Section: Estonia
Defense chief: Cooperation among NATO eastern flank nations critical
During a meeting with colleagues from the Baltics, the Visegrád countries and Ukraine, Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces Gen. Riho Terras stressed the imortance of cooperation among countries located along NATO’s eastern flank. …read more Source:...
Rõivas: Outright warfare continues in Eastern Ukraine
Outright combat acivity is going on in Eastern Ukraine, said Second Vice-President of the Riigikogu and former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas (Reform) after visiting Ukrainian troops serving close to the front line in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Nordica launches flights to summer destinations
Estonian state-owned carrier Nordica launched its summer routes to destinations in France, Croatia, Germany and Ukraine this week. …read more Source:...
Mogherini: Military solution not answer to Ukrainian, Syrian conflicts
Political will is needed to solve the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini told BNS in an interview. …read more Source:...
Zhanna Nemtsova: Russians’ euphoria about annexation of Crimea largely gone
Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, will speak at this week’s Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn. Talking to the Baltic News Service, Nemtsova said that Russians’ euphoria over the annexation of Crimea had subsided, and that they were turning their attention to the ailing economy and the...
Kortunov: Minsk agreements should be reviewed, revised
The Minsk agreements regulating the Ukraine conflict should be reviewed and revised, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrey Kortunov said in an interview with BNS. …read more Source:...
Estonia affirms commitment to development cooperation with Ukraine
Ukraine remains a priority country for Estonian development cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Director General of the External Economic and Development Cooperation Jüri Seilenthal said at consultations held in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Ratas in Kiev: Ukraine’s future will affect European security architecture
Speaking at the Kyiv Security Forum on Thursday, Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas said that Ukraine’s future would determine the design of the European security architecture for the next few decades and called for continued cooperation on European security and stability. …read more Source:...
Estonian businessman wins against Russian defense ministry in Crimean court
Businessman and former mayor of Tallinn, Tõnis Palts, is defending his rights to real estate owned by him in Crimea, won against the Russian defense ministry in a local first-tier court earlier this month. …read more Source:...
EU Affairs Committee visiting Ukraine
The Riigikogu’s European Union Affairs Committee is starting a three-day visit to Ukraine on Monday. The MPs will meet with their colleagues from the Ukrainian parliament, and with Estonians living and working in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
