Senator John McCain to visit Estonia
US Senator John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is to visit Estonia on 27 and 28 December, leading a delegation of […]
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The US military completes a USD11.2 million facelift in Estonia
The US military has completed a USD11.2 million infrastructure facelift at the Tapa army base in Estonia. According to the Estonian military, altogether 27 projects
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When your biggest ally suddenly becomes friendly with your scariest neighbour
The appointment of Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state of the United States has left many American allies, including Estonia, a bit worried
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Estonia represents NATO in Belarus
The Estonian embassy in Minsk, Belarus, is taking over the mandate of the NATO contact point embassy from Latvia. The contact point embassy operates as
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Finland, the Baltic states and security
As a member of the EU, Finland cannot stay on the sidelines when the security of its near neighbourhood or regions elsewhere in Europe is
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Survey: 89% of Estonians support the country’s NATO membership
According to a public opinion survey on national defence in which 1,203 residents of Estonia were interviewed, 89% of the population support Estonia’s NATO membership.
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NATO holds an annual cyber exercise in Estonia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the largest military alliance in the world, organised its largest cyber defence exercise in Estonia. Named Cyber Coalition 2016,
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The Estonian president: the Baltics are not afraid of migrants or Russians
The Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, said in a response to an EurActiv article that the Baltics were not afraid of migrants or Russians as the
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France to send troops, tanks and combat vehicles to Estonia
France is to send five Leclerc tanks, 12 infantry combat vehicles and 300 troops to Estonia next year. The deployment was confirmed by the French
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The UK is to deploy long-range missiles on the Estonian-Russian border
The United Kingdom will next year deploy batteries of high precision long-range missiles on the border between Estonia and Russia; the deployment is the first
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