Press Releases

President Ilves accepted the credentials of two ambassadors

margit.teesalu@vpk.ee (Margit Teesalu-Kranich) — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:17:29 +0000

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves accepted the credentials of the ambassadors of the Republic of Namibia and the Republic of Armenia in Kadriorg today.

President Ilves: austerity and growth are not mutually exclusive

margit.teesalu@vpk.ee (Margit Teesalu-Kranich) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:02:10 +0000

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said that the demand surfacing in various states every now and then to replace the policy of austerity with the policy of growth is erroneous. "Austerity is a policy; growth is the result", he said at the formal presentation of the Kroon Album in the Bank of Estonia.

President Ilves: Viljandi is the point of balance between Tartu and Tallinn

margit.teesalu@vpk.ee (Margit Teesalu-Kranich) — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:30:44 +0000

"Viljandi is Estonia's very own point of balance between Tartu and Tallinn. Keeping our traditions alive and bringing folklore to a multitude of hearts, the Viljandi Culture Academy steadfastly works on making the Estonian living environment cosier and richer", President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said at the 60th anniversary of the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy in Ugala Theatre.

President Ilves at the “Kevadtorm” (Spring Storm) exercise: as always, conscripts have been good students and reservists confirm their willingness to defend, once again

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:27 +0000

"The young men who are completing their mandatory military service have been good students, as always, while the reservists have again proven the support of society towards national defence," told President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, at the annual large-scale training exercise, "Kevadtorm" (Spring Storm), of the Defence Forces.

President Ilves: NATO must remain the most powerful military alliance, even in economically complicated times

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:14:06 +0000

"I do hope that the NATO summit in Chicago will confirm that NATO is visible, credible and deterring, offering its allies reliable protection and its partners the support that they need," told the President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, at his meeting with William Burns, the Deputy Secretary of State of the USA.

Olli Ilmari Rehn and Timo Pesonen were presented with decorations of the Republic of Estonia

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:42:51 +0000

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves today handed over Orders of the Cross of Terra Mariana to Vice President of the European Commission, Olli Ilmari Rehn, and high official of the European Commission, Timo Pesonen, for their contribution to Estonia's merger with the euro area.

President Ilves invites young people to write about Estonia’s road to democracy

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:40:43 +0000

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves thanked this year's participants in the students' historical research papers and announced a new competition, Estonia's Road to Democracy, for the next academic year.

President Ilves: Turkey is important for balancing and problem-solving purposes

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:53:11 +0000

""The Arab Spring" has made it quite clear to even the most hesitant in the European Union that we desperately need close relations with Turkey, one of the few that is capable of understanding and influencing the development of Middle Eastern countries towards stability and civil liberties," told the President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, at a meeting with Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

President Ilves: the young people of today are the real generation of winners

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:53:19 +0000

People younger than 30 years today probably represent one of the happiest generations in Estonia's history: they have attended schools, acquired higher education and have been free to choose their own life path, told the President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, today in addressing an official Entrepreneuring Estonia – Successful Estonia seminar of Junior Achievement, an organisation that delivers education in economics.

Candidatures for the Young Cultural Figure Award can be submitted until next Friday

rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:07:13 +0000

Candidatures for the Young Cultural Figure Award of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic can be submitted until 18 May (incl. date on postal stamp).