✔︎ "Soome ja Eesti suhted on sellised, nagu Friedebert Tuglas sada aastat tagasi unistas.” - President Kaljulaid
✔︎ “Arvati, et olime Venemaa vastu paranoilised.
Tegelikult oli meil õigus.” - President Ilves
Tegelikult oli meil õigus.” - President Ilves
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Friday 10. March
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- Baltic states see US connections fade
(Deutsche Welle)
“Ilves’ … departure from Estonian politics has left an historical watermark in the Baltic: The end of a time when leaders in the region hailed from Cold War exile in North America. … This is the first year in two decades without any such leader in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania stepped down in 2009 and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga retired two years later."
- Arvamus: Eesti ja Soome võiks olla ühiselt valitsetud hargmaine ruum
(ERR)
- USA Euroopa vägede juhataja tuleb Eestisse visiidile
(Postimees)
- Defense Forces commander to be picked from ten high-ranking officers
(Postimees)
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- Estonian and Finnish defense chiefs discuss artillery procurement
(ERR)
"Gen. Riho Terras and Gen. Jarmo Lindberg … (are) focusing on the K9 self-propelled artillery procurement."
- Rauno Nurger finds ‘home away from home’ - 5,006 miles away
(The Sunflower - Wichita State)
- New rifts surface as EU mulls future without Britain
(AP |Deutsche Welle | The Guardian)
"Top European Union officials struggled Friday to reassure smaller countries from the east that they would not be left behind as the bloc charts its future without Britain."
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Thursday 9. March
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- Blogi: Toomas Hendrik Ilves USA parlamendil
(Delfi | ERR)
“Arvati, et olime Venemaa vastu paranoilised. Tegelikult oli meil õigus."
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- Ilves heard by US Congress committee on Russia
(ERR)
- Ilves: Europe Will be ‘Main Battlefield’ Over Next Year for Russian Election Meddling
(The Free Beacon)
"Certainly the candidates who are being supported are ones who are anti-EU and anti-NATO. The most prominent, of course, in the key country of France, is Marine Le Pen."
- A GOP Congressman Just Spent 6 Minutes Defending Vladimir Putin
(Mother Jones)
“… (and) tried to give a history lesson to the former president of Estonia. …"
- Venemaa suhtes toetusavaldusi teinud kongresmen asus Ilvesele "ajalugu õpetama”
(ERR)
'Russian Policies & Intentions Toward Specific European Countries'
(US Senate Committee on Appropriations)
- Estonian Ambassador Eerik Marmei’s Written Testimony
- Eesti käis koos viie riigiga Washingtonis abi palumas
(Postimees)
"Eesti, Ukraina, Poola, Gruusia, Läti ja Leedu diplomaadid sõnasid eilsel kohtumisel Ühendriikide senaatoritega, et USA sanktsioone Venemaa vastu ei tohiks lõpetada …"
- Representatives from Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have urged the US to keep sanctions against Russia
( Deutsche Welle | RFERL | Baltic Times)
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- Harju tänaval süüdati küünlad märtsipommitamise ohvrite mälestuseks
(Postimees)
"Nõukogude lennuväe rünnak tõi 9. – 10. märtsil endaga kaasa enneolematuid purustusi, muutes jäädavalt linna nägu. Hävis kolmandik Eesti pealinnast ning hukkus vähemalt 554 inimest."
- Finnair cancels 100+ flights as union talks drag on
(Yle)
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- International Women’s Day
- The very first Estonian feminists – Lilli Suburg and Marie Reisik
(Estonian World)
- Representation of women in decision-making processes remains low in all three Baltic states
(Baltic Times)
- Stoltenberg kutsub naisi NATO väkke kaasama
(Postimees)
"Kui me tahame oma liidus näha parimaid inimesi, peame hoolitsema selle eest, et naised mängiks suuremat osa. Me ei saa väge mehitada vaid poolest elanikkonnast.” - NATO peasekretär Jens Stoltenberg.
- European ministers: By fighting for women’s rights, we’re fighting for human rights
(Estonian World)
Number of women leaders around the world has grown
(Pew Research)
"There are 15 female world leaders currently in office, eight of whom are their country’s first woman in power … these women still represent fewer than 10% of 193 UN member states."
- Where is Russia's women's movement?
(Christian Science Monitor)
"Despite being better educated than their male counterparts, Russian women have not organized the way other Western women have. And that could present problems as Russia undergoes its biggest wave of resurgent social conservatism in generations."
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Wednesday 8. March
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- President Kaljulaid Soomes: Teine päev
(ERR | Delfi)
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- Estonian President: NATO not preparing for war
(Yle)
"During a state visit to Helsinki on Tuesday, Kaljulaid called for more dialogue to dispel the notion that NATO’s recent activities in the Baltic area are in any way out of the ordinary."
✔︎ Toomas Hendrik Ilves: 2017 John Jay Awards
(Columbia University press release)
"In recognition of his devotion to improving the lives of Estonians and sharing his knowledge with the international community, Columbia is honored to present Toomas Hendrik Ilves with a 2017 John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement.”
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves pälvis Columbia ülikoolilt tähtsa tunnustuse
(Delfi)
✔︎ Toomas Hendrik Ilves: 2017 Reinhard Mohn Prize
(Bertelsmann Stiftung)
✔︎ Digital laboratory e-Estonia: A success story
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Tuesday 7. March
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- President Kaljulaid Soomes: Esimine päev
(ERR)
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- Kaljulaid begins state visit to Finland
(ERR | Yle)
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- Estonia to lure overseas 2,000 IT professionals
(Manila Bulletin)
- Country as a service becoming reality in Estonia
(ComputerWeekly)
"Estonia’s corporate tax system ... allows profits to be reinvested in the company tax-free. Companies are only taxed on their profits when shareholders take money out of the company."
- E-residency brings Estonia closer to Vietnam in business cooperation
(Irish Tech News)
"When Estonia’s new president, Kersti Kaljulaid, visited her country’s booth at the largest tech conference in the region, Slush, in the Finnish capital Helsinki, she met an almost rock-star welcome by a small, but energetic Vietnamese business delegation hosted by the Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP). They had gathered there to learn more about Estonia and its e-residency programme."
- Russian TV Crew Tries to Bribe Swedish Youngsters to Riot on Camera
(Foreign Policy | Radio24syv)
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Monday 6. March
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- The Plot Against Europe: May 9, 2022
(Foreign Policy)
“Speculative, fictional account of Russia seizing Estonia and systematically destroying the European Union."
- Fearing U.S. Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent
(New York Times)
- German Nukes Would Be a National Tragedy
(Foreign Policy)
- An EU Nuclear Deterrent Won’t Serve Western Interests
(Carnegie Europe)
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- Belarus | Russia -
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- In Belarus, a rising fear: Will we be the next Ukraine?
(LA Times)
"Now, as Russia’s neighbors grow increasingly worried about Moscow’s ambitions in the region, Belarus has joined them: The country’s ever-more-tenuous relationship with Moscow has deteriorated to the point of a regional crisis. The situation echoes the tensions over Ukraine in 2014, when a mass protest movement ousted a Kremlin-friendly president, setting the stage for a Russian invasion and seizure of the Crimean Peninsula."
- West Must Support Belarusian Democratic Opposition
(UpNorth)
- Moscow Media Outlets Reprise for Belarus Themes They Used Prior to Russian Intervention in Ukraine
(Window on Eurasia)
- Belarus's Almost Revolution
(RFERL)
- The Belarus-Russia Conflict Through The Lens Of The Gerasimov Doctrine
(Belarus Digest)
- Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding Russian Murders, Deaths
(World Affairs Journal)
- Moscow To Bid Farewell To Post-War Housing Blocks
(The Moscow Times)
"Moscow mayor Sobyanin declares war on 'Khrushchevki' and plans to re-house 1.6 million people. … The decision took Muscovites by surprise. After all, the plans to demolish a large part of the city had not been discussed in any public sphere, let alone parliament. “They decided everything for us, once again,” prominent architect Yevgeny Asse told The Moscow Times, adding he first heard about the plans on television."
- Commentary: Planning Putin's Coronation
(Brian Whitmore)
- Peoples of Russia have Nothing in Common Except Loyalty to Putin
(Paul Goble)
- Will the old playbook work for Russia? Not so fast.
(Edward Lucas)
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