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UPDATED: Estonian MPs call for the release of the detained Ukrainian pilot

Sten Hankewitz / March 15, 2016

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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Estonian intelligence: Russia biggest threat to the regional security

Sten Hankewitz / March 9, 2016

The Estonian Information Board – the country’s foreign intelligence service – warns in its “International Security and Estonia 2016” report that the policies of the current Russian government will remain the greatest threat of the military security of the Baltic Sea region in the near future; however, a Russian attack against Estonia is “unlikely”. In

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Pauli Järvenpää: Can Estonia be defended?

Pauli Järvenpää / February 23, 2016

A recent report by the RAND think tank concluded that Russian forces could reach the outskirts of Tallinn in just 60 hours. Pauli Järvenpää, a former Finnish diplomat, takes a more optimistic view. Beginning in summer 2014 and extending for over a year, the RAND Arroyo Center conducted a series of wargames examining the results

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The UK to send warships and troops to help defend the Baltics

Sten Hankewitz / February 10, 2016

The United Kingdom is going to send five warships to the Baltics to help defend NATO’s eastern flank; the country will also contribute troops to a new 6,000-strong NATO force. Michael Fallon, the UK defence secretary, said that increasing the country’s NATO contributions will send a strong message “to our enemies that we’re ready to

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WSJ: NATO to expand its deployment in Eastern Europe

Sten Hankewitz / February 5, 2016

NATO is to approve an expansion of its troop deployments in Eastern Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the alliance officials; the move comes after a global think tank said in an analysis that NATO was currently unable to defend the territory of its most exposed members, including Estonia. The WSJ said

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Think tank: NATO cannot currently successfully defend Estonia

Sten Hankewitz / February 3, 2016

At the moment, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members, including Estonia, RAND Corporation, a global policy think tank, says in its recent analysis. The think tank analysed a series of wargames conducted in the Baltics between the summer of 2014 and the spring of 2015, and concluded that as “currently

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Estonia helps increase Georgia’s cyber security capability

Estonian World / February 3, 2016

The Estonian Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with Georgia, has prepared a training and exercise package aimed at raising the southern European country’s cyber security capability. The two countries have opened an extensive cyber related series of trainings in Georgia, in order to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of Georgian governmental authorities and vital information systems,

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PICTURES: Estonian peacekeepers in Lebanon

Estonian World / January 20, 2016

Since May last year, Estonian peacekeepers have been based in border area, separating Lebanon and Israel, as part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission. Estonian peacekeepers are conducting patrols; training and patrolling with the Lebanese Armed Forces as well as carrying out other peacekeeping duties from their base in Tiri, southern Lebanon. Estonian platoon is

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Spain and Belgium take over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission

Estonian World / January 6, 2016

The 40th rotation of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission will take place on 7 January in Lithuania and Estonia as responsibility for the mission will be transferred from Hungary and Germany to Spain and Belgium. Spain will lead the Baltic Air Policing mission for the first four months of 2016 with four Eurofighter Typhoon

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Estonia joins a UK-led joint force to tackle common threats

Silver Tambur / December 1, 2015

The United Kingdom will be at the forefront of a high-readiness force that includes Estonia. On 30 November, the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon, committed the UK to a leading role in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which will include Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, and could mean the mobilisation of up

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