toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu

Between all the power outages here in Southern Estonia, I didn't get around to congratulating Finland on your independence day, your first year as NATO ally.
https://images.app.goo.gl/vUmWHhL7hBBrxwMH9

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[2023-12-06 16:33 UTC]

China’s paranoid purge.
In a sign of instability in Beijing’s top ranks, foreign policy and defense officials are vanishing as Xi roots out perceived enemies.
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-paranoid-purge-xi-jinping-li-keqiang-qin-gang-li-shangfu/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1732332817038622963#m

[2023-12-06 09:35 UTC]

PISA: Estonian 15-year-olds top the European knowledge scoreboard
https://estonianworld.com/knowledge/pisa-estonian-15-year-olds-top-european-knowledge-scoreboard/
via
https://nitter.cz/EstonianWorld

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1732051251309732128#m

[2023-12-05 14:56 UTC]

"Ukraine has brought Nordic and Baltic countries together
It turns out the Baltics were right"
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2023/11/13/ukraine-has-brought-nordic-and-baltic-countries-together

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1731973822784352740#m

[2023-12-05 09:48 UTC]

China’s (Possible) Baltic Adventure
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chinas-possible-baltic-adventure/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1731432606908944828#m

[2023-12-03 21:57 UTC]

“Russia Playing Cat-and-Mouse with the OSCE”
https://jamestown.org/program/russia-playing-cat-and-mouse-with-osce-part-one/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1731343209249345948#m

[2023-12-03 16:02 UTC]

https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/franco-german-leadership-in-european-security
Franco-German leadership in European security: Engine in reverse gear?

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1730860878935818427#m

[2023-12-02 08:06 UTC]

Everything indicates a Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says.
‘I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,’ says minister.
https://www.politico.eu/article/balticconnector-damage-likely-to-be-intentional-finnish-minister-says-china-estonia/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=%27Everything%20indicates%27%20Chinese%20ship%20damaged%20Baltic%20pipeline%20on%20purpose%2C%20Finland%20says

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1730615473220338048#m

[2023-12-01 15:50 UTC]

Something funny going on 105 years after the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Full on suck-up to Russia, complete disdain for morality and European solidarity.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/hwag_ucmc/status/1730493135698977111#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1730496150556246230#m

[2023-12-01 07:56 UTC]

Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Military Needs?
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91146
Keir Giles and 10 other leading experts all agree: NO.
"Ukraine is now suffering the entirely predictable consequences of decisions by its Western backers to slow-roll and drip-feed essential military support."

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1730303519201095719#m

[2023-11-30 19:11 UTC]

This really brings me down. Such great songwriter. "Fairytale of New York". featured in the article, is one of best Christmas songs of the last 50 years.
Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/30/shane-macgowan-pogues-singer-dies?CMP=share_btn_tw

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1730310992146362467#m

[2023-11-30 19:41 UTC]

https://www.rferl.org/a/32693816.html
Revealed: The Kremlin-Connected Russians Employed By Europe's Top Security Body

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729947060177174654#m

[2023-11-29 19:34 UTC]

Revealed: The Kremlin-Connected Russians Employed By Europe's Top Security Body.
Kas poleks aeg sellest õudusest välja astuda? Kes oleks piisava julguse ja selgrooga, et seda teha?
https://www.rferl.org/a/32693816.html

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729948152122200086#m

[2023-11-29 19:39 UTC]

Tasub meenutada: ÕUDUS KUUBIS | Need asjad pidid muutma elu meie armsas Eestis maapealseks põrguks
https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/120247283/oudus-kuubis-need-asjad-pidid-muutma-elu-meie-armsas-eestis-maapealseks-porguks

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729851663387623764#m

[2023-11-29 13:15 UTC]

This needs to be read. What is wrong with Germany=
Free speech groups criticise German ban on Russian journalists’ book
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/free-speech-groups-criticise-german-ban-on-russian-journalists-book?CMP=share_btn_tw

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729558166583546314#m

[2023-11-28 17:49 UTC]

Germany: Solidarity with Russian dissident authors facing an injunction.
But of course.
Read
https://nitter.cz/article19org
story:
https://www.article19.org/resources/germany-solidarity-with-russian-dissident-authors-facing-an-injunction/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729249021548519878#m

[2023-11-27 21:21 UTC]

Toetasin Hooandjas Rohelise Maja Pood
https://www.hooandja.ee/projekt/rohelise-maja-kogukonnakohviku-uus-katus
via
https://nitter.cz/Hooandja
Tehke ka.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1729078683120648404#m

[2023-11-27 10:04 UTC]

ICDS director doubts Kaja Kallas' chances of becoming NATO secretary general
He's sadly onto something. The fix is in, an underserved stitch-up and again, we know who we really are.
https://news.err.ee/1609172365/icds-director-doubts-kaja-kallas-chances-of-becoming-nato-secretary-general
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23ERR

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1727297059932471802#m

[2023-11-22 12:04 UTC]

PPA: Economic migrants arriving at Estonian border from Russia
https://news.err.ee/1609171738/ppa-economic-migrants-arriving-at-estonian-border-from-russia
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23ERR

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1727007316300705941#m

[2023-11-21 16:53 UTC]

How Czechia wants to shut European borders to Russian agents
https://www.ft.com/content/0ba5718e-8c70-42db-8263-b4cfcf1ca38e
via
https://nitter.cz/FT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1726893477512839192#m

[2023-11-21 09:21 UTC]