The Estonian War of Independence of 1918-1920 spelled great loss of life, hardship and confusion for Estonia, while at the same time the opportunity victory provided for state-building has a ...

Military history reconstruction societies from all three Baltic States played out an Estonian War of Independence battle over the weekend, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported. Participants ...

Estonia ended up part of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century. It experienced its first period of independence in 1918, following the end of World War One and the collapse of the Russian Empire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine presents an “existential” threat to Ukraine’s neighbors in NATO, according to a senior European envoy. “It is about supporting ...

Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February ... it was resurrected in 1991, when Estonia, which now has a population of 1.3 million, regained its independence after more than five decades ...

One of Ukraine’s most prominent backers emerged victorious this week in Estonia’s parliamentary election, which was dominated by the aftershocks of the war and brought voters out in record ...

Estonia has decided to remove Soviet-era war monuments from public places. The move is aimed at preventing them "from mobilising more hostility in society and tearing open old wounds" following ...