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President Obama to have a tight schedule in Tallinn

September 3, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

The US President will meet Estonian President and Prime Minister, as well as delivering a public speech, and meeting Estonian and American soldiers. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker: Sanctions had no effect on Russia

September 3, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that sanctions taken against Russia in the wake of its incursions into Ukraine have not yielded any results and it is therefore vital to search for other diplomatic ways of influencing the situation. […]

President Obama to meet Estonian and US soldiers in Tallinn

September 3, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

Barack Obama will meet Estonian servicemen and American paratroopers during his visit to Estonia on Wednesday. […]

Kremlin said to be developing plan for partitioning Georgia

September 3, 2014 Paul Goble 0

Since the start of this year, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and pushed for Ukraine’s “federalization.” The severe international concern caused by these actions was further compounded last month (August 2014) by Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statement in Yalta that after Moscow subdues Ukraine, it will move against other post-Soviet countries in order to rebuild the Russian Empire. Not surprisingly, many countries in the region have thus been forced to consider where the Kremlin might move next and what means it might employ against them—from demands for “federalization” to open aggression. […]

US President Barack Obama arrives in Tallinn

September 3, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

The US President Barack Obama has arrived in the Estonian capital Tallinn. […]

Barack Obama to arrive in Tallinn Wednesday morning

September 2, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Even though US President Barack Obama was to arrive in Tallinn Tuesday night and spend a night there, the presidential jet will land in Estonia only on Wednesday morning, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Estonia wants permanent NATO bases on its territory, President Ilves says in Norway

September 2, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said on Tuesday during a state visit in Norway that Estonia wants permanent NATO bases on its territory. […]

President Joachim Gauck of Germany and President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland commemorate the start of World War Two

History lessons as Poland and Germany mark start of Second World War

September 2, 2014 Reuters 0

On 1 September, in 1939, without a declaration of war a German battleship opened fire on a Polish garrison. […]

Ukraine accuses Russia of “undisguised aggression”

September 2, 2014 Reuters 0

Local residents who live near the airport just outside Donetsk take shelter in a basement. This comes as Ukraine‘s military said Monday it pulled its forces back from defending the airport – the latest in a string of reverses for Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists. […]

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Baltics will come next after Ukraine

September 2, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Zbigniew Brzezinski, an influential Polish-American political analyst and former US presidential adviser under President Jimmy Carter, says that after Russia is done with Ukraine, it might turn its gaze towards the Baltic nations. […]

Meeting of the Baltic leaders and Barack Obama in 2013

Estonia: President Obama’s Baltic visit is more than symbolic

September 2, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

The Estonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht argues in its editorial on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama’s visit to Tallinn carries importance that goes well beyong the merely symbolic. […]

Comparing 1939 and 2014: Is this already war?

September 2, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]

Estonia to present five requests at NATO summit

September 1, 2014 www.DELFI.ee 0

Estonia‘s main policy objective at the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday will be the continuation of allied presence on Estonian soil, writes Eesti Päevaleht on Monday. […]

15,000 Russian soldiers reportedly sent to Ukraine

September 1, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Over the last two months, Russia has reportedly sent up to 15 thousand soldiers to Ukraine. At least several hundred of them were killed in action, according an NGO exposing wrongs committed by Russia’s armed forces. […]

Ukrainian Embassy in Vilnius publishes facts proving Russia’s deep involvement in eastern Ukraine

September 1, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The Ukrainian Embassy in Lithuania has published information proving that the Ukrainian state border and airspace have been violated by Russia‘s Armed Forces and that the positions of Ukrainian troops and border guards as well as civilian settlements have been under fire and shelling from the Russian territory, and have been under attack in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian groups and mercenaries armed by the Russian Federation. […]

Ukraine's Ambassador to Lithuania Valery Zhovtenko

Ukraine’s ambassador to Vilnius: EU should be on active side of “gas war”, not its victim

September 1, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Ukraine will never accept the loss of Crimea. Valery Zhovtenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Lithuania, said in the exclusive interview to ELTA news agency that only negotiation measures would be used to solve the issue of Crimea. In case it fails, the issue should be taken to international court, whereas the option to use military force is not being considered. […]