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The Rescue Board (Päästeamet) closed off the residential district of Kakumäe, just west of Tallinn, on Monday, in order to defuse an unexploded wartime aerial bomb found there the day before. “Defusing work is taking place on the Kakumäe shore Read More …
11 states and 21 vessels with diving squads are participating in the Open Spirit 2021 NATO mine countermeasures (MCM) operation launched in Estonian waters on Monday. The main area of operation in this year’s MCM mission is the Gulf of Read More …
A joint mine clearance exercise of the navies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 3B Divex 2020, is taking place in Narva Bay this week, in the course of which war-era explosive devices left in the area will be relocated and Read More …
On Monday, Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams from the Rescue Board rendered a total of 25 pieces of war-era ordnance harmless on Saaremaa. Spokespeople for the rescue center for West Estonia told BNS that 12 mortar mines and two hand Read More …
A homemade explosive device exploded at Tallinn’s Lilleküla High School on Friday and two minors, a teenage boy and girl, are suspected of making the explosive and organizing the explosion, the Estonian daily newspaper Postimees reported. The alarm center received Read More …
Estonian Special Forces deploying to Mali will be loaned four Jackal armoured vehicles by the UK Ministry of Defence, it is today announced. Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey confirmed the loan, plus a three-week training package, for elite Read More …
Harju County Court on Friday sentenced a resident of Tallinn’s Õismäe District to seven years and six months in prison for collecting a large amount of explosives at his apartment. The court is settling the criminal case under compromise procedure, Read More …
Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists of the East Estonia division of the Rescue Board found and disarmed altogether 242 explosives this week. Rauno Raidloo, head of the Rescue Board’s EOD team for East Estonia, said that the explosives were found Read More …
ANAKONDA 2018, a Polish-led multinational exercise, which began on 7 November, today completed its first week. The exercise involves around 12,500 troops in Poland and approximately 5,000 troops in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The exercise demonstrated the interoperability of the Read More …
Estonia and Ukraine are interested in continuing cooperation in the field of training humanitarian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists, officials said at the conclusion of a course during which training consistent with international standards was provided to 17 humanitarian EOD Read More …
