Cybersecurity and defence news and analysis
According to a recent survey, 45% of Estonians are afraid of a military conflict on the country’s soil – which is 12% higher than in 2015. The survey, conducted by the Estonian insurance company, Ergo, and a Latvian pollster, SKDS, also concluded that 46% of Estonians worry about potential ethnic conflicts and 52% fear economic […]
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Russia is holding what it calls an “anti-terrorist” airborne military drill at its border with Estonia and Latvia that involves 2,500 troops and 500 units of equipment. The large-scale drills that started on 5 July in the Pskov region are, according to the deputy commander of the Russian airborne forces, Lieutenant General Nikolai Ignatov, the
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Estonia wants to assist the European Union in developing its defence policy during its presidency of the council of the EU that began on 1 July. The Estonian minister of defence, Jüri Luik, said in a meeting with the EU’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Federica Mogherini, that Estonia wishes to assist
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The vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, is to visit Estonia at the end of July. In Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, Pence will meet with the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, and other officials to discuss bilateral issues, the White House said in a statement. Pence will also meet the Kersti Kaljulaid,
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Estonia’s pilot project – the world’s first data embassy – could set an example for the rest of the world, and now the country is preparing to launch its first such site in Luxembourg. In the last 20 years, Estonia has developed into what the World Development report, compiled by the World Bank, last year
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Russia and China are to hold a military exercise in the Baltic Sea – right in the vicinity of the eastern flank of NATO and about a month after a NATO drill in the region at the Polish-Lithuanian border. The exercise is to take place in St Petersburg and Kaliningrad, and it is part of
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According to the International Telecommunication Union’s Global Cybersecurity index, Estonia ranks fifth in the world and first in Europe in cybersecurity. In the world, Estonia ranked fifth after Singapore, the US, Malaysia and Oman, the country’s e-Governance Academy said in a statement. This ranking makes Estonia first in Europe in the field of cybersecurity, according
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The Estonian Defence League is to start rigorous tests of the unmanned ground vehicle, THeMIS, during live military exercises; the vehicle was developed by the Estonian defence solutions provider, Milrem. Milrem and the Defence League already performed live tests during the biggest Estonian annual military exercise, Kevadtorm (Spring Storm) in May. During the exercise, a
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Almost 600 key experts and decision makers of the global cyber defence community have gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, for the international conference on cyber conflict, CyCon 2017. The event, opened on 31 May by the Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, will see keynotes delivered by admiral Michelle Howard, the Commander of the US Naval Forces Europe;
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The Washington-based Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has awarded the former Estonian prime minister, Mart Laar, the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom for his role and work in exposing the atrocities of the communist regimes. A historian by academic qualification, Laar has over the years drawn attention to and written about communist crimes. He wrote a
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