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The US Army Europe will soon dispatch a survey team to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to scout locations for tanks and other military hardware as part of an effort to bolster the US military presence in the region, according to the American newspaper Stars and Stripes. The US Army Europe will move […]
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According to the results of a fresh opinion survey, 93% of ethnic Estonians support Estonia’s current NATO membership and 88% are in favour of the presence of allied forces in the country. The Estonian public has increasing confidence that NATO would provide military assistance if Estonia faced a threat. More than half of the respondents
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The US president Barack Obama visited Estonia on 3 September and reaffirmed the American security commitment. Estonian World picked five of the most remarkable quotes Obama said in Tallinn. From the security context, one of the most important events for Estonia in 2014 was the promise given by the US to defend the country according
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This year brought US troops into Estonia, possibly for long term. Estonian World takes a look back at the US presence in Estonia in 2014. In the beginning of the year, Estonian Defence Minister Urmas Reinsalu indicated in a speech given at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, that a permanent
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Last spring, Estonia’s IT leaders proposed an ambitious plan for the country: Estonia should be moved into the cloud, which would make occupying the country meaningless. This week, the country tested the idea with Microsoft. According to the ambitious plan, suggested by a number of Estonian IT leaders, the state could move its critical information
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The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has reiterated intention to protect Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Russia’s aggression if necessary. In an interview to German newspaper Die Welt’s Sunday edition, Merkel reiterated intention to give three Baltic states military assistance in case they are threatened by Russia. “The question of war in the Baltic states does
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The Estonian government has decided to buy 44 CV90 infantry vehicles for the Estonian Defence Forces from the Netherlands, in what is the largest defence procurement project ever for the country, at USD 171 million. Previously, the largest Estonian defence procurement projects were the purchase of MBDA-made Mistral missiles for about USD 84.5 million in
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26 November is celebrated in Estonia as Citizen’s Day. It commemorates the date of the signing into effect of the first Estonian citizenship law in 1918, and honours all Estonian citizens as well as those who are aspiring to become citizens, regardless of ethnicity. It is also a day that encourages reflection on the relationship
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Estonia’s Defence Minister Sven Mikser has signed a contract to buy 80 Javelin anti-tank missile systems from the United States, in a deal worth €40 million. It is expected that the proposed sale will improve Estonia’s capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security to the country. Mikser said in October that
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NATO will continue its bulked-up Baltic air policing, sending a fresh rotation of fighters to both Estonia and Lithuania, after the current rotations end in early 2015, alliance officials announced. “Today’s Baltic air policing mission requires both high readiness and interoperability,” NATO air command boss, US Air Force General Frank Gorenc said. Russian aggression in
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