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People walk at Baltic train station, with the Stenbock House, left, and St Mary's Cathedral, top, in background, in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. A Chinese container ship remains to be the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between NATO members Finland and Estonia which was reopened this week after multimillion-euro repair work, (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas talks to journalists as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. European Union leaders meet in Brussels for a one-day summit to discuss the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, including support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Russia puts leader of NATO member Estonia on a wanted list over removal of Soviet-era monuments

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, sits next to US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter during a meeting with North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani at the foreign ministry building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Secretary Blinken is on a brief visit to Skopje, North Macedonia, to attend the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Top diplomats meet in North Macedonia for OSCE but some boycott Lavrov’s expected attendance

By Konstantin Testorides - Associated Press

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. European Union leaders gather Thursday for a two day meeting to discuss, among other issues, Ukraine and the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Estonia’s Kallas is reelected to lead party despite a scandal over husband’s Russia business ties

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference at the Swedish Government headquarter Rosenbad in Stockholm, Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

The damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives no details

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A compression station of the Baltic Connector marine gas pipeline is pictured in Inkoo, Finland, Nov. 5, 2019. Finnish government is to hold a press conference later on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, to inform about the Baltic Connector marine gas pipeline leak in the Gulf of Finland. (Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva via AP)

Damage to gas pipeline, telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia caused by ‘external activity’

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Trucks stands at the post-customs international checkpoint Chernyshevskoye at the Russian-Lithuanian border in Kaliningrad region, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have in a jointly coordinated move banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s recent new interpretation of sanctions against Moscow. (AP Photo, File)

Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

This image made from a social media and and provided by Ostorozhno Novosti shows smoke billowing over the city and a large blaze in Pskov, Russia, on Aug. 29, 2023. Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions early Wednesday in what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago. (Ostorozhno Novosti via AP)

Air attack kills 2 in Kyiv while Russia accuses Ukraine of biggest drone attack of the war

By Susie Blann and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

FILE - Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, on June 30, 2023. The husband of Estonia’s government leader said Friday Aug. 25, 2023 he will sell stakes in a company with ties to Russia, a situation that has caused a crisis for Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Estonia’s pro-Ukrainian PM faces pressure to quit over husband’s indirect Russian business links

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A Russian military landing ship, which now transports cars and people between Crimea and Taman because the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait is closed, sails not far from Kerch, Crimea, on Monday, July 17, 2023. The Crimean Peninsula's balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and has hosted history-shaking meetings of world leaders. And it has been the site of ethnic persecutions, forced deportations and political repression. Now, as Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 18th month, the Black Sea peninsula is again both a playground and a battleground. (AP Photo, File)

The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Belgium's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois holds a trophy as he celebrates his 100th match during the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Austria at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to miss Euro qualifier amid reports of captaincy row

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Ambassador to Russian Federation Margus Laidre leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry's building in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Russia is expelling Estonia's ambassador and the country's diplomatic mission will be headed by a charge d'affaires, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre was ordered to leave the country by Feb. 7, the ministry said. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia, Estonia expel ambassadors amid ‘destroyed’ relations

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Estonia is small in size, big in experiences

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

People visit the area of tripoint marking the place where borders of Poland, Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast meet, in Zerdziny, Poland, July 7, 2022. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania closed their borders Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, to most Russian citizens in response to the wide domestic support in Russia for the war in Ukraine. Under the coordinated travel ban, Russians wishing to travel to the Baltic countries or Poland as tourists or for business, sports or cultural purposes will not be allowed in even if they hold valid visas for the European Union's checks-free Schengen Area. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Baltic nations close borders to Russians over Ukraine war

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

The Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders falls during its demolition in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 25, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a renewed push to topple the last remaining monuments to the Soviet army that remained in Europe. At the end of the communist era, when Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia regained their independence from the Soviet Union, those countries began renaming streets and toppling statues of Lenin and other communist figures. But many memorials to the Red Army remained. (Kaspars Krafts/F64 via AP, File)

War protest: Statues fall as Europe purges Soviet monuments

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

People from Mariupol and eastern Ukraine disembark from a train at the railway station in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2022, to be taken to temporary residences in the region. About 500 refugees from the Mariupol area arrived in Nizhny Novgorod on a special train organized by Russia from eastern Ukraine, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the border. (AP Photo)

‘The mouth of a bear’: Ukrainian refugees sent to Russia

By Lori Hinnant, Cara Anna, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Kallas called European unity on the war in Ukraine “a negative surprise” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Still, she told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday, one shouldn’t underestimate Moscow’s military capabilities, because “they are in this for the long haul.” (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Estonian PM reaches coalition deal for majority government

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with leaders of the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament factions via video conference residence at the Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Estonia report: Russia bets on COVID-19 weakening the West

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, Chairwoman of the Reform Party Kaja Kallas poses for a photo in Tallinn, Estonia. President Kersti Kaljulaid said Thursday Jan. 14, 2021, in a statement that Kaja Kallas would now have 14-days to put together a new Cabinet, after Prime Minister Juri Ratas stepped down in the wake of a corruption scandal. (AP Photo/Raul Mee, FILE)

Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press