Section: Estonia
Russian Embassy condemns Estonia’s non-recognition of certain passports
The Russian Embassy in Tallinn condemned the decision by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to not recognize passports issued by the Russian Federation to residents of Eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts after April 24 if the passport holder was not previously a Russian citizen. …read more Source:...
Estonia refuses to recognize Russian passports issued in Donetsk, Luhansk
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided not to recognize passports issued by Russia to residents of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts after April 24 unless the passport holder was previously already a Russian citizen. …read more Source:...
15 percent of Ukrainian voters in Estonia vote in Verkhovna Rada elections
Ukrainian citizens living or temporarily staying in Estonia voted in Sunday’s parliamentary elections at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tallinn on Sunday. According to the chair of the polling division, over 4,700 Ukrainians were registered to vote in Estonia, nearly 730 of whom had voted by evening, indicating a 15-percent voter turnout....
MEP Paet to Poroshenko: Those behind MH17 downing must be held accountable
At a meeting in Strasbourg this week, MEP Urmas Paet (Reform/ALDE) told former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that those who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) must be held accountable both legally as well as politically. …read more Source:...
Reinsalu: Russia must accept its role in MH17 tragedy
Wednesday marks the fifth anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) by a Russian Buk missile in Eastern Ukraine. Estonia mourns the 298 innocent victims of this terrible tragedy, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said. …read more Source:...
Foreign minister to highlight Ukraine, Georgia at OSCE meeting
Foreign minister Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) is attending an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) informal foreign ministers’ meeting in Slovakia this week, BNS reports. …read more Source:...
Estonian PACE representatives vote against restoring Russia voting rights
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted early on Tuesday to restore Russia’s voting rights, five years after suspending them following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The Estonian delegation, consisting of MPs Eerik-Niiles Kross (Reform), Indrek Saar (SDE), and Raivo Tamm (Isamaa), all voted against....
Nordica closing further routes, leaving commercial risk to LOT
Flag carrier Nordica announced on Friday that it will drop another five of its routes this fall. The airline’s flights to Kiev, Copenhagen, Trondheim, Vienna, and Vilnius are no longer profitable, and the routes will be closed permanently at the end of October this year. …read more Source:...
Matti Maasikas new EU Ambassador to Ukraine
Matti Maasikas has been appointed new European Union Ambassador to Ukraine. Maasikas is currently undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. …read more Source:...
Estonia commemorates June 1941 deportation with national day of mourning
Every year, Estonia commemorates the anniversary of the June 1941 deportation with a national day of mourning. Seventy-eight years ago, Soviet security authorities deported 95,000 people from the Baltic states, Poland, Bukovina, and Bessarabia (today’s Moldova and Southwest Ukraine). In this move, Stalin’s regime destroyed local rural...
