News.err.ee, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Russia expanding soft power, Estonian official says

September 24, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Head of Estonia‘s Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson said that Russia‘s soft power policies were increasingly purposeful. […]

New TV channel in Estonia to focus on quality Russian-language content

September 22, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Media experts say the new Russian-language public broadcasting television channel, approved by the Estonian government last week, must win over viewers with quality programming about everyday life in Estonia. […]

Taking Estonian officer prisoner may backfire for Russia, says Lucas

September 12, 2014 News.err.ee 0

The Economist senior editor Edward Lucas told ETV the move to apprehend Estonian secret service official Eston Kohver may backfire in the long run, as Russia could have a famous political prisoner on its hands for the next 20 years, which will become an irritant. […]

Estonia’s defence minister: Estonia and Germany have different visions of keeping peace

August 22, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonian Defence Minister Sven Mikser expressed mild disappointment over the statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Riga, which indicated that Germany did not support permanent NATO bases in the Baltics for fear of angering Russia. […]

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Estonia ready to build facilities for US troops, says defence minister

August 19, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonia‘s Defence Minister Sven Mikser said at the Festival of Opinion Culture, the Arvamusfestival, in Paide over the weekend that Estonia was ready to invest in military infrastructure if NATO decided to station more troops in the country. […]

Journalist says Estonia’s Russian-language media fairly unbiased on Ukraine coverage

August 13, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonia‘s Russian-language media provides diverse coverage of the Ukraine events, while Estonian journalists can be faulted “in a good way” for bias, says a journalist for one of ERR’s Russian-language services. […]

Estonia’s Ilves slams Swiss for being sanctions holdout

August 11, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says Switzerland, which refrained from joining most of the rest of Europe in applying punitive sanctions against Russia, has placed its own interests and banking sector ahead of European values. […]

Estonian dairy director: Concern is for local farmers and big Lithuanian processing plants

August 8, 2014 News.err.ee 0

The deputy chairman of the Tere milk processing company, Ülo Kivine, says he is most worried for Estonian dairy farmers after Russia slapped an embargo on Western agricultural products. […]

Finnish analyst: Although not bound by Article Five, Finland would have to fight if Estonia is attacked

August 7, 2014 News.err.ee 0

A Finnish political analyst said that Finland would have the obligation to come to Estonia‘s aid if its smaller neighbour were attacked, even though Finland is not a NATO member and is not obligated by the organization’s Article Five collective defence clause. […]

Negotiations on Rail Baltic route in Estonian Northern Pärnu county run into difficulties

August 5, 2014 News.err.ee 0

A Rail Baltic project team is meeting today in Vändra municipality to discuss how the tracks of the proposed multilateral rail project will run north of Pärnu. Observers are mildly pessimistic about any outcome being reached. […]

Estonia’s Kallas: Sanctions will hit Russia harder than recoil for EU

August 4, 2014 News.err.ee 0

In an interview in Eesti Päevaleht over the weekend, largely focusing on EU-Russia ties and developments in transport, outgoing European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas said that although Russia acts like it doesn’t need the EU or Western banks, the country would not be able to go it alone. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]