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‘If it’s not difficult, then we’re doing something wrong’: Soldiers sharpen recon skills in the Baltics
In the latest in a series of training exercises, U.S. soldiers are confronting the realities of defending one of NATO’s most ...
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Poland and Baltic states to dump landmine treaty citing Russian threat
The quartet bordering Russia proposed withdrawing from the Ottawa treaty, but add they have no plans to use landmines.
This Royal Was Once Asked to Become King of a Small European Country and Refused
Instead, Estonia established itself as a parliamentary republic and eventually joined both NATO and the European Union. And ...
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Prime minister: Defense spending likely to exceed 5% of GDP in coming years
Prime Minister Kristen Michal stated that raising defense spending to 5 percent of GDP would not be sufficient to fully implement the military advice of the EDF and that expenditures are likely to ...
Leaders of ex-Soviet republics support Georgia at rally
The leaders of a former Eastern Bloc nation and four former Soviet republics showed support for Georgia in its conflict with ...
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Estonia phases out Russian as a language of instruction
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990/91, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia regained their independence and Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian replaced Russian as the official language in these ...
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Estonia's tech investors take defence into their own hands as Russian threat looms
nowhere is Russia's threat perceived so acutely as in Estonia and its Baltic neighbours, which border Russia and spent decades under Moscow's rule during the Soviet Union era. Illustration shows ...
Estonia woos S’pore businesses with offers of speedy set-up and fast pathway to EU
The Nordic-Baltic nation is also looking to penetrate South-east Asian markets with Singapore support. Read more at ...