According to a report by the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to double the number of troops stationed along Russia’s border with the Baltic states and Finland, as Moscow envisions a potential military conflict with NATO within the next decade. “Russia has chosen a path which is a long-term confrontation,” […]
Estonia has called on all NATO allies to increase defense spending in a bid to strengthen collective support for Ukraine as the conflict recently passed its one-year mark. “Members have not done enough,” Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “This is my comprehensive assessment.” “The Western camp has […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—There is no indication that either a collision or an explosion caused the 1994 sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the accident investigation boards of Estonia, Finland, and Sweden said Monday. “There is no indication of a collision with a vessel or a floating […]
More European countries are distancing themselves from the Chinese communist regime. Latvia and Estonia have announced their withdrawal from the cooperative group between Beijing and East Europe. The decision follows Lithuania’s departure last year. According to Latvia’s foreign ministry, remaining in the China group no longer serves the country’s strategic goals in the current international […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The leaders of Estonia and Finland want fellow European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens, saying they should not be able to take vacations in Europe while the Russian government carries out a war in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas wrote Tuesday on Twitter that “visiting Europe is a privilege, […]
Estonia’s Parliament on Monday called for the creation of a no-fly zone in Ukraine as Russia’s attacks continue throughout the country, becoming the first NATO member state to do so. “The Riigikogu (Parliament) asks the U.N. member states to take immediate steps to establish a no-fly zone in order to prevent massive civilian casualties in […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled out a no-fly zone over Ukraine, insisting that no NATO allies are contemplating such a move as it would risk a direct conflict between the alliance and Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly requested a NATO no-fly zone over his country to prevent Russian jets from carrying […]
Estonian authorities deployed more than 1,600 reserve military units in an unannounced exercise that is scheduled to start on Wednesday as the illegal immigration crisis in nearby Belarus intensifies. In a statement issued by the government on Nov. 17, the forces summoned include 1,636 reservists from different units, who are mainly engineers that will be […]
TALLINN, Estonia—Estonia’s two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month. The party councils of the the opposition, center-right […]
HELSINKI—Estonia’s prime minister resigned Wednesday over a corruption scandal involving a key official of his Center Party suspected of accepting a private donation for the party in exchange for a political favor on a real estate deal, prompting new talks on forming a new ruling coalition. The resignation of Prime Minister Juri Ratas, who is […]
In Europe, Chinese funding for a proposed undersea rail tunnel linking Finland and Estonia is raising concerns in both nations. The tunnel, which would span the Gulf of Finland and link the Finnish capital of Helsinki with the Estonian capital of Tallinn, has for years been a topic of discussion between the two countries. The […]
A Spanish fighter jet accidentally fired a missile over southeast Estonia, near Russia’s border, on the afternoon of Aug. 7, prompting Estonia’s military to look for the missile—or its remnants—which have yet to be located. The Estonian Defence Forces said that the fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon from the Spanish Air Force, fired the missile […]
Estonian emergency services posted video on its Facebook page showing the rescue of a fisherman who fell through the ice on a lake. The video, posted on Saturday, March 26, on the Paasteamet Estonian Rescue page, is supposed to serve as a warning to other fishermen. The dramatic footage shows the rescue team sliding out […]
This Soviet prison once housed dozens of prisoners who worked at the nearby quarry. At the moment the lake, formed by nature afterwards, is frozen and creates an astonishing scenery. This former prison in Estonia was abandoned in the early ’90s and nature did fight the buildings and won. Created to house the workforce for […]
