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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 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.
CIOR´s president invited Ukrainian reserve officers to join CIOR
Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur and CIOR´s president LTC Toomas Luman held a discussion with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov this week and discussed help to Ukrainian forces as well as involvment of Ukrainina reservists in international co-operation.
Safety Deed of the year awarded to the Finnish Reserve Officers Federation for the CIOR Summer Congress 2023
CIOR biggest annual event: Summer Congress took place in Helsingi from 25 to 30 June 2023.
Worst floods hit Slovenia in August 2023
At the end of the first week of August 2023, heavy rainfall across much of Slovenia resulted in catastrophic floods and devastation. Slovenia is grateful for international community's assistance in flood relief.
Estonian Reserve Officers dedicated monument to Lt.Gen. Johannes Kert
Estonian reserve officers dedicated monument to Lt.Gen. Kert - supporter of reserves and CIOR.
US Air Force looks to send reserve fighter pilots, air planners to Europe
US Air Force looks to send reserve fighter pilots, air planners to Europe in response to the recent authorization to allow the call up of reservists in the inactive ready reserve (IRR) as apart from the drilling reservists that are routinely mobilized. Also, as noted, this will likely also be expanded to reservists in other services (e.g., Army, Marines, Navy).
Romania organized a virtual workshop “Identified Lessons from the Ukrainian Conflict”
On 23 March 2023, the Centre for Defense and Security Strategic Studies (CDSSS) from the National Defence University "Carol I" (ROU NDU) organized, together with the Romanian Reserve Officers Association, a virtual Workshop aimed at analysing the first year of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict...
One year of war in Ukraine, 105 years of Independent Estonian Republic
February 24th was the 105th anniversary of Estonian Republic. The same day marks one year of Russia´s illegal aggression against Ukraine. President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Secretary General of NATO and Jens Stoltenberg visited Tallinn...