07.09.26 NEWS ... Architect Jan Skolimowski, whose entry won the architectural competition for the extension of the Pärnu Beach House (rannahoone), said that this is a building that has, over nearly a hundred years, become a symbol of Pärnu.

05.09.26 NEWS ... On Friday evening, director Ivan Pavljutškov's feature‑length directorial debut "Morten" premiered at Kosmos cinema in Tallinn. The film is based on Estonian writer Reeli Reinaus' award‑winning youth novel "Morten, Emilie ja kadunud maailmad" (Morten, Emilie and the Lost Worlds).

05.09.26 NEWS ... The annual music and city festival Station Narva began in Narva on Friday, bringing well‑known performers from Estonia and abroad to the border city for a weekend of concerts and events.

04.09.26 NEWS ... Writer and Tabasalu High School literature teacher Jürgen Rooste says that teaching is often a daily struggle for students' attention, but some encounters and moments also give a great deal of energy.

04.09.26 NEWS ... A feature film about the founding of Estonian startup Bolt is currently under production, with 16‑year‑old actor Tõru Kannimäe cast in the lead role as founder Markus Villig.

02.09.26 NEWS ... The Prosecutor's Office has expanded its investigation into a theater director's alleged drugging of acquaintances, Eesti Ekspress reported.

02.09.26 NEWS ... On 28 August, Santa Zukker's solo exhibition "Mööda maastikke" (Along the Landscapes) opened at the Artius Gallery in Tallinn, bringing together the artist's work from the past year along with earlier cityscapes featuring naïvist and futuristic elements.

31.08.26 NEWS ... On 28 August, Kaido Ole's new solo exhibition "Krt" opened at the Temnikova & Kasela gallery in Tallinn.

29.08.26 NEWS ... Kiwi performer George Fenn is in town for the ongoing Tallinn Fringe Festival, brining his show "Sexy Ghost Boy" to the stage.

29.08.26 NEWS ... What will happen to a Saaremaa monument created by noted Estonian sculptors remains unclear nearly a year after its removal, with some fearing it will be destroyed.

29.08.26 NEWS ... A new outdoor courtyard exhibition at Tallinn's Kumu Art Museum gives vulnerable kids and teens space to tell their stories through art.

27.08.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Drama Theater (Eesti Draamateater) has fired one of its staff members after he admitted to spiking two people's drinks with MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

27.08.26 NEWS ... A Tallinn party series is inviting people to knit and crochet on the dancefloor, offering a late-evening alternative to nightclubs for beginners and veteran crafters alike.

27.08.26 NEWS ... An interactive work by acclaimed French visual artist Maxime Touroute will light up Tallinn's Patarei Sea Fortress walls as a shared canvas Friday night.

27.08.26 NEWS ... Famous US jazz trumpeter, band leader and composer Wynton Marsalis is booked to be the headline act at the annual Christmas Jazz festival in Tallinn later this year.

26.08.26 NEWS ... Polina Richter, a painting conservator at Kumu art museum who is researching Soviet‑era oil‑painting materials for her master's thesis, says that the scarcity of supplies in that period forced artists to invent creative solutions.

26.08.26 NEWS ... A criminal investigation has been opened over an alleged drink spiking case involving an Estonian Drama Theater employee, Eesti Ekspress reported.

26.08.26 OPINION ... On August 21, a celebration and concert marking the 35th anniversary of Estonia's restoration of independence was held at the Mere Cultural Center in Tallinn. Among the speakers was Gaute "Rohke Debelak" Kivistik. His full speech is published below.

26.08.26 NEWS ... Representatives of the cultural sector are dissatisfied with the size of Estonia's national cultural awards, which have remained unchanged since the kroon era.

25.08.26 NEWS ... A guest‑performance exchange between the national theatre Vanemuine and the Latvian National Opera and Ballet begins on Tuesday in Tartu and Riga.

25.08.26 NEWS ... The annual Tallinn Fringe Festival is into its second week, with an international itinerary bringing theater, Icelandic cabaret and Irish street performances to the capital.

25.08.26 NEWS ... In May, the Estonian Artists' Association (EKL) was defrauded of nearly €700,000. To cover part of the financial loss, works from the association's collection and newly donated pieces will be auctioned. EKL board member Jaanus Samma said it is less painful to give up artworks than the studios that belong to the association.

25.08.26 NEWS ... Cobblestones uncovered during roadworks at a central Tallinn street cannot receive heritage status because it lies outside the Old Town.

25.08.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition and storytelling project has opened at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), which envisions an island where girls live among flowers and nature.

24.08.26 NEWS ... Kino Sõprus cinema chain showed its first film at Priisle Park in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district last week and is planning several outdoor screenings across the city in the coming weeks.

24.08.26 NEWS ... The Kaamos art scholarship, awarded for the first time last year, is this year intended for artists over 60. The amount of the scholarship is 25,000 euros.

24.08.26 NEWS ... British electronic act Morcheeba is to return to Estonia next spring. The band last performed in Tallinn just last year.

24.08.26 NEWS ... The pre‑shoots for the historical film "Ümera jõel" ("On the Ümera River"), based on Mait Metsanurk's novel and held in Ida‑Virumaa, gave the filmmakers a sense of what the Estonian‑Latvian‑Finnish co‑production might become.

24.08.26 NEWS ... The Americanized Estonian has become a fixed stereotype in Estonian culture through which people express fear of the disappearance of the Estonian language and identity, according to a study.

24.08.26 NEWS ... Sunday marked 87 years since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed. The agreement, between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, paved the way for Estonia's over 50 years of occupation.

24.08.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Artists' Association (EKL), together with an expert commission consisting of art historians, critics and art‑market specialists, selected the works that will go to an emergency auction to partially cover the financial damage caused by a fraud scheme. The auction will also include 124 newly donated works from artists.

24.08.26 FEATURE ... Tallinn's Fringe Festival marks its 10th anniversary this year, and writer Todd Williams explains how to make the most of the month-long event taking place around the Estonian capital until September 18, and why there's something for everyone.

22.08.26 OPINION ... Revised GDP figures showing Estonia's economy performed better than previously thought should prompt the government to reconsider past spending cuts and restore funding disproportionately taken from culture, Kaarel Tarand writes.

21.08.26 NEWS ... The Canadian Estonian community is already celebrating the long-awaited KESKUS International Estonian Center in Toronto as construction enters its final stretch.

20.08.26 NEWS ... The 35th anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence was also marked by a concert on Toompea featuring several well-known acts to the public.

19.08.26 NEWS ... Saaremaa island now has its own Saaremaa. A Saaremaa‑shaped maze was created in the Kärla Agricultural Cooperative's cornfield, where fast walkers can tour the entire "island" in just an hour.

19.08.26 NEWS ... Baz Luhrmann's musical movie classic "Moulin Rouge" was voted best film at the recent Tartuff festival.

19.08.26 NEWS ... A new event at Paavli Culture Factory offered Tallinn a fresh take on Italy recently, bringing Estonian and Italian communities together through music, food and traditions.

18.08.26 NEWS ... With the number of foreign occupiers of Estonia through history, it is no surprise that the country is home to a variety of museums displaying militaria.

18.08.26 OPINION ... Endless entertainment leads to an ever more simplified culture, and an ever more simplified culture eventually collapses into primitiveness, incompetence and infantilism — inevitably producing a society that can no longer cope with itself, writes Maarja Vaino.

18.08.26 NEWS ... August 20 marks 35 years since Estonia regained independence. Join the celebrations with ERR's live coverage, specials, films and music on TV, online and on the airwaves.

18.08.26 NEWS ... Japan's Hiroshima Animation Season is putting Estonia's Priit and Olga Pärn in the spotlight this year with two retrospective programs celebrating their distinctive worlds.

17.08.26 NEWS ... On 15 August, Eiko Ojala's exhibition "Meele märkused" ("Mind Notes") opened at the Rüki Gallery in Viljandi.

17.08.26 NEWS ... Legendary Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen says Estonia's music scene is particularly lively, one of the most interesting countries at present.

16.08.26 NEWS ... The Pärnu Literature Festival took place for the sixth time on Saturday in Estonia's summer capital, but organizers say it could be the last due to a lack of funding.

15.08.26 NEWS ... Nowadays, those caught pilfering peas or apples from someone else's field or garden may justify it as a folk tradition. In the 19th century, however, getting caught meant a trip to court and a sound thrashing as punishment.

15.08.26 NEWS ... More than a dozen works by young artists in Kharkiv are now on display in Pärnu, blending forgotten legends and untold tales with new mythologies in large, colorful scenes.

15.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian short film "Death is Harder Than a Broken Heart" received an honorable mention from Hollywood Shortsfest, earning a spot in the festival's official virtual program.

14.08.26 NEWS ... The annual Tallinn Fringe Festival (TFF) turns 10 next week and will mark it by bringing its biggest program yet.

14.08.26 NEWS ... An international exhibition in Tallinn brings together 55 artists from around the world, each offering their own unique take on the beloved childhood classic Pinocchio.