Estonia

Britain to commit 1,000 extra troops to Nato’s defence of Estonia

Downing Street said it is almost doubling UK commitment to military support for Ukraine with additional £1bn

Dan Sabbagh and Peter Walker in Madrid

29, Jun, 2022 @4:04 PM

Nato to put 300,000 troops on high alert in response to Russia threat

Alliance’s leader predicts this week’s summit will agree its most significant transformation in a generation

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

27, Jun, 2022 @3:05 PM

European unity on Ukraine growing more difficult, says Estonian PM

Kaja Kallas warns pain of sanctions will test relations, and also criticises Macron’s stance on Putin

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

06, Jun, 2022 @12:37 PM

Estonia’s PM calls for new government talks as coalition collapses

Kaja Kallas said security concerns over Russia gave no ‘opportunity to continue cooperation’

Staff and agencies in Tallinn

03, Jun, 2022 @10:24 PM

EU leaders say gas unlikely to be part of new round of Russia sanctions

Estonian PM says gas sanctions would be more difficult because it would affect whole of Europe

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

31, May, 2022 @5:57 PM

How worried should Europe be as Russia starts cutting off gas supplies?

Analysis: Putin is determined to use resource as a weapon, as shown in move to cut off Poland and Bulgaria

Rob Davies

27, Apr, 2022 @5:14 PM

Firebird review – story of gay lovers in the Soviet era is Brokeback in the USSR

True story of lovers thwarted by the repressive Soviet military in the 1970s has sadly not lost any of its relevance

Leslie Felperin

19, Apr, 2022 @2:00 PM

Down but not out: how the European mink found refuge on an Estonian island

Pushed to the brink by invasive American mink and habitat loss, a reintroduced wild population is finally thriving on Hiiumaa island

Tom Peeters in Hiiumaa, Estonia

29, Mar, 2022 @8:30 AM

Nato needs permanent force in eastern Europe to deter Russia, says Estonia

Europe and North Atlantic alliance could never return to the world it knew before the Ukraine invasion, says Jonatan Vseviov

Julian Borger in Washington

23, Mar, 2022 @7:00 AM

Nato to deploy extra troops to alliance nations in eastern Europe

Forces not being sent to Ukraine itself to avoid ‘existential’ war with Russia, say UK ministers

Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

25, Feb, 2022 @6:51 PM

Living near Ukraine? Share your thoughts on the situation

We would like to hear from people living living and working in countries near Ukraine about their thoughts on the situation

Guardian community team

24, Feb, 2022 @5:49 PM

‘Putin only understands strength’: Estonian PM on Ukraine tensions

Kaja Kallas criticises Europe’s reliance on Russian energy and says gas pipeline to Germany should be scrapped