The Latest Breaking News from Estonia

Send fighter jets to the Baltics to defend their airspace, Estonia tells U.S.

Estonia has asked the United States to send fighter jets to the Baltic states to defend their skies, amid worries that Russia could be poised for an attack on Ukraine that would lead to an confrontation with the Baltic region, the country's defence minister said on Saturday.

Reuters · Feb 19, 2022

Estonia sends Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine

Estonia delivered Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine on Friday, the Estonian Defence Ministry said.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

Kaja Kallas: ‘There is a certain naivety towards Russia’

The Estonian prime minister on the Baltic state’s precarious position and why many European nations misread Moscow

Financial Times · Feb 18, 2022

Queen carries out her first official engagement since Covid-19 scare

The 95-year-old monarch was pictured holding virtual audiences at Windsor Castle with the Estonian and Spanish ambassadors - days after it was revealed she had been in contact with a Covid-hit Prince Charles

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2022

Case against Swedes accused of disturbing Estonia wreck to be tried again

A Swedish appeal court ordered on Tuesday that a district court try again a case against two film makers accused of disturbing the ferry Estonia that sank in the Baltic sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2022

'Don't Be Google': The Rise of Privacy Focused Startups

Google once used the slogan "don't be evil" to distinguish itself from its competitors, but now a growing number of pro-privacy startups are rallying to the mantra "don't be Google". They are taking on Google Analytics, a product used by more than half of the world's websites to understand people's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022

Winter Olympics day 11: Valieva leads after short program – as it happened

Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more

The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2022

EU threatens sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy sectors in event of Ukraine invasion

EU sanctions would target Russia’s financial and energy sectors if Moscow opts to invade Ukraine, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday. The UK, US and Estonia also urged their nationals to leave Ukraine as Russia prepared to hold fresh military exercises near the two countries’ border and…

France 24 · Feb 11, 2022

Commentary: Not all Russians buy Putin’s warmongering

MOSCOW — In May 1993, Estonia’s first post-Soviet leader Lennart Meri — a wise man with bitter experience of life in the Soviet Union — told the visiting U.S. deputy secretary of state that Estonia urgently needed to join NATO. It was, he said, the only guarantee that Russia wouldn’t…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

Tallinn’s got talent: Why Estonia’s capital is the best city in the world for digital nomads

Remoting working has never been easier – as James Ware discovered when he spent a week in Europe’s undisputed king of digital-first design

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022