheapest rates are to be had between 2 a.m.Continue Reading
The Baltic foreign ministers are preparing to travel to Ukraine amid Western concerns that Russia may invade its neighbor, Lithuania’s top diplomat Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday evening. “We have tentatively agreed with our Baltic colleagues (…) on our possible visit (to Ukraine) in the near future,” he told theContinue Reading
Covid certification requirements will not be lifted from February 21, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) says, citing too-high rates of hospitalization as a result of symptomatic Covid. Speaking at the regular Thursday press conference, Kallas said: “The average number of symptomatic Covid patients admitted to hospital over the past tenContinue Reading