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Summer Congress 2024 officially commenced in Tallinn
Summer Congress 2024 officially commenced 29 July with an opening ceremony at Freedom Square in Estonia’s capital city of Tallinn.
Estonia's Victory Day celebrations in Estonia – Russia boarder town Narva.
On June 23, Estonia celebrates Victory Day – commemorating the key victory in the Battle of Võnnu in 1919 – with a nationwide parade held in a different city each year. The majority of the parade participants are reservists and volunteers from the Estonian Defense League.
CIOR President met with Estonian Military Representative in NATO to discuses NATO's new Reserve Forces Policy
Following the Military Committee in Permanent Session on 25 Jan 24, it was agreed that IMS Policy & Capabilities (P&C) Division would initiate a project to revitalise the Alliance approach to Reserve and Reserve Forces. Initially, this will take the form of reinstating the NATO Policy on Reserves including a review of current MC documents related to affiliated Reserve organisations.
IBM in Tallinn ended with visit to exercise Spring Storm
CIOR´s In Between Meeting last week ended with visit to Estonia´s largest annual exercise Spring Storm. Reserve officers from 12 countries received an overview on exercise and met reservists taking part of it.
CIOR´s next IBM in Tallinn almost here
CIOR´s next In Between Meeting (IBM) will take place in Tallinn, Estonia from 9 to 11th May.
CIOR President visited Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's membership in CIOR
CIOR President met with the Defence minister of Ukraine, Mr. Rustem Umerov, 22 March to discuss possible steps for Ukraine to become an associate member of CIOR.
Major Andre Lilleleht received a high national award
Speech to NATO Reserve Officers At the Interallied Confederation of Allied Officers Mid-Winter Meeting 1 February 2024 NATO HQ, Brussels
Ladies and Gentlemen, officers.
It’s an honor to be invited to speak here today in front of the men and women who understand what collective defense means and the importance of the alliance that has maintained the peace in Europe for 75 years. This is especially true in 2024 when many have doubts about the future of the alliance and at a time when Europe faces a greater threat to its security since the darkest days of the Cold War. Even then, when I was at Radio Free Europe in Munich Germany and when massive NATO exercises were just part of living in Europe, we did not have an ongoing massive invasion and war on the continent. Nor did we hear threats to invade, bomb and otherwise attack Europe.