Estonia

Estonia serves as a digital pioneer for European governments

DW

Ben Bathke from our partners DW, Deutsche Welle, reports on what European nations can learn from Estonia’s digital government services.

Exercise hedgehog kicks off in Europe

DW

Estonia is on the brink, as Russia ramps up hybrid warfare in Europe

DW
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024.

Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine

Ukraine
The Estonian folk music quartet 6hunesseq performs during Tallinn Music Week. From left to right, Marion Selgall, Greta Liisa Grünberg, Maria Mänd and Kaisa Kuslapuu.

All-women Estonian quartet brings ancient folk music to the forefront

Cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about (250 miles south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation

Ukraine

More than a year after thousands of Russians who opposed the war fled abroad for safety, they now face deportation and other challenges in the countries that initially received them, such as Kazakhstan, Estonia and Georgia.

A close up of a man in uniform as tanks drive in Red Square in Moscow

How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns

Media

Nina Jankowicz describes how relocating the Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn, Estonia, made the country vulnerable to a cyberattack over a decade ago that laid some of the groundwork for Russia’s future disinformation campaigns.

A person on an orange bicycle rides past a billboard of people with masks

Baltic ‘bubble’ looks to reopen regional travel

COVID-19

The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are poised to become one of the first blocs to reopen regional travel, thanks to their swift response to the pandemic and measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

People look at a visualization on a wall

Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020

Elections

Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote?

A solider positioned in shrubbery.

NATO at 70: ‘Not anti-Russian,’ but committed to securing member states

Global Politics

NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary this week. Estonian Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov says that the alliance — and its commitment to all member states — is ironclad and stronger than ever.