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Estonia to chair the Freedom Online Coalition

On 1 January in 2025, Estonia took over the Chairship of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) from the Netherlands. During its one-year Chairship, Estonia will be committed to helping to...

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Kristen Michal met with the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Tallinn on Tuesday. They jointly acknowledged the continuation of the two countries’ defence cooperation in protecting NATO’s...

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12 European Countries Crack Down on Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet

Yesterday during the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Tallinn, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom agreed to disrupt and deter Russia’s...

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Estonia and the United Kingdom continue Digital Cooperation at Full Speed

The Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs, Liisa Pakosta was on a visit to London this week where she participated in the Estonia-UK Technology Partnership meeting. The discussion focused on...

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Foreign Minister Tsahkna in London: Russia’s aggression is not only a regional threat – it is global

On 13 and 14 November, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna was on a visit to London, UK where he met with his British counterpart David Lammy, members of the Foreign Affairs...

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Estonian PM Kristen Michal: to implement defence plans, NATO member states must increase their defence spending to at least 2.5% of GDP

In mid-December, Prime Minister Kristen Michal will host the leaders of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) states in Tallinn. At the summit, Prime Minister Michal will recommend to the JEF...

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Estonian FM Margus Tsahkna: Concessions will only grow the aggressor’s appetite

Calls for peace amid Russia’s prolonged aggression against Ukraine are increasingly prevalent, yet such calls risk encouraging dangerous concessions. Historical lessons from the Munich Agreement in 1938, when appeasing Adolf...

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The United Kingdom has designated a brigade for the defence of Estonia and will send Challenger 3 tanks to Estonia

On the sidelines of the NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur and the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary John Healey signed a bilateral Defence Roadmap. The...

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FM Tsahkna in New York: Estonia will become Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition

At an event of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) held in New York on 23 September, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna announced that Estonia would become the organisation’s Chair in 2025....

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Estonia names Russia’s military intelligence in a first ever attribution of cyberattacks

Today 5 September, Estonia attributed the 2020 cyberattacks against Estonia to the members of Unit 29155 of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU). It is the first time in history that Estonia...

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