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19.05.2025|Ministry of Defence
Tõnis Saar chosen to become new director of NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
This August, Tõnis Saar will assume the role of Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), based in Tallinn. He will take over the position from Mart Noorma, who has led the Centre since August 2022.
“Cyber defence is one of NATO’s key tasks in deterrence and...
16.05.2025|Ministry of Defence
Estonian Minister of Defence meets with NATO Deputy Secretary General and U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Ahead of the opening of the Lennart Meri Conference today, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker to discuss the security situation and preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague.
"The key...
14.05.2025|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur in Washington D.C.: Allies must commit to 5% for national defence at NATO Hague Summit
During his two-day visit to Washington, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met with National Intelligence Coordinator Tulsi Gabbard, members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, think tank representatives, and media outlets to discuss the global security situation and present Estonia’s positions ahead of...
21.04.2025|Ministry of Defence
The Government of the Republic of Estonia approved a defence readiness exercise Okas
The Government of the Republic of Estonia decided to declare a defence readiness exercise Okas 25-1 (Quill), with up to 235 members of the Movement and Transport Service, Support Command, ordered to participate the snap exercise (SNAPEX). Exercise Okas is of a defensive manner, aimed at practicing...
11.04.2025|Ministry of Defence
Estonian Minister of Defence Pevkur met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met today in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The discussion focused on the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague, the security of the Eastern border, and the situation in the Baltic Sea.
“We are in agreement with the NATO Secretary General that defence...
08.04.2025|Ministry of Defence
Estonia´s Defence Minister in Ukraine: Our Defence Industry Has Much to Gain from Cooperation with Ukraine
Minister of Defence of Estonia, Hanno Pevkur was on a two-day visit to Ukraine to discuss opportunities for developing defence cooperation and Estonia’s military aid to Ukraine. The Minister was accompanied on the visit to Kyiv by representatives of more than 30 Estonian defence industry companies...
07.04.2025|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur at defence ministers’ meeting in Poland: the EU has created opportunities, now we must implement them
European Union defence ministers met today in Warsaw to discuss expanding military support to Ukraine, security guarantees, and options for increasing EU defence spending in light of the recently published EU Defence White Paper.
“The best way to ensure that Ukraine achieves a just and lasting...
26.03.2025|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur at meeting with UK Defence Secretary Healey: NATO defence spending must double
Today in London, Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met with John Healey, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, to discuss bilateral defence cooperation, the security situation in Europe, support for Ukraine, and strengthening NATO’s defence and deterrence posture ahead of...
26.03.2025|Ministry of Defence
Ukraine to receive €100 million worth of Estonian military aid
Ukraine has officially submitted to Estonia its list of required military aid today, which the Estonian state will now procure as a priority from domestic defence industries.
The selection includes unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, watercraft, medical equipment, and supplies...
24.03.2025|Ministry of Defence
Ministry of defence unveils Defence Artificial Intelligence Strategy
The Ministry of Defence published Estonia’s first Defence Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development Strategy. The strategy sets out guidelines for the development of AI in the defence domain, defines the objectives for AI implementation within the Ministry of Defence’s area of governance, and...