Section: Estonia
President visits farm employing Ukrainian labour due to workforce shortage
President Kersti Kaljulaid on Saturday visited agricultural company Mangeni PM, which hires Ukrainian farmhands every year because of locals’ lack of interest in the job. Mangeni’s Meelis Venno made it into the national media earlier this week when he invited EKRE chairman Mart Helme to come and visit his farm, which he says...
Estonia bars Russian vessel entering waters, on Crimea annexation issue
A Russian ship has been barred entry into Estonian territorial waters, as it has been used in the training of sea cadets, some of whom were on board, from a high school in Crimea, a territory annexed by the Russian Federation from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source:...
NATO celebrates 70th anniversary, reaffirms alliance strength, solidarity
At Thursday’s ministerial meeting marking the 70th anniversary of NATO, talks focussed on the future of the alliance and the changing security situation, including Russia and the effects of the violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, support for Ukraine and Georgia, and bolstering the security of the Black Sea...
Kaljulaid wants to talk bilateral relations, Ukraine, Georgia with Putin
Speaking to ETV news broadcast Aktuaalne kaamera on Thursday, President Kersti Kaljulaid said that in meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, she wants to discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Georgia as well as bilateral Estonian-Russian relations. …read more Source:...
Boyko most popular candidate by Ukrainian votes cast in Estonia
Yuriy Boyko, the presidential candidate of the Opposition Bloc, received the most votes of those cast by Ukrainian citizens in the first round of the 2019 presidential elections at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tallinn on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Estonian MPs observing presidential elections in Ukraine
Members of the Estonian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) are currently in Ukraine to observe the presidential elections taking place on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Foreign Minister Sven Mikser: Crimea is and will remain part of Ukraine
Five years ago today, on 16 March 2014, Russia stage-managed a sham referendum in Crimea and two days later illegally annexed the peninsula, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser (SDE) wrote in a statement published on Saturday morning. …read more Source:...
President Kaljulaid meets with Speaker Pelosi, talks security, defence
While on a working visit to the US, President Kersti Kaljulaid met with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) late on Wednesday evening, with whom she discussed security and defence cooperation, the situation in Ukraine, hybrid threats as well as bilateral Estonian-US cooperation. …read more Source:...
Mikser calls for continued support of Ukraine
Speaking at an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, Foreign Minister Sven Mikser (SDE) said that the security situation in Ukraine is worsening still, and that the country depends on increased support on the part of the European Union. …read more Source:...
President Kaljulaid, Luik attending Munich Security Conference
From Friday through Sunday, President Kersti Kaljulaid is in Germany attending the annual Munich Security Conference, where she will be taking part in a discussion on the future of Ukraine as well as speaking at the Young Leaders forum about technological diplomacy. Minister of Defence Jüri Luik (Isamaa) is likewise attending the conference....
