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Ex-president Ilves presents Estonia’s highest award to former US president Bush

Sten Hankewitz / May 12, 2017

The former president of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, presented the former US president, George W. Bush, with the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, First Class, the highest award granted by Estonia. Ilves, while president, bestowed the decoration on Bush in 2012, but didn’t have a chance to present it in person until now. […]

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Denmark to contribute in the security of the Baltic region

Sten Hankewitz / May 7, 2017

From 2018, Denmark will again offer a contribution to the NATO enforcement of the Baltic countries’ airspace sovereignty, taking part in the Baltic Air Policing mission. “Denmark should make a robust contribution to security and stability in the Baltic Sea and the Baltic region. Therefore, I am pleased that Denmark will again from 2018 offer

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Poland and Spain take over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing

Sten Hankewitz / May 2, 2017

Poland and Spain are taking over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission with Poland having already sent its aircraft to Šiauliai, Lithuania, and Spain deploying its aircraft to Ämari, Estonia. Poland took the lead of the Balti Air Policing mission on 2 May, succeeding the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Polish Air Force will carry out

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Lennart Meri Conference to discuss the future of the West

Estonian World / May 1, 2017

This year’s Lennart Meri Conference, entitled “Darkest Just Before the Dawn?: The war on trust and how to win it”, will concentrate on the severe challenges facing the West and seek to identify opportunities that may arise in these bleakest moments. The conference will take place in Tallinn, the Estonian capital, from 12-14 May 2017 and

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US sends F-35 stealth fighters to Estonia

Estonian World / April 25, 2017

The US has sent two Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets to Estonia, as part of its first operational deployment to Europe. The jets, among the most advanced ones in the world, arrived on 25 April 2017 and will conduct training flights together with other US and allied air forces. Information about the potential deployment of the

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Speaker Ryan in Estonia: the US commitment to NATO is resolute

Sten Hankewitz / April 25, 2017

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, promised during his visit to Estonia that his country’s commitment to NATO is resolute and the US is ready to confront global security challenges, including those coming from Russia. Ryan visited Estonia on 22 April, leading a bipartisan delegation, during which he met with the

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Estonia to host a large cyber defence exercise

Sten Hankewitz / April 20, 2017

Estonia is to host one of the world’s largest technical cyber defence exercises, Locked Shields 2017, from 24-28 April. According to the Tallinn-based NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the main organiser of the event, this year the size and scope of technologies, networks and devices used in the exercise has increased considerably. “Reflecting

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Estonian companies create a cyber threat awareness platform for Latvia

Sten Hankewitz / April 14, 2017

Two Estonian cyber security companies joined forces and created a platform for the Latvian ministry of defence with the aim to raise its employees’ awareness about cyber threats. The Estonian companies, BHC Laboratory and ByteLife Solutions, created a joint venture called CybExer Technologies and developed the Cyber Hygiene Platform that is designed to interactively address

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US House Speaker Paul Ryan to visit Estonia amid Russia tensions

Sten Hankewitz / April 13, 2017

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, is to visit Estonia on 22 April, leading a bipartisan delegation to key NATO allies amid the tensions with Russia. Ryan and the delegation will visit the UK, Norway, Poland and Estonia to “meet with government officials and military leaders to review and discuss evolving

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Video: A historian debunks the Russian myth of the golden age of the Baltics in the Soviet Union

Sten Hankewitz / April 5, 2017

Latvian historian Gatis Krumins discovered detailed accounting reports of the State Bank of the Soviet Union, according to which the main investments to the Baltics went into Soviet military spending, and the Baltic states were rather subsidising other Soviet regions. When the Baltic countries were occupied by the Soviet Union, the people in these countries

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