Russian Embassy in Tallinn.

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European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson (Center).

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Riina Sikkut (SDE).

Minister slams Transport Board chief's island flight link remarks

A NyxAir ATR 42-500 plane (pictured on Saaremaa). The carrier services Hiiumaa's flight link also, albeit usually with a smaller plane.

Mayor hits out at civil servant's criticism of Hiiumaa flight links

European Council meeting on Ukraine, Thursday, March 23, 2023.

Prime minister: Ukraine EU artillery shell procurement shows Estonia heeded

Stacks of euro bills (photo is illustrative).

Statistics: General government deficit fell to 1 percent of GDP in 2022

Scandal over PPA service details

Eerik Heldna, director of the Customs Department at the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA).

Under-suspicion MTA department chief: I have always followed required norms

Elmar Vaher. March 22, 2023.

Police chief Elmar Vaher: PPA has been handling things correctly

Elmar Vaher.

Ex-PPA director gets paid €4,200 a month after being named fraud suspect

Egert Belitšev, acting director general of the PPA. March 22, 2023.

Belitšev: Central Criminal Police, PPA officials involved in fraud case

Eerik Heldna, director of the Customs Department at the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA).

Key question in PPA scandal: did state benefit from Heldna rotation?

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An already-open two-lane stretch of the Tallinn-Tartu Highway.

Future coalition unlikely to fund new road building projects

Coalition negotiation press conference March 21, 2023.

Future coalition wants to abolish nationwide free public transport scheme

Wedding dress boutique (photo is illustrative).

Marriage equality will be discussed at end of coalition negotiations

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Brigitte Susanne Hunt (photo from 2020).

Supreme Court upholds socialite's internet comments damages suit

Buildings on Tallinn's Jõe tänav evacuated after major gas leak Updated 11:57

Charger and extension cord plugged into outlets.

Government retroactively widens 2022 energy support compensation period

Toompea Castle (Toompea loss), seat of Estonia's parliament, the Riigikogu.

Toompea Castle prepares for arrival of the XV Riigikogu

Lauri Laats (Center).

Center's Lauri Laats quitting as Mustamäe elder to take up Riigikogu seat

Alika won Eesti Laul, the national competition to pick Estonia's entry to the Eurovision, last month.

Estonia's Alika drawn in Eurovision Song Contest second semi-final heat

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Ukranian refugee residence on Kopli tänav in Tallinn.

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Kaja Kallas in Brussels

Estonian PM calls for lowering of Russian oil price cap

Electricity pylons (photo is illustrative).

EU has spent over ten times more on energy crisis than Ukraine aid

Urmas Reinsalu gave a speech in the bomb shelter at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University.

Reinsalu: NATO roadmap needed for Ukraine, Europe's security

Hanno Pevkur awarded mission medals to the U.S. HIMARS team stationed in Estonia.

Estonian defense minister awards mission medals to US HIMARS team

economy

Supervisory board approves new Eesti Energia board, all but one replaced

Food products.

Estonia ranks 17th in EU in living standards

Priit Sauk..

Head of Transport Administration: Hiiumaa air link misuse of state funds

VKG Ojamaa Mine.

Ministry stalling a right of use permit needed by VKG oil shale mine

Bank of Estonia chief Madis Müller appearing on 'Esimene stuudio', Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Bank of Estonia director: Situation with the Estonian economy 'mediocre'

opinion

President Alar Karis.

President Alar Karis: We as a nation must feel pride in Estonian art

Aimar Ventsel.

Aimar Ventsel: Georgia is more than khinkalis

Indrek Kiisler.

Indrek Kiisler: When will Estonia learn to say 'no' in the EU?

Erik Gamzejev.

Erik Gamzejev: What will we do with Ida-Viru County?

Jaak Aaviksoo.

Jaak Aaviksoo: Billions instead of millions

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Martin Adam (9) scored the sole goal of the encounter.

Estonia men's football team goes down 1:0 in away friendly versus Hungary

Kaia Kanepi in action in Miami.

Kaia Kanepi out in Miami after three-and-a-half-hour first round match

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja in action in Mexico.

Ott Tänak works way back up to ninth place in Mexico after turbo problems

Philip Pritchard and the Stanley Cup.

NHL Stanley Cup arrives in Estonia

Preparing the ski track at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljak).

Tallinn Song Festival Grounds prepares for FIS Cross-Country World Cup

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Conductor Hirvo Surva, in a traditional oak wreath, reaching out to young singers at the conclusion of the XXVII Song Festival

100 days until Estonia's XIII Youth Song and Dance Festival

Marit Ilison's coats made from Soviet blankets.

Estonian designer turns Soviet blankets into haute couture

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra' 30th anniversary concert.

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra celebrates its 30th anniversary

Anna Hints' documentary 'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood' premieres in Estonia

Georgian Bay Estonians celebrating Estonian Independence Day at Heavenly Cafe in Collingwood, north of Toronto, Canada.

Global Estonian Report: March 22-29

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Children playing in the snow at Metsküla Elementary School in Pärnu County, which is facing possible closure.

Läänemets urging municipal leaders to wait on school closure decisions

A boy reads.

Estonian boys read for six minutes a day

Exam correction.

Experts: Increased teacher salaries largely achieved through overburdening

Life expectancy for Estonian men is nearly nine years shorter than for women.

Estonia ranks third in Europe in life expectancy gender gap

Genetic studies on the cowslip suggests that this common plant may go extinct in the future.

15,000-year history of Estonia's dark diversity researched

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Leonid Hoda.

Ukrainian commander: Russia will turn its gaze on the Baltics one day

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Ambassador Sven Sakkov at the Estonian Embassy in Helsinki.

Ambassador Sakkov: Things haven't been this exciting in Finland in decades

Kadri Liik.

Kadri Liik: Russia has gone from an authoritarian to a totalitarian state

Juhan Parts.

Former Isamaa PM: Rating of 5 percent not enough to represent Estonianness

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Anton Aleksejev with a Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance unit.

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George P. Kent

US ambassador to Estonia: Putin did not go to Bucha, this is Russia's war

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Tallinn's Freedom Square during the Independence Day parade. February 24, 2023.

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Anniversary of Republic concert in "Estonia."

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Evgenia Kara-Murza.

Evgenia Kara-Murza: Violence and fear keeping Russians from protesting

galleries

The field hospital donated in cooperation between Estonia, Norway and the Netherlands arrived in Ukraine. March 21, 2023.

Photos: Estonia's third donated field hospital arrives in Ukraine

Karuema, Mõmmi and Mõmmibeebi on an episode of

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Jõuga murder hearing at Viru County Court, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Court sentences woman to 16 years in prison for 'self-interested' murder

French Griffon armored personnel carriers and AMX-10P amphibious infantry fighting vehicles in Tapa.

French Griffons and AMX-10s arrive in Estonia

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) hosts German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Stenbock House in Tallinn on Thursday. March 16, 2023.

Gallery: 'You can count on Germany,' says Steinmeier after meeting Kallas

podcasts

Estonia Explained part five: What is with the sauna?

Startup Estonia Podcast host Adam Rang talking to entrepreneur and Jobbatical founder Karoli Hindriks.

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Estonia Explained podcast: 'The Curious Case of Gentrification'

Estonia Explained part three: 'The Stare'

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