According to Kusti Salm, secretary general at the Estonian Ministry of Defense and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) division commander Major General Veiko-Vello Palm, one of the main lessons of the war in Ukraine is that Estonia’s ammunition stocks are in need of major replenishment. “‘Security’ is the keyword of recentContinue Reading
The 2023 Riigikogu election-winning Reform Party has decided to invite Eesti 200 and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) to initiate coalition talks, Prime Minister and Reform Party chair Kaja Kallas announced at a press conference on Tuesday morning. The Reform Party, which won 37 seats in the 101-seat Riigikogu, decidedContinue Reading
Estonia’s blue, black and white flag was raised at 7:33 a.m. at Pikk Hermann Tower at Toompea on Friday to mark the start of Estonia’s 105th Independence Day. Crowds gathered at the foot of the tower in the Governor’s Garden and in the street below to watch the ceremony andContinue Reading
Browsing through the Estonian political parties’ election manifestos, it is clear that the economy is not the main issue in the upcoming Riigikogu elections. Speaking on talk show “UV Faktor,” economics experts said, that when it comes to issues related to the Estonian economy, many of the parties propose toContinue Reading
Estonia’s defense cooperation with Finland and Sweden is already very good, and it will not be damaged by delays in the two countries’ accession to NATO, said Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) on Tuesday. “Our security cooperation with both Finland and Sweden is very strong. We are in theContinue Reading
The Baltic states will continue to send military aid to Ukraine, and support the sending of fighter jets, the prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said at a meeting in Tallinn on Friday. Estonia is leading the Baltic cooperation formats this year and the trio discussed Ukraine, joint infrastructureContinue Reading
A Finnish company is rolling out a new smart mobility platform expanding the ride-hailing concept to the skies, which in the future could enable charter flights to once again provide passengers with a direct connection between Tartu and Helsinki. There are places all over the world that have an airport,Continue Reading
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, so much Russian pipeline gas has been imported into the Baltic-Finnish gas network that it exceeds Estonia’s annual consumption by more than two and a half times. But without purchasing the despised resource our rooms could stay cold in winter. Mid-October. BothContinue Reading
The inability to complete the development of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in time forced Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets to apologize to both the European Union and the member states of the community a few weeks ago. The need for the development of the Schengen Information System (SIS) managed byContinue Reading
Estonia’s outgoing spymaster and incoming State Forest Management Center (RMK) director Mikk Marran sheds light on speculations that have been rife surrounding his decision to quit and takes a look back at the last seven years in an interview with ETV’s “Pealtnägija.” The reason we are sitting down for thisContinue Reading
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