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Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
Reporters scrum Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen in Ottawa, on Nov. 24, 2021. Canada and Estonia are countries where the media environment is considered satisfactory by Reporters Without Borders. By comparison, Russia and Belarus fall into the category of difficult countries, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom

Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom
Reporters scrum Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen in Ottawa, on Nov. 24, 2021. Canada and Estonia are countries where the media environment is considered satisfactory by Reporters Without Borders. By comparison, Russia and Belarus fall into the category of difficult countries, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
Reporters scrum Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen in Ottawa, on Nov. 24, 2021. Canada and Estonia are countries where the media environment is considered satisfactory by Reporters Without Borders. By comparison, Russia and Belarus fall into the category of difficult countries, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom

Media freedom is the ‘antidote to tyranny’

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | February 2, 2022
  • The press is completely or partially blocked in 73 per cent, or 130 of the 180 countries ranked by the 2021 World Press Freedom
Reporters scrum Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen in Ottawa, on Nov. 24, 2021. Canada and Estonia are countries where the media environment is considered satisfactory by Reporters Without Borders. By comparison, Russia and Belarus fall into the category of difficult countries, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Building Ottawa’s Victims of Communism memorial the right thing to do

  • Aug. 23 offers a stark reminder of dark times, when under the auspices of two dictators, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | August 23, 2021
Estonia has created a monument in memory of the victims of communism, pictured, and Canada is right to create its own, says Estonian envoy to Canada Toomas Lukk. Photograph courtesy of Arne Maasik via Mr. Lukk

Building Ottawa’s Victims of Communism memorial the right thing to do

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | August 23, 2021
  • Aug. 23 offers a stark reminder of dark times, when under the auspices of two dictators, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop

Building Ottawa’s Victims of Communism memorial the right thing to do

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | August 23, 2021
  • Aug. 23 offers a stark reminder of dark times, when under the auspices of two dictators, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop
Estonia has created a monument in memory of the victims of communism, pictured, and Canada is right to create its own, says Estonian envoy to Canada Toomas Lukk. Photograph courtesy of Arne Maasik via Mr. Lukk

Canada and Europe share entwined past and future

  • In today’s geopolitical realm, the arc of instability spans from the Middle East to North Africa and from Asia to the Americas. The world
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | June 7, 2021
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured in Centre Block in April 2018. For Canada, NATO and the European Union play a central role in its foreign policy, but Canada’s strategic interests in Europe began long before NATO or the European Union were established, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada and Europe share entwined past and future

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | June 7, 2021
  • In today’s geopolitical realm, the arc of instability spans from the Middle East to North Africa and from Asia to the Americas. The world

Canada and Europe share entwined past and future

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | June 7, 2021
  • In today’s geopolitical realm, the arc of instability spans from the Middle East to North Africa and from Asia to the Americas. The world
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured in Centre Block in April 2018. For Canada, NATO and the European Union play a central role in its foreign policy, but Canada’s strategic interests in Europe began long before NATO or the European Union were established, writes Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Digitalization is the way forward and out of COVID crisis

  • OTTAWA—The coronavirus has accelerated the application of digital technologies. Big jumps in digital activity have been reported in countries that have imposed the strictest
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | May 13, 2020
Estonia is ready to share its experiences and help other countries to implement large-scale public sector digitization projects, which can contribute to resolution of international crises, writes Estonian Ambassador to Canada Toomas Lukk. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Digitalization is the way forward and out of COVID crisis

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | May 13, 2020
  • OTTAWA—The coronavirus has accelerated the application of digital technologies. Big jumps in digital activity have been reported in countries that have imposed the strictest

Digitalization is the way forward and out of COVID crisis

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | May 13, 2020
  • OTTAWA—The coronavirus has accelerated the application of digital technologies. Big jumps in digital activity have been reported in countries that have imposed the strictest
Estonia is ready to share its experiences and help other countries to implement large-scale public sector digitization projects, which can contribute to resolution of international crises, writes Estonian Ambassador to Canada Toomas Lukk. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Hijacking history: twisted narratives of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

  • OTTAWA—This year marks 80 years since a pivotal event that dramatically changed European history: the signing of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP) or “Treaty
FeatureBY TOOMAS LUKK | October 30, 2019
Josef Stalin and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop shake hands after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on Aug. 23, 1939. Photograph courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

Hijacking history: twisted narratives of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

FeatureBY TOOMAS LUKK | October 30, 2019
  • OTTAWA—This year marks 80 years since a pivotal event that dramatically changed European history: the signing of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP) or “Treaty

Hijacking history: twisted narratives of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

FeatureBY TOOMAS LUKK | October 30, 2019
  • OTTAWA—This year marks 80 years since a pivotal event that dramatically changed European history: the signing of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP) or “Treaty
Josef Stalin and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop shake hands after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on Aug. 23, 1939. Photograph courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

Marking 70 years since the mass deportation of Estonians, including my great-grandmother

  • Operation Priboi (“Tide” in Russian) in Soviet-controlled Estonia began with a pounding on the door in the early hours of March 25, 1949. This
Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | March 28, 2019
Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk’s great-grandmother was forced to leave her home and move to Siberia as part of the Soviet Union’s March 1949 deportations from Baltic states. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Marking 70 years since the mass deportation of Estonians, including my great-grandmother

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | March 28, 2019
  • Operation Priboi (“Tide” in Russian) in Soviet-controlled Estonia began with a pounding on the door in the early hours of March 25, 1949. This

Marking 70 years since the mass deportation of Estonians, including my great-grandmother

Opinion | BY TOOMAS LUKK | March 28, 2019
  • Operation Priboi (“Tide” in Russian) in Soviet-controlled Estonia began with a pounding on the door in the early hours of March 25, 1949. This
Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk’s great-grandmother was forced to leave her home and move to Siberia as part of the Soviet Union’s March 1949 deportations from Baltic states. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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