Section: Estonia
Estonia extradites suspected terrorist to Ukraine
Estonia handed over suspected terrorist Vladimir Polyakov to the Ukrainian authorities on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Interview: Pavlo Klimkin says Russia at war with both Ukraine and EU
What got Ukraine where it is today? Who is responsible for the mistakes of the past 25 years? What’s the oligarchs’ role in politics? ETV+ talked to Ukrainian foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin. Here is the full-length video interview in English. …read more Source:...
Estonian citizen suspected of terrorism to be extradited to Ukraine
The Supreme Court of Estonia refused to hear the appeal of the decision that the extradition of Estonian citizen and terrorism suspect Vladimir Poljakov to Ukraine is lawful, which means that the decision stands and Poljakov now awaits extradition. …read more Source:...
75 years since the June Deportations
In June 1941, the Soviet authorities deported 95,000 people from the Baltic States, Poland, Bukovina, and Bessarabia (present-day Moldova and Southwest Ukraine) to force the collectivization of farms and destroy the local rural economies. …read more Source:...
Visiting Ukrainian minister: Russian withdrawal needed to hold elections in Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine demanded unlimited access for OSCE observers and the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Eastern Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, said in Tallinn on Thursday. …read more Source:...
President Ilves: Welcome back home, Nadiya Savchenko
Ukrainian Air Force pilot and Verkhovna Rada Deputy Nadiya Savchenko was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, released and returned to Ukrainian soil on Wednesday in exchange for two Russian nationals pardoned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
Baltic defense ministers discuss preparations for upcoming NATO summit
Meeting on the Estonian island of Saaremaa on Monday, the Baltic States’ three respective Ministers of Defence discussed preparations for the upcoming Warsaw NATO Summit on July 8-9, the security situation in the Baltic Sea region, supporting Georgia and Ukraine, and defense cooperation between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. …read...
Court rules extradition of Estonian terrorism suspect to Ukraine lawful
Tallinn Circuit Court overturned a lower-level court decision, finding the extradition of Vladimir Poljakov, an Estonian citizen suspected of terrorism, to Ukraine is lawful. …read more Source:...
Estonian government backs scrapping one-carrier restriction on Ukraine flights
On Thursday, the Estonian Government approved an order eliminating a one-carrier restriction from the country’s 1993 air traffic agreement with Ukraine. As a result of this amendment, opportunities for regular flights between Estonia and Ukraine will expand, said the Government Communication Unit of the Government Office of Estonia....
Estonian MP urges German government to freeze Nord Stream 2 project
The project for a second underwater gas pipeline between Russia and Germany undermined the unity of Europe, increased security risks, and delivered a blow to the economy of Ukraine. For all these reasons, it should be frozen immediately, MP Andres Herkel (Free Party) said. …read more Source:...
