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08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
National Defence Seminar for school directors begins at Jäneda
Today, a three-day special national defence seminar begins for school directors and educational leaders of counties. The aim of the seminar is to provide the participants with an overview of national defence in Estonia and to introduce the importance and During the seminar, school directors will be...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Commander of NATO Squadron visits Estonian MoD
The Rear Admiral of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), Juan Rodriguez, today paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Defence and met the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Lauri Almann.
Mr. Almann provided Mr. Rodriguez with an overview of the development trends of...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence gives government an overview of the performance of the duty to serve in the Defence Forces
Today, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, presented an overview to the government of the performance of the duty to serve in the Defence Forces in 2007, which included a report on providing an overview of the performance of the compulsory militarAccording to the report, it was planned to...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Military terminologists to hold their 100th session
The MOD Terminology Board to convene for the hundredth time today.The need to establish the MOD Terminology Board dealing with military as well as security and defence policy terminology, initiated in 2003, was caused by the need to develop uniform military terminology in Estonian and to find...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Poland highly interested in Estonia’s cyber defence activities
The Polish Minister of National Defence, Mr. Bogdan Klich, who was in Tallinn on an one-day work-related visit, confirmed his keen interest in the development of bilateral defence co-operation to his Estonian colleague. Issues related to air policing of the Baltic states, NATO’s collective missile...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Amendment to a Regulation adopted to establish the North-eastern Defence District
The Government today endorsed an amendment to the Regulation “Defence Force Structure”, turning the Artillery Group, Air Defence Battalion and Pioner Battalion in Tapa and the Viru Single Infantry Battalion in Jõhvi into a commons structure, subordinate tAs a result of the amendment, the North-...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
MoD and SWECO sign contract for design works on site of Monument of Liberty to the War of Independence
The Ministry of Defence and SWECO Projekt signed a contract today for design works on the site of the Monument of Liberty to the War of Independence.
SWECO Projekt AS won the public procurement, which was organised to choose the most suitable contractor for the design works, and today signed a...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Archaeological work begins today on eastern slope of Harjuvärava Hill
The purpose of the excavation works is to obtain additional information on the walls that form a section of Tallinn’s 17th to 19th century earthen fortification zone, which is located beneath the site of the monument of Liberty to the War of Independence The works shall involve the accurate...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and Great Britain extend agreement on Afghanistan
The Active Permanent Undersecretary of Estonian Ministry of Defence, Lauri Almann, and the Permanent Secretary of the British Ministry of Defence Bill Jeffrey today extended the Memorandum of Understanding, providing for Estonia’s participation under the Compared to the Memorandum signed two years...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence opens European Security and Defence College training module
The Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, today opened the European Security and Defence College training module in the Baltic Defence College. 70 trainees from all the European Union Member States are participating in the training.
The European Security and Defence College is a ‘virtual’ school...