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06.02.2024|Ministry of Defence
Steering group of the IT Coalition to support Ukraine meets for the first time
Yesterday, the Steering Group of the IT Coalition led by Estonia, Luxembourg and Ukraine convened for the first time to discuss short and long-term goals that would help Ukraine win the war as quickly as possible with the support of information and communication technologies. Ten countries have...
31.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Luxembourg to contribute 12 million euros to renovation of Ämari Air Base
Today in Brussels at the sidelines of the informal meeting of defence ministers of the European Union, Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur and Minister of Defence of Luxembourg Yuriko Backes exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding, with which Luxembourg will contribute 12 million euros...
31.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur in Brussels: we will keep our promise to send Ukraine 1 million rounds of ammunition
Yesterday and today in Brussels at the informal meeting of European Union defence ministers, the discussion focused on the 1 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine initiative. With the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, the ministers also discussed priorities for training the Ukrainian...
24.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Estonia to join Operation Interflex to train Ukrainian forces
Yesterday at a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein meeting), Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur announced Estonia’s decision to join the UK-led Operation Interflex, which provides training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ahead of the meeting, Minister Pevkur also...
19.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Baltic countries to build defensive installations on their borders
Today, the defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania approved the concept of building anti-mobility defensive installations on the borders with Russia and Belarus. The ministers signed an agreement in Riga, according to which Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will construct anti-mobility...
10.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence sends for approval proposal for national designated spatial plan and strategic environmental impact assessment for defence industrial park
Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur signed a proposal for a national designated spatial plan and strategic environmental impact assessment for a defence industrial park.
The aim of the proposal is to develop a defence industrial park in Estonia to enable defence industry companies to establish...
04.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Commemorating the Estonian War of Independence in Tallinn
A solemn ceremony was held in Tallinn’s Freedom Square today to commemorate those who fell in the War of Independence and to celebrate 104 years from the entry into force of the armistice signed between the Republic of Estonia and Soviet Russia. At the ceremony, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur...
22.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Government decided to expand the Sirgala training area
The Government of Estonia decided to expand the Sirgala training area, which is necessary for the development of military capabilities. The Sirgala training area will be expanded only at the expense of state land.
“There is enough state land surrounding the Sirgala training area in northeast...
22.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Holiday Greetings by Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur
Dear friends here in Estonia and abroad,
Christmastime is here again – a time for peaceful reflection, a moment to look back on the past year. As the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine approaches its second year, the European and global security is facing a testing time. One thing is clear – we...
20.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and the United States signed a defence cooperation agreement for the next few years in Washington, D.C.
Tuuli Duneton, Undersecretary for Defence Policy, and Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, signed a bilateral Security Cooperation Plan for 2024–2028 in Washington, D.C.
“As confirmation of Estonia’s strong alliance with...