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08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Government issues mandate for elaboration of development plan of national defence
At today’s session, the Government gave a mandate to the Ministry of Defence for the elaboration of a long-term development plan of national defence for the period from 2009 to 2018.
The development plan shall serve as a logical sequence for the current development of Estonia’s defence planning. It...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Estonia allocated 4 million EEK as defence-related assistance in 2007
In 2007, the Estonian Ministry of Defence supported Afghanistan, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces in the amount of 4 million EEK.
According to the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, consistent...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence opens website on international military operations
The Ministry of Defence opened the new operatsioonid.kmin.ee Internet homepage today, which provides an overview of the international operations of the Estonian Defence Forces.The website provides a separate section detailing all of the international operations currently participated by Estonia. A...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Amendment to legal act allows members of Defence Forces to continue service after reaching specified age limit
President Toomas-Hendrik Ilves signed the amendments to the Defence Forces Services Act today that, among other things, shall allow regular members of the Defence Forces to continue their service in the Defence Forces after having exceeded the specified aAccording to the Defence Forces Services Act...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence assigned new aide-de-camp
As of this week, Lieutenant Marek Vitsur is an aide-de-camp of the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo.The aide-de-camp shall accompany the Minister at official visits, consult on matters related to the Defence Forces and shall co-ordinate information exchange between the Ministry of Defence and...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and Azerbaijan enter into MoU concerning defence co-operation
The Estonian Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, and the Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant General Safar Abijev, entered into a bilateral memorandum of understanding concerning defence co-operation today.The memorandum of understanding specifies different spheres of defence co-...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Mr. Aaviksoo met the US Secretary of Defence
Tallinn, 29th November 2007 – The Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, met with the US Secretary of Defence, Mr, Robert Gates and the Deputy Secretary of Defence Mr. Gordon England on Wednesday, November 28, in Washington, USA. The main issues discusseThe United States of America acknowledged...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Mr. Aaviksoo delivers cyber security speech at top US research centre
Tallinn, 28th November 2007 – As part of his visit to the US, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo delivered a presentation on cyber security issues today at the Centre for Strategic...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and Germany sign agreement on armed forces
Tallinn, 21st November 2007 - This afternoon, Mr. Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany and Mr. Lauri Almann, the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, signed an agreement concerning The purpose of the agreement signed today is...
08.05.2008|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence to visit US
Tallinn, 23rd November 2007
On Monday, 26th November 2007, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jaak Aaviksoo, will depart for meetings in the United States of America. The main issues to be discussed at these meetings will be cyber security, the transformation On Tuesday, 27th November, the minister will...