During the allied Saber Strike exercise this summer, Estonia will host a record number of US troops; while the exact number is unknown, it’s estimated over 500 units of US military kit would participate in the exercise. The Saber Strike exercise will be one of US Army Europe’s largest multinational exercises this summer in a […]
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The United Kingdom is to send Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke to the Baltics to bolster the region’s security. The Typhoon jets and the Iron Duke will deploy to the Baltic this month as part of the UK’s commitment to eastern European allies, the ministry of defence said in
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A Polish technology conference, called infoShare 2016, invites Estonian startups to be among 5,000 of its participants and enter a startup contest with a €20,000 prize. The conference, dubbed “the biggest tech and new media conference” in the Central and Eastern European region, is to take place 18-20 May in Gdansk, Poland. This year’s event
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Estonia has scored 13th in the Nanny State Index among its European Union peers, meaning the country has thirteenth worst record when it comes to regulating people’s every-day lives. The Nanny State Index, published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, gives every European Union country a score out of 100 according to how it regulates
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The United States has come up with plans to position more US troops, tanks and other armoured vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to defend the allies from a potential Russian aggression, the Wall Street Journal reported today, adding this would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. The
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According to a research paper by Chatham House, a British think-tank, the techniques and methods used by Russia in the Ukraine conflict have roots in traditional Soviet approaches and shouldn’t have surprised anyone; moreover, the paper calls the strategic interests of the West and Russia “fundamentally incompatible”. Chatham House, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in
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The Estonian defence solutions provider, Milrem, is to showcase its hybrid unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to key American defence suppliers. The company will join the Estonian prime minister, Taavi Rõivas, in his visit to the United States next week. As part of a delegation of renowned Estonian defence and technology companies, Milrem will present its
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The French-headquartered pan-European public transport company, Transdev, has partnered with the Estonian company, Tsolutions, the creator of the Tpilet (“Tticket”) system that is used on Estonian long-distance buses, as its ticketing solution provider. Transdev plans to implement the Tpilet system on its long-distance bus routes that operate under Eurolines and Isilines brands in France, the
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The city of San Antonio in southern Texas has a neighbourhood called “Estonia” with street names like Tallinn Trace, Viljandi Moon and Kardla Forest. San Antonio is the seventh most populated city in the United States and second most populated in the state of Texas. South from the state capital, Austin, it’s home to over
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Seventy-two members of the Estonian parliament have voted in favour to pass a statement in support of Nadiya Savchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and a military pilot, who is being illegally detained in Russia, demanding her release and return to Ukraine. A member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian parliament and
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