A Royal Air Force Typhoon during a take-off in Iceland last year, when they executed NATO's Air Policing there. Photo courtesy Royal Air Force.
Photo by NATO Force Integration Unit Estonia Facebook page

While most of us are responsibly practicing our social isolation, NATO has also had to adapt its operations in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. Major exercises have been cancelled and NATO forces are responding to the COVID-19 crisis in several nations, while signs of normal missions and cooperation also remain. Even during this crisis, NATO’s main task remains sustaining its ability to conduct operations and to protect the almost one billion citizens of its member nations.

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Published: April 13 2020

Pactum’s founders Kristjan Korjus, Martin Rand and Kaspar Korjus.  Photo: estonianworld.com

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Published: April 13 2020

Mart Sander's Film Won Best Feature Film and Original Score in NY

Mart Sander's horror-fantasy "Eerie Fairy Tales", based on his short story collection of the same name, won the Best Feature Film award and Original Music Score category award at the New York Movie Awards. The film has so far won Best Original Score at the Canadian Cinematography Awards and Best Story at the London International Film Festival. "Eerie Fairy Tales" has now received 7 nominations at the Nice Film Festival, along with Sander's second film "Behind the Random Denominator" ("Juhuslik nimetaja").

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Published: April 13 2020

Different parts of the country are seeing different levels of COVID-19 activity. The United States nationally is in the acceleration phase of the pandemic. The duration and severity of each pandemic phase can vary depending on the characteristics of the virus and the public health response, states the CDC.

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Published: April 07 2020

Staunton, March 21 – There is only one thing more unpleasant to the ears of many Russians than the suggestion that their country may fall apart. That is to hear others suggest that when it does, they stand ready to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. And Russians are especially angry and alarmed when the author of such suggestions is Chinese or Polish.

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Published: April 07 2020

3 Billion People in Lockdown. Let's Hack The Future So We Never Go Through This Again

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Published: April 07 2020

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Published: April 07 2020

Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, who is overall manager of the government's emergency situation imposed in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, has issued an order forbidding those diagnosed with coronavirus, and those cohabiting or residing with a diagnosed individual, from leaving home, until recovery.

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Published: April 03 2020