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Thank you President Karis for inviting us to Estonia’s Independence Day reception - elagu Eesti! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Did you know tanks can salute? (Watch til the end). (Challenger 2 tank from 🇬🇧 Royal Tank Regiment, the world’s first tank regiment, in Estonia’s Independence Day parade alongside 🇪🇪🇫🇷🇺🇸 allies). 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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🇬🇧 represented at 🇪🇪 Independence Day parade by a cross-section of personnel here, led by the Royal Dragoon Guards. In glorious sunshine and with a great 🇺🇦🇪🇪 flag behind them. 🇬🇧🇪🇪🇺🇦

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Elagu Eesti! 🇪🇪 Happy Independence Day to Estonian friends everywhere. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Big day today - first audition for the summer Song Festival! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Three years ago I spent lots of my time here on defence, and lots of my time on tech, and those were mostly separate. Not any more. Estonia's tech investors take defence into their own hands as Russian threat looms 🇬🇧🇪🇪🇺🇦 www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...

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“Sir Keir called Zelensky on Wednesday evening and told him it was "perfectly reasonable" for Ukraine to "suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War Two", Downing Street said.” 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇪 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Kivi kotti, Tommy! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Latest of my occasional columns on the Premier League. Spoiler alert - Palace lost, but my son still loved the experience! If you haven't been to a Premier League game in person, book a trip! 🇬🇧🇪🇪⚽️ www.ohtuleht.ee/sport/112477...

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-5° and sunny is just right with me! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Added benefit from speaking to a group of influencers, a little sketch! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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🇬🇧 in past 48hrs: - PM call to Pres Zelensky today: 🇺🇦 “on irreversible path to NATO” - Foreign Secretary joint statement with other European foreign ministers - Increased military support for 🇺🇦: £4.5bn this year - On anniversary of Navalny’s death, new sanctions 🇬🇧🇪🇪🇺🇦

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Head sõbrapäeva! 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇪

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🚨 NEW: Ukraine is on ‘irreversible path to Nato’, Keir Starmer tells Zelenskyy “[The PM] was unequivocal that there could be no talks about Ukraine, without Ukraine”, a Downing Street statement said Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Happy Valentine’s Day / head sõbrapäeva! From 1100 today I will be (briefly) helping out in Chocolala, assisting people who forgot to buy their loved ones gifts already…. Näeme seal! 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇪

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Wonderful to visit the Royal Tank Regiment today in their Tidworth home. The world’s oldest tank regiment, they are also very regularly part of the 🇬🇧 Battlegroup in 🇪🇪, and will lead it again from Sept 25 to Mar 26. A pleasure to see old friends, make new friends and talk about 🇬🇧🇪🇪.

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Today and tomorrow are the last days to see “The Vicious Circle” at Kadriorg Art Museum. Curated by the UK Holocaust Centre and Museum, it is a powerful examination of the persistence of antisemitic tropes and anti-Jewish hatred. Do see it if you can. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Delighted that the 🇬🇧 House of Commons Defence Select Committee led by Tan Dhesi MP chose 🇪🇪 for their first overseas visit - itself a sign of the importance of the defence relationship. Welcome @CommonsDefence 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Good explainer of a significant event happening across the Baltics this weekend. Estonia desynchronizing from the Russian electricity grid | News | ERR 🇬🇧🇪🇪 news.err.ee/1609586915/e...

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🇬🇧 making it easier to build nuclear reactors, including small modular reactors… On top of recent announcements on Heathrow expansion and Oxford-Cambridge corridor, another clear sign of pro-growth agenda. t.co/gTxOjxgdQu 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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There was a fire yesterday at Slava Ukraina restaurant, possibly arson. But they are back OPEN and I would love to see it busier than before. I am here now for lunch with my boys. 🇬🇧🇪🇪🇺🇦

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Amazing! Congratulations! 🇪🇪🥇 Estonian Niina Petrõkina crowned European figure skating champ in Tallinn | News | ERR Looking forward to attending the event tomorrow with my family. 🇬🇧🇪🇪 news.err.ee/1609592744/e...

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Will be on Vikerraadio from 0812 talking about learning Estonian…. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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It’s Diplomacy Week in 🇪🇪! That means the Estonian Foeign Ministry invites all Embassies to visit schools this week. My colleagues are going to schools across the country and today I visited Kuristiku Gümnaasium for the first time. Thanks for hosting me! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Represented the Tallinn diplomatic corps (i.e. spoke on behalf of all Ambassadors here) at today’s Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

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Super-inspiring lunch with winners of both the Baltic Women in Science and Science in Three Minutes competitions, with the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Great to meet and here’s to more 🇬🇧🇪🇪 science collaboration! 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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There are Burns nights and then there are Burns nights in the former cabaret hall of a collective fishery in Haapsalu! Super evening and so much love for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 across 🇪🇪. 🇬🇧🇪🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The @ukinestonia team yet again very diplomatically lost against the Mayor of Haapsalu’s team! 🥌🇬🇧🇪🇪

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On my way to Haapsalu for Burns night fun and HAD to stop at Kraft Bakery in Keila - toasted marshmallows on hot chocolate, hapuleib, and a great vastlakukel! (My first of the season). Now ready for 🥌 and 🥃! 🇬🇧🇪🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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It’s time for this country to get building again. There’s an important role for Judicial Review, but that isn’t to give opponents carte blanche to force up project costs & delays. It’s mad that nearly 60% of projects are now seeing JRs vs just 10% recently www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship returns to British waters” Includes news that @RoyalAirForce surveillance aircraft will join the NATO deployment protecting critical national infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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More positive investment news! UK ‘second most attractive country for investment’, survey finds | Economics | The Guardian 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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This week, honoured to welcome HRH, The Duke of Edinburgh to 🇪🇪. As Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Dragoon Guards, the Duke visited troops and later had a meeting with Estonian President, Alar Karis. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Posting this given the volume of (sometimes inaccurate) coverage internationally and need for facts. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper gave an update on the actions the government will take to protect young people from sexual abuse and grooming gangs. 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Tallinn: yes British Embassy Tallinn: no 🇬🇧🇪🇪 #jackal

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A really warm meeting this morning between His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, and President Alar Karis. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Neljapäeval saabub Eestisse ametlikule visiidile Tema Kuninglik Kõrgus Edinburghi hertsog prints Edward. See on tema kolmas ametlik visiit Eestisse. 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.ohtuleht.ee/1122706/prin...

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🇬🇧🇺🇦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Learnt lots in today's visit to NEO/Silmet in Sillamäe and Narva. Well done 🇪🇪 for ensuring the rare earth processing and magnet capabilities there - unique outside Asia - are maintained and developed. Vital to both our economic security and the just/green transitions. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Briti huvi haruldaste muldmetallide vastu on suur! Ma võtan neli kolleegi Sillamäele Silmeti tehasesse kaasa. Merily on keskmine laps ja seetõttu harjunud keskel istuma 🙂. 🇬🇧🇪🇪

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Great concert in Tallinn this Friday evening: "Manchester-born Ellie Slorach devises unique, innovative, sell-out performances in venues ranging from concert halls to nightclubs." With the world's largest professional men's choir! concert.ee/en/kontsert/...

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