{"id":143246,"date":"2025-06-19T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"estonias-interior-minister-labels-russia-belarus-as-threats-to-eu-security","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        (Igor Taro)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(siseministeerium.ee)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, <em>err.ee<\/em> reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official made this statement ahead of today\u2019s visit to Tallinn of his counterparts from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Poland, as well as the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration and the head of Frontex, the European Union\u2019s border agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting is expected to focus on combating foreign interference, media manipulation and disinformation as well as enhancing border security, including with the use of drones, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Russia and Belarus represent \u201ca constant threat and a real security problem\u201d for the EU, Taro stressed, calling for a joint effort to combat Russia\u2019s meddling in the internal affairs, media manipulations and hybrid attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister said six EU countries share a border with Russia or Belarus and are responsible for protecting the bloc. Border defenses depend on how quickly they introduce modern technologies and train personnel, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few years, the EU has imposed multiple sanctions on Belarus over human rights abuses, facilitation of the migration crisis at the EU eastern border and support of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. Sanctions may be expanded soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Naus\u0117da on Zapad-2025 drill: no reason to be worried<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 18, Pozirk. The population of Lithuania has no reason to be worried about the Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad-2025, Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da said after a State Defense Council meeting today. The exercise is nothing special. It reflects Russia&#039;s general &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143219\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro. The official made this statement ahead of today\u2019s visit to Tallinn of his counterparts from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Poland, as well as the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":143228,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-143246","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\"},\"headline\":\"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-19T08:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\",\"name\":\"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-19T08:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk","description":"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk","og_description":"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/"},"headline":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security","datePublished":"2025-06-19T08:39:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/"},"wordCount":221,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/","name":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-06-19T08:39:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"June 19, Pozirk. Russia and Belarus are the only aggressive neighbors of the European Union, err.ee reports, citing Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/igor-taro-siseministeerium.ee_-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143246\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Estonia\u2019s interior minister labels Russia, Belarus as threats to EU security"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/143246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=143246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}