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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...

Pactum’s founders Kristjan Korjus, Martin Rand and Kaspar Korjus.  Photo: estonianworld.com The Estonian-founded startup, Pactum, an AI-based platform that helps companies to automate personalised commercial negotiations, is to supply its technology to Walmart, the US retail giant, writes Estonian World. Pactum’s artificial intelligence system enables partners to negotiate more valuable...

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. All...

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...

3 Billion People in Lockdown. Let's Hack The Future So We Never Go Through This Again During these challenging times a team originating from Estonia is hosting a global online hackathon on  April 9-12, to build solutions for the socio-economic corona crisis and develop new ideas to increase resilience in...

CEPA's #CommonCrisis initiative features an Estonian perspective on COVID-19. Social distancing has given the Estonian American National Council (EANC) a chance to catch up on the ongoing work of Washington’s think tanks on issues that are evolving along with global response to the COVID-19 virus. While in-person events have been...

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. Regulations had been...

Margus Hunt is to leave the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, ERR's sports portal reports. Defensive linesman Hunt, 32, made the announcement on his own social media page on Monday, March 16th. "Thank you Indy! Thank you to the Irsay family and Chris for bringing me in three years ago," Hunt wrote....

The Estonian National Museum (Eesti Rahva Muuseum) is collecting stories and photos about how the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the emergency situation are effecting and reshaping the everyday lives of people who live in Estonia and how we adapt. The museum invites everyone to add their story and...

On March 12 the Estonian Government declared an Emergency Situation in connection with COVID-19. Up to date information can be found on the U.S. Embassy’s Webpage and on the Estonian Health Board’s English-language page. There are 267 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of March 19th in Estonia. The Estonian Government...