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Unemployment insurance fund head: Allowance period may be shortened

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New episodes of Russian TV series 'Puppets' to be made in Estonia

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Estonian beekeepers maintain quality amid influx of cheap synthetic imports

Viljar Peep.

Viljar Peep's term as justice ministry undersecretary comes to an end

Ministry of Finance.

Minister expedites top civil servants' reduced wage hike bill

Passenger car in front of the Narva-1 border checkpoint.

Six-month grace period given for re-registering Russian cars in Estonia

Owners of vehicles bearing Russian license plates must either remove their vehicles from Estonia or re-register them here, within a six-month period. No new legislation has been put in place to accomplish this; Minister of Justice Kalle Laanet (Reform) simply recapped current Estonian law.

Exploding a sea mine.

Scientists disagree on whether old munitions retrieval safe in the Baltic

European Parliament.

Parties in Estonia gearing up for European Parliament elections

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Over the past three years, anthropologist Francisco Martínez, along with artists Anna Škodenko, Darja Popolitova and Viktor Gurov, have visited 37 basements in Ida-Viru County. Their aim has been to explore "the underground material culture of eastern Estonia's post-industrial, Russian-speaking, and ecologically devastated region."

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Minister requests nearly €26 million to cover Eesti Raudtee 2023 losses

Estonian-Latvian border at the twin towns of Valga (Estonia) and Valka (Latvia).

Events on Latvia-Belarus border so far not felt in Estonia

The opening of the exhibition

In Pictures: Ukrainian naïve artist's exhibition opens in Pärnu

Tourists from a calling cruise ship sightseeing in Saaremaa. June 2023.

Group tourism in Estonia down significantly

Estonia's women's football team players celebrating a goal.

Estonia held to 0-0 draw by Kazakhstan in UEFA Women's Nations League

The proposed location of the tunnel.

Ülemiste to central Tallinn traffic tunnel scrapped over lack of funds

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President of Estonia Alar Karis at the UN General Assembly.

Polish and Baltic presidents meet to seek solution to Ukrainian grain issue

President of Estonia Alar Karis addresses the UN General Assembly.

Karis at UN General Assembly: Security Council close to a dead end

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High level UN event convenes on needs of Ukraine's children in war

The Baltic presidents with UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres in New York. September 19, 2023.

Baltic presidents meet with UN chief, invite American business investments

Members of the EDF prepping shells.

Estonia still hasn't sent Ukraine its cluster munitions

Politics

Riigikogu Speaker Lauri Hussar (Eesti 200).

Hussar calls party chairs meeting to restore Riigikogu's working capacity

Former finance minister: Unspecified tax rises should not be in the budget

Countdown to the end of online voting in the 2023 Riigikogu elections on the valimised.ee homepage.

Legal scholar: Government can only regulate e-voting 'technical details'

Center Party extraordinary congress in Paide. September 10, 2023

Tanel Kiik: More may leave Center if too strong change in tack happens

Tõnis Mölder talking to ERR.

Tõnis Mölder on changing parties: Eastern politics don't work in the West

economy

The Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa) office on Tartu's Vaksali tänav.

Estonian economy ministry considers reducing unemployment benefit period

Car tax will be higher than the initial proposal

Typical kitchen appliances: a microwave and an electric kettle. Photo is illustrative.

Estonian government amends positions on EU repair of goods initiative

Money.

Six-month Euribor reaches 4.072 percent

Kopli shipyard.

Swedbank chief economist: Estonian labor productivity falls for second year

Defense and security

Margus Tsahkna at the UN meeting with Rosemary DiCarlo.

Minister to UN: Holding Russia to account should not be mere pipe dream

A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in flight over Estonia, in an undated photo.

US Army Black Hawk helicopter to make Kuressaare overflight Friday

Eurofighter Typhoons in RAF and Luftwaffe service taxiing at Ämari earlier this year.

Ämari NATO air mission temporarily relocating to Latvia in 2024

Kersti Kaljulaid on 'Välisilm.'

Kersti Kaljulaid: Sanctions on Russia require regular renewal

German SDP member of the Bundestag Nils Schmid talking to ERR.

ERR in Germany: Taurus missiles to Ukraine conversation is ongoing

society

Estonian police in Tallinn harbor.

Government plans to double fine rates

Kopli Rescue Brigade.

Rescue Board: Closure of Kopli Brigade could delay rescue efforts

Madis Somelar.

Teachers in Estonia may strike over smaller than promised wage hikes

A rescue worker responding to a gas leak in Tallinn, Friday, March 24, 2023.

Rescue worker takes Social Insurance Board to court over loss of pension

Computer keyboard.

RIA on Elron cyberattack: It is likely that it will happen again

opinion

Mart Võrklaev (Reform).

Mart Võrklaev: Economic recovery cannot be based on mere slogans

Urmet Kook

Urmet Kook: No, Madam prime minister

President Alar Karis giving a speech in the Riigikogu.

Alar Karis: Democracy does not end with parliamentary majority

Raul Rebane.

Raul Rebane: Savisaarianism has fallen behind the times

Raimond Kaljulaid (SDE).

Raimond Kaljulaid: Emotional outbursts do not befit a prime minister

Sports

Kristin Tattar.

Estonia's Kristin Tattar up to second in US Women's Disc Golf Championships

The Estonian women's national football team.

Estonia to kick off UEFA Women's Nations League campaign in Tartu on Friday

Annet Kontaveit.

Anett Kontaveit to play at Luxembourg invitational tournament in October

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal through to round two in Saint Tropez

Epp Mäe's (left) bout with Adeline Gray at the world championships in Belgrade.

Epp Mäe's coach: Belgrade was a tough competition

culture

Gallery: 'Boat of Tears' commemorates Estonians who fled by sea in 1944

In celebration of the European Day of Languages this year, children read Eno Raud's Estonian children's classic

Vikerraadio marks European Day of Languages with 'Three Jolly Fellows' quiz

Estonian nature folklore website publishes Estonian heritage in translation

'The Art of Adapting' opens at Kadriorg Art Museum

The major ethnic groups in Tallinn are Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Finns, Jews and Tatars.

Tallinn celebrates diversity during the Days of National Cultures

research and education

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Analysis: MS Estonia wreck damaged after hitting seabed

Among other things, red yeast enables the production of useful compounds from wood waste.

Research: Estonian scientists create model that helps turn waste into food

Render of a GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 nuclear reactor.

Analysis: Nuclear plant reactor would generate 12 tons of spent fuel a year

Common cranes in Estonia.

Cranes leaving Estonia for southern climes, via three different routes

The northern lights over Estonia on the night of September 18, 2023.

Northern lights seen over Estonia Monday night

features and interviews

Katri Raik.

Mayor Katri Raik: I'm not leaving politics or Narva

Kaja Kallas appearing on the "Stuudios on peaminister” Vikerraadio show, Monday, August 28, 2023.

Kaja Kallas: Estonia's moral standards are so much higher

Tiit Hennoste.

Samost and Hennoste on 'backbone' of Estonian journalism

BBC cult TV series "Yes Minister."

Topical satire: The 2023 closed partnership conference

Andrew Whyte.

Andrew Whyte: Pin the tail on the squirrel, or why Kaja Kallas won't resign

galleries

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Gallery: Students raise Estonian flag during Resistance Day commemorations

Tallinn Fringe Festival

Gallery: Tallinn Fringe Festival 2023 comes to an end

Heads of Estonian banks at the prime minister's office.

Banking Association chief: bank tax would reduce capacity to boost growth

Dismantling and removal of Red Army monument from Narva's

Monument to Red Army soldiers removed from Narva's 'Dark Garden' park

Light Walks Festival 2023.

Gallery: Light festival comes to historic Old Town, ends today in Kadriorg

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Elin Cullhed: Violence of societies always seeps down to the women

Elisa Johanna Liiv and Kate Mosse.

Kate Mosse: Women are allowed to write about childbirth, not history

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podcasts

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