Your Excellency, the first full meeting of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, held in Tallinn on 2–3 June 2017 constituted a critical step in establishing a future blueprint for the Commission’s engagement. What are the main goals and priorities for the work program for the upcom- ing three-year mandate?Loe edasi

She was “at the right time at the right place”, in 1991, when Estonia became independent. With the plan of becoming a lawyer in mind, she was invited to join the foreign service, among others thanks to her fluency in Russian. She needed some time to take her final decision to stay but in retrospect she does not regret it.Loe edasi

The United Nations has failed to get countries to agree how international law applies to cyberspace, so a new group is stepping up.”As long as there are gray zones in the application of international law, we will continue to see states try to get away with as much bad behavior as they can, even as such acts carry the risk of mushrooming into global conflict.”Loe edasi

Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Estonia, Ms Marina Kaljurand is a member of the United Nations expert group of governments and experts on cyber security. Kaljurand, who chairs the Global Commission on the Stability of Global Cyberspace since March 2017, spoke with Dolapo Aina at the just concluded Transform Africa Summit 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda, on challenges of protecting internet data and the prowess of Estonia on cyberspace and cyber security.Loe edasi

During the Bronze Night riots, the Estonian embassy in Moscow was surrounded by protesters, most of them members of the Nashi and Molodaya Rossiya. They threatened the embassy and its staff. Then-ambassador Marina Kaljurand told ERR News in an interview how events unfolded in the Russian capital.Loe edasi

TALLINN – Former Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand has accepted an offer of the World Bank to take part in exploring violence against women taking place on the internet. “Some time ago I received an interesting proposal from the World Bank – to explore international practices when it comes to online violence against women or digital violence. I was proud of having received such a proposal and I agreed,” Kaljurand said on social media.Loe edasi