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12.11.2024|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur in Kyiv: Ukraine can defend itself if we give it the opportunity
Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur was on a visit to Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, Minister of Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin, and visited defence industry companies.
"November 19 will mark 1,000 days since Russia launched its full...
31.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
Estonian Defence League receives drones purchased by Reservists’ Fund
The Defence League has received 20 attack drones and four reconnaissance drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras purchased by the Reservists’ Fund for national defence and drone operator training. This spring, several Estonian companies launched a wide range of digital camouflage products,...
18.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur at NATO Defence Ministers' Meeting: Increasing defence spending is a race to preserve peace
At the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting held yesterday and today in Brussels, defence ministers discussed Ukraine’s victory plan with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO's capability targets, and increasing defence spending.
“NATO's new capability targets demonstrate that due to 30...
17.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
The United Kingdom has designated a brigade for the defence of Estonia and will send Challenger 3 tanks to Estonia
Today in Brussels, on the sidelines of the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur and the United Kingdom's Defence Secretary John Healey signed a bilateral Defence Roadmap. The roadmap outlines the joint commitment of Estonia and the United Kingdom in the coming years and...
11.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
Estonian Ministry of Defence’s defence willingness project wins the Trade Innovation of the Year Award
The products and services launched during the reservists’ week, organised by the Ministry of Defence, have won the Trade Innovation of the Year Award in the Trade Annual Congress competition. In addition, the project received the audience favourite vote. Within the framework of the project, the...
08.10.2024|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 24-1 (Quill), with up to 59 members of the Force Protection Company, Coastal Defence Squadron, Estonian Navy, ordered to participate the snap exercise (SNAPEX). Exercise Okas is of a defensive manner,...
05.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
Defence Minister Pevkur: Luxembourg’s investment in Estonia’s national defence strengthens NATO’s eastern flank
Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes visited the Ämari Air Base, as well as the CR14 Foundation, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence and the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments to learn about joint Estonian-Luxembourg projects for NATO capability and infrastructure...
01.10.2024|Ministry of Defence
INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON DEFENCE INDUSTRY PARK IN ESTONIA
The Ministry of Defence of Estonia and Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) are developing a national defence industry park for the production of ammunition, munitions, their components and explosives.
The Ministry of Defence and ECDI are inviting companies to participate in...
28.09.2024|Ministry of Defence
Baltic States and Poland seek EU funding for Baltic Defence Line
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland met on Friday in Daugavpils to discuss the possible financing of the Baltic Defence Line from the European Union budget.
"The Baltic Defence Line initiative has gotten off to a good start because the need is shared among the allies in...
27.09.2024|Ministry of Defence
Procuring ammunition is the focus of the Estonian defence budget
The State Budget Strategy approved by the government on Wednesday adds 1.6 billion euros for the purchase of long-range ammunition until 2031. In coming years, Estonia will invest up to a quarter of its defence budget in ammunition.
“I am grateful to the people of Estonia who have enabled us...