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Thu, 21 May 2026 18:44:50 +0300
EDITORIAL ⟩ The Duty to Protect Whistleblowers
Last week, a Ukrainian court sentenced Oleksandr Chernov, who exposed the embezzlement of funds by the NGO Slava Ukraini, to four years in prison. The organizers of the fraud, however, remain free to this day.

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:04:42 +0300
Poland to Once Again Deploy Fighter Jets to Protect Estonian Airspace
During a meeting in Tallinn today with Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, announced that Poland will once again deploy its fighter jets to help pr...

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:33:08 +0300
JAANUS PIIRSALU, ILMAR RAAG ⟩ The story of Slava Ukraine must not end with the wrong man probably going to prison
Sometimes you even have to tell a friend directly: don't do this or stop doing it this way. Now is that moment between Estonia and Ukraine. This is what Postimees journalist Jaanus Piirsalu and reserve officer and film director Ilmar Raag (Parempools...

Wed, 20 May 2026 12:57:36 +0300
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered Estonian airspace
At midday on Tuesday, a Romanian F-16 fighter jet participating in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a military drone that had crossed the state border between Lake Võrtsjärv and the town of Põltsamaa.

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:06:15 +0300
MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ The Next Act of the Baltic Sea Sanctions Theater
The experience of France and Belgium shows that sometimes enforcing elementary maritime law requirements is sufficient against Russia's shadow fleet. However, the fear of Russian escalation is preventing Baltic Sea states from fulfilling their repeat...

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Thu, 21 May 2026 18:44:50 +0300
EDITORIAL ⟩ The Duty to Protect Whistleblowers
Last week, a Ukrainian court sentenced Oleksandr Chernov, who exposed the embezzlement of funds by the NGO Slava Ukraini, to four years in prison. The organizers of the fraud, however, remain free to this day.

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:04:42 +0300
Poland to Once Again Deploy Fighter Jets to Protect Estonian Airspace
During a meeting in Tallinn today with Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, announced that Poland will once again deploy its fighter jets to help pr...

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:33:08 +0300
JAANUS PIIRSALU, ILMAR RAAG ⟩ The story of Slava Ukraine must not end with the wrong man probably going to prison
Sometimes you even have to tell a friend directly: don't do this or stop doing it this way. Now is that moment between Estonia and Ukraine. This is what Postimees journalist Jaanus Piirsalu and reserve officer and film director Ilmar Raag (Parempools...

Wed, 20 May 2026 12:57:36 +0300
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered Estonian airspace
At midday on Tuesday, a Romanian F-16 fighter jet participating in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a military drone that had crossed the state border between Lake Võrtsjärv and the town of Põltsamaa.

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:06:15 +0300
MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ The Next Act of the Baltic Sea Sanctions Theater
The experience of France and Belgium shows that sometimes enforcing elementary maritime law requirements is sufficient against Russia's shadow fleet. However, the fear of Russian escalation is preventing Baltic Sea states from fulfilling their repeat...

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