Toomas Hendrik Ilves

  • Opinion

Is Lithuania becoming ‘just another boring Nordic country’?

During his first term as the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves announced that Estonia should aim to become ‘just…

6 years ago
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Putin congratulates Estonia on its independence

Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulated Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Estonia's day of independence. [...]

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Foreign presidents pay tribute to Lithuania’s January 13 victims

Presidents of Georgia, Ukraine and Estonia have congratulated Lithuania on January 13, when the country celebrates the 25th anniversary since…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin’s War on Terror

Should the West embrace Russia as a partner in the struggle against terrorism, now that the heartland of European Enlightenment,…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian president to join end of WWII commemoration in Poland

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is travelling to Poland on Thursday to attend, alongside other European leaders, commemorative events marking the…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: The Russians are coming to occupy the Baltic states

I purposefully chose a title for my piece to evoke the notorious phrase from 1949 by the then US Secretary…

10 years ago
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Estonian president compares situation in Russia to The Godfather

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has compared compared the situation in Russia to "The Godfather" film and called Russian regime…

10 years ago
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Estonian PM: Russian-speakers are better protected in Baltics than in Russia

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas has a pretty clear idea about whether Russia could use force in the Baltic states…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian president: Jets near Baltic air-space are sign of Russian stupidity, not power

The increasingly frequent Russian provocations by flying its military jets close to the Baltic air-space shows “stupidity, not power,” says…

10 years ago
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Lithuania’s Grybauskaitė stresses importance of defence and energy cooperation in meeting with Baltic-Polish presidents

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Latvian, Estonian and Polish counterparts in Tallinn on Tuesday, where she discussed the…

10 years ago
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Edward Lucas to become Estonia’s first e-resident

Estonia's first e-resident will be British journalist and columnist Edward Lucas, Minister of Internal Affairs Hanno Pevkur said on Thursday…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian foreign minister and human rights activist greet Latvian foreign minister’s coming out

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics came out as gay on Thursday, stirring reactions across the Baltics. Lithuanian foreign minister congratulated…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaitė: Regional security is common interest of Germany and Baltic states

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck. Taking part in the meeting on…

10 years ago
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President Ilves tiptoes around question of invalidating NATO-Russia pact

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has indicated on Wednesday that since the security situation in Europe has changed, the 1997…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian observer unpacks Obama’s statements in Tallinn: nothing new

Even though US President Barack Obama has expressed strong support for the Baltic States in Tallinn, Lithuanian observers say his…

10 years ago
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Obama in Tallinn: NATO defence commitment firm and eternal

US President Barack Obama in Estonia on Wednesday restated NATO collective defense commitments and pledged to send more warplanes to…

10 years ago
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US President Barack Obama arrives in Tallinn

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

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

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

10 years ago
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300 Estonian soldiers helping to safeguard Obama

Three hundred members from the Estonian Defence Forces and Defence League will be providing additional security during the US President…

10 years ago
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Estonia’s Ilves slams Swiss for being sanctions holdout

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says Switzerland, which refrained from joining most of the rest of Europe in applying punitive…

10 years ago