The number of Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) personnel being deployed to Poland's border with Belarus is around 60, EDF commander Lieutenant General Martin Herem says. The personnel will gain valuable learning experience, in addition to aiding an ally, he said.
No grounds exist for suspending the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) current vaccination requirement, put in place in late summer, the Supreme Court found, following rulings by lower tier courts which overruled former EDF members who had refused to get vaccinated and were dismissed. The court also dismissed an application for interim relief, i.e. the temporary lifting of their dismissal.
Alar Karis, elected new head of state in August, will take office next Monday, October 11. The inauguration ceremony and handover from Kersti Kaljulaid on Toompea lasts a little over an hour, during which the honorary company of the guard battalion will be inspected twice, by both outgoing and incoming presidents.
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Estonia's largest landowner is the state, followed by Raul Kirjanen, a wood pellet firm owner. Most of the top ten landowners have substantial forest holdings.