Tag: Estonia
Estonia buys Himars for two billion
Published: Just now full screen A Himars system during an exercise, here in Latvia. Archive image. Photo: Roman Koksarov/AP/TT The United States will sell six Himars model rocket artillery systems…
Classifies Russia as a terrorist state – but Estonia is divided
Estonia classifies Russia as a terrorist regime and pursues a hard line, which at the same time creates tensions within the country as well. A quarter of the inhabitants are…
The threat from Russia is always present in the NATO country of Estonia
Estonia was one of the countries that first warned of Russia’s intention to invade Ukraine. Recently, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, even apologized for the…
NATO strengthens on its eastern flank
Eastern Poland hit by a missile, a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border, puts NATO back at the center of the game. Highly inflammable context, while the political and military…
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia ban Russians from territory even with a visa
To put pressure on Russia, the European Union has just decided that Russian citizens will no longer be able to benefit from a reduced rate or a shortened period to…
Oak woodpecker, crested tit and white stork are familiar in Estonia, rare in Finland – birding trips from Finland to Estonia are growing in popularity again
You can find diverse excursion destinations even in Tallinn, but all of Estonia’s birding sites are located less than 300 kilometers from the capital. The stork is a typical bird…
Baltic countries want to sevenfold wind power capacity
While the Nord Stream pipeline is cut for three days for maintenance, the countries bordering the Baltic Sea met in Denmark on Tuesday August 30 for a summit on energy…
Aleksandr Dugin, who lost his daughter in the bombing, supports a great Russia and war – the FSB claims that the murderer was a Ukrainian woman who fled to Estonia
Aleksandr Dugin has been described as the “brains” of President Vladimir Putin, but some observers say his influence is exaggerated. Daughter Darja Dugina shared her father’s nationalist ideas. “Russia has…
Estonia moved a tank monument reminding of Soviet history from the street to a museum – the police arrested “old acquaintances” who opposed the move
The monument was moved under police supervision in Narva, where most of the population speaks Russian. 21:49•Updated 21:50 Estonia’s Soviet history is now less visible than before in the cityscape…
Estonia is mostly surrounded by water, yet Estonians are not a strange boating nation
The beaches closed by the Soviet era have opened up in Estonia a long time ago, but the boating tradition destroyed by the occupation has still not recovered properly, says…