On the massacre of Copts in Egypt 13.10.2011
Christian Copts were routinely discriminated already under the Mubarak regime, with their churches and homes attacked and burnt by Muslim extremists. Last Sunday, October 9, dozens of Copts were killed as more than 100,000 of them, supported by groups of Moslem co-citizens, marched peacefully through the streets of Cairo, protesting against new attacks which targeted their churches.
Loe edasiCommemorating 70 years from the first mass deportations from the Baltic States: "Your past is our past". Tunne Kelam MEP 06.06.2011
At the opening of the plenary session, the Members of the European Parliament commemorated 70 years from the first mass deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, conducted by the Soviet Union.
In his statement, the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek stressed that we need to remember many thousands of victims in the Baltic States which had been occupied since 1940 by the Soviet Union.
Loe edasiMoment of Decision for the European Union’s Foreign Policy 16.03.2011
Tunne Kelam, Member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee
By the 15th of March five days had passed from the adoption of the European Parliament’s resolution on
Iran: confidence-building with Tehran's regime is no longer a realistic option. Tunne Kelam MEP 10.03.2011
"Now that the EU is calling for an immediate end to the brutal Gaddafi dictatorship and insists on completely isolating him, the same should apply to the brutal and bloody Iranian regime", stated Tunne Kelam MEP after the debate on
Russia's continued disregard of human rights and Rule of Law is bound to have a negative impact on relations with the EU. Tunne Kelam MEP 21.02.2011
"A crucial indicator of the situation of the Rule of Law in Russia is the fact that tens of independent journalists and civil activists have been murdered - to name just a few Anna Politkovskaya, Natalya Estemirova, Sergei Magnitsky - and yet not one crime has been solved and not one murderer has been brought to justice", said Tunne Kelam MEP.
Loe edasiKremlin can be seen as complicit in crimes against human rights activists. 21.02.2011
The outcome of the Khodorkovsky and Magnitski cases will be seen as crucial for Russia's credibility as a NATO partner. 16.12.2010
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Speech by MEP Tunne Kelam, 15.12.2010
Loe edasiThe Cuban injustice - statement by 'Friends of Free Cuba'. Sakharov Prize 2010 15.12.2010
Estonian MEP warns that Russia's clout is increasing 28.10.2010
European People's Party faction representative Tunne Kelam has gone on record as saying that Russia's power to sow and exploit divisions between EU states and in transatlantic relations has never been greater.Loe edasi
Circassians standing up for their rights and cultural identity deserve EU support 06.10.2010
Tunne Kelam, Member of the European ParliamentBaltic MEPs Address Marine Eco-Crisis 15.09.2010
MEPs pledged to bring up Baltic Sea environmental issues at the plenary of the European Parliament. Topics included pollution, as well as the possible impact of submerged chemical weapons, the Nord Stream pipeline and the Kaliningrad oil rig.Loe edasi
Arms Exports: after Lisbon, EU needs better coordination of its arms exports. 08.09.2010
Tunne Kelam MEP and Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš MEP
Today's European Parliament debate on arms exports, initiated by EPP Group Members, was based on solid concerns of several Member States who have been seriously worried about the imminent exports of modern military technology from some Member States to third countries.
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70 years from the occupation of the Baltic states 14.06.2010
Seventy years ago, in June 1940, three European states on the eastern coast of the Baltic sea, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were invaded by the Red Army and illegally annexed to the Soviet Union. This was the direct result of the August, 23, 1939 pact between two dictators – Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler – who had agreed divide the eastern part of Europe between themselves. Nazi Germany gave the Soviet Union free hands to establish its domination over Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as parts of Poland and Romania.
Loe edasiWorld War II: Apologies for past crimes have to precede future victory parades. Tunne Kelam MEP 06.05.2010
On May 9, 2010, the Kremlin leaders will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany and leaders from all over Europe have been invited to
Five years ago, on May 11, 2005, the European Parliament reacted to a similar Kremlin-sponsored celebration by initiating a resolution on the consequences of WW II. The parliament concluded that "for some nations, the end of World War II meant renewed tyranny inflicted by the Stalinist Soviet Union.”
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Tunne Kelam: Selling Mistral-type helicopter carriers to Russia equals rewarding Kremlin for its invasion of Georgia 23.11.2009
The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) is the only international mission monitoring the implementation of the August 12 and September 8, 2008 agreements between
Tunne Kelam: New member states should have a representative in the new EU "troika" 11.11.2009
In the debate on the results of the recent European Council, the EPP representative Tunne Kelam from Estonia made three observations: Loe edasiTunne Kelam: There is a third party in Russian-Georgian conflict 22.10.2009
Baltic Sea Strategy: A success story of the original Lisbon Strategy? 16.09.2009
Baltic States commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Baltic Way 21.08.2009
Tunne Kelam (EE), Sandra Kalniete (LV), Vytautas Landsbergis (LT)On 23 August Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Baltic Way. On that day in 1989 the people of the three occupied Baltic States joined hands in an unprecedented action - a 600 km-long human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius - demanding recognition of secret clauses in the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939 and the re-establishment of the independence of the Baltic States.
