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John Bolton.

Bolton to ERR: Ceasefire would rather benefit Russia at this time

Four of Estonia's major political parties' previous campaign ads.

Politicians, media outlets slam planned EU political ad regulations

Helicopter (picture is illustrative).

Fatal helicopter crash highlights private aviation safety in Estonia

Estonian rescue worker.

Ministry of Social Affairs to review rescuers' special pension rules

Karksi artificial lake.

Geoecologist: Nitrate levels in bodies of water have risen to 1980s levels

The Green Admire.

Updated 20.05.2025 07:46

Russian authorities release Green Admire tanker seized after leaving SillamäeUpdated 07:46

The tanker Green Admire, which was detained in Russia's territorial waters on Sunday after leaving the Estonia port of Sillamäe, has been released by Russian authorities and has since left for Rotterdam, its original destination.

Mammography bus of the Tartu University Hospital.

Estonia's deepening health inequality also reflected in cancer cases

Site of helicopter crash near Eura, Finland.

Gallery: Finland releases photos of helicopter crash site

Security cameras at Kelluke Kindergarten in Tallinn.

Experts: People should be more knowledgeable about surveillance cameras

When doctor’s appointments take too long or prescribed treatments don’t help, some people turn to social media in search of answers for their health concerns.

Social media-sourced health advice ranges from ER visits to witchcraft

Vincenzo Guzzo.

IMF: Estonian economy needs structural reforms to liven up growthUpdated 14:41

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Combat operations with the Scouts Battalion, Finnish and French units at Siil 2025

In pictures: Estonia's Exercise Hedgehog 2025

Estonians and Ukrainians fly drones together at Exercise Hedgehog 2025

Ukrainians demonstrate inefficiency of yesterday's war at Siil exercise

Hedgehog.

Why is Estonia's largest military exercise named after a hedgehog?

more news

Ministry of Education and Research.

Ministry of Education raises officials' salaries

The Riigikogu's Anti-Corruption Select Committee.

New EU political ad regulations cause concern ahead of October local elections

Ott Eric Ottender.

Ott Eric Ottender becomes first Estonian to score touchdown in Europe's top American football league

Mark Lajal.

Estonian number one Mark Lajal out of French Open in qualifiers

Martin Mölder.

Martin Mölder: Extremely low rating of ruling parties as a political crisis

Estonian Minister of Culture Heidy Purga and Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi.

Estonia and Ukraine sign new agreement to deepen cultural cooperation Updated 19.05

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

Former diplomat: Ban Baltic Sea 'shadow fleet' to pressure Russia on Ukraine peace

Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi met with Riigikogu President Lauri Hussar (Eesti 200) and Cultural Affairs Committee chair and MP Liina Kersna (Reform) in Tallinn on Friday. May 16, 2025.

Riigikogu leaders meet with Ukraine's strategic communications chief

The exhibition

Gallery: Azovstal defenders exhibition opens in Tallinn

SUVs being sent from Estonia to Ukraine.

Convoy of 34 vehicles to be sent from Estonia to Ukraine

Kristi Raik.

Expert: A proper peace treaty in Ukraine unlikely under current Russia regime

Politics

Erkki Keldo.

Minister: Coalition agreement to be finalized Saturday

The Council of the Baltic Sea States and Estonian flags.

Baltic Sea states council should focus on hybrid threats, new report says

The Baltic Sea.

Agency: Estonia has urged ships to avoid Russian waters in Baltic Sea since 2022

The Green Admire.

Russia detains oil tanker after leaving Estonian port

Gray seals (Halichoerus grypus).

Estonia joins Finland, Sweden in seeking EU approval to commercially hunt seals

economy

A district heating plant in Tallinn.

Estonia hopes building renovations will offset emissions trading system price hike

airBaltic Boeing 757 taking off.

airBaltic postpones IPO, can make it to year end without additional funding

Rail Baltica's Ülemiste Terminal under construction in Tallinn. Fall 2024.

Rail Baltic Estonia signs country's largest-ever infrastructure contracts

Hendrik Johannes Terras.

Minister orders special audit at national mail carrier

Construction workers.

Government agrees to relax rules for hiring foreign workers

Defense and security

Igor Taro.

Igor Taro: Government also needs official internal security advice

Tõnis Saar

NATO's Cyber Defence Center of Excellence names new director

The EML Raju (P6732), a PATROL 45 WP HYBRID-class Estonian Navy patrol vessel.

Experts: Estonia's failed shadow fleet tanker operation reveals shortcomings

President Alar Karis delivering a speech on the opening day of the Lennart Meri Conference (LMC) in Tallinn. May 16, 2025.

Estonian president: In a war with Russia, no place in Europe would be safe

Edward Lucas.

Edward Lucas in Tallinn: Europe must learn to listen to Estonia

society

Young people in Tartu.

Where are populations youngest and oldest in Estonia?

Martin Noorsalu speaking to

Expert: 50 meters is adequate flight distance between two helicopters

A train at Tartu Station.

Rail track modernization brings changes to Elron's timetable from Monday

Fixed speed cameras such as this one beween Mäeküla and Adavere will become a thing of the past in Estonia.

Rise in fatal road traffic accidents prompts plans for Muhu's first speed camera

Morcheeba's free concert in Freedom Square in Tallinn, Friday, May 16, 2025.

Gallery: UK's Morcheeba closed Tallinn Day celebrations with free concert

opinion

Marju Himma.

Marju Himma: When an emergency alert test becomes a national bonding moment

Lauri Laats.

Lauri Laats: Estonia digging its own energy grave

Kristian Jaani.

Kristian Jaani: Estonia needs a leap in traffic safety

Emergency sirens in rural areas.

Feuilleton: Seven tales of the emergency warning system test

Alar Laneman.

Alar Laneman: Rapid national defense development race against growing threat

Sports

Elisabeth Pihela.

Estonian high jumper Elisabeth Pihela confined to 1.80 meters at Tokyo meet

Jekaterina Mirotvortseva.

Jekaterina Mirotvortseva sets new Estonian record in 20km road walk

Elena Malõgina

Elena Malõgina out of Strasbourg WTA tournament despite strong start

Ott Tänak in action for Hyundai in Portugal.

Ott Tänak second in Rally Portugal

Maijooks 2025.

Liis-Grete Arro wins Maijooks for second year in a row

foreign affairs

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Riigikogu speaker Lauri Hussar attending papal inauguration mass in Rome

Two ambulances leaving the helicopter crash scene with their lights off just after 3 p.m. on Saturday. May 17, 2025.

No survivors in Finland crash of two helicopters that took off from Tallinn

Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna speaks at the CBSS ministerial meeting in Vihula.

Foreign minister: Shadow fleet threat must be tackled more decisively

A Moldovan student taking an e-exam.

Moldova follows in Estonia's footsteps as 1,500 students take math e-exams

The ministers at the CBSS Ministerial Meeting at Vihula, Estonia on May 16, 2025.

Polish foreign minister 'shocked' by shadow fleet vessels sailing without flags

science and research

Kindluse School, a nine-grade basic school in Järveküla, Harju County, was awarded the title of Estonia's 2025 School of the Year. May 16, 2025.

Kindluse School in Järveküla named Estonia's 2025 School of the Year

Across the European Union, the advanced age of family doctors is a growing concern.

Thesis: Family doctor dearth result of work-life balance search in Estonia

The main dividing line fell between children born in the spring and summer versus those born in the fall and winter.

Study: Less fortunate mothers give birth to skinnier children in the winter

Traditional Estonian village swing at the Meoma sacred wood site.

Sacred natural sites in Estonia a mix of national romanticism and old folklore

The court seal (kohtukull) of the Estonian Consistory, from the archives of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELK).

Influence of estate-based church courts receded slowly in independent Estonia

culture

Close-Up Båten festival at the Paavli Kultuurivabrik.

Gallery: Close-Up Båten festival brings Swedish punks to Tallinn

Estonia's movie industry to be boosted by new multimillion-euro, purpose-built studios

Tommy Cash arrives at Tallinn Airport after Eurovision success, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Gallery: Tommy Cash arrives back in Estonia after Eurovision glory

Tommy Cash at the Eurovision.

Tommy Cash: Sorry we came third

Tommy Cash performing at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Switzerland.

Tommy Cash stuns with third place Eurovision Song Contest finish for Estonia

features and interviews

"Vyshyvanka Day" at the Estonian Open Air Museum in 2024.

Vyshyvanka Unites: Eurovision star Alika to headline Ukrainian festival this Sunday

Catalan artist Lily Brick and her mural "Welcome Spring."

Art without a ticket: Estonia's nomadic street art festival heads to Saaremaa

Anumai Raska, Kärt Koppel and Liisbeth Horn during a performance of "Rat's Rumba."

Rat's Rumba: A fun journey in a surveillance society at Switchover performing arts festival

Hedgehog.

Why is Estonia's largest military exercise named after a hedgehog?

Ukrainian artist Viktoria Berezina's new mural "Tree of Life" in Narva.

Ukrainian artist's new Narva mural celebrates nature and cultural connections

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Lennart Meri Conference.

Lennart Meri Security Conference 2025

Council of Baltic Sea States and Estonian flags.

Polish and Estonian foreign ministers discuss regional security

Estonian and EU flags.

What do ambassadors think about Estonia?

Narva city government also put on a concert for the city's residents on the town hall square.

Europe Day 2025 concerts in Tallinn and Narva

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's interview with ERR, BBC, ARD and France Televisions journalists.

Zelenskyy: Putin fears instability in Russian society and isolation

tallinn

Part of Toompea tänav has been closed due to a collapse in the vicinity of the Wismar Ravelin, part of the fortifications around Tallinn's medieval Old Town on Friday. May 17, 2025.

Photos: Tallinn's Toompea tänav partly closed after underground collapse

Ragnar Kjartansson's exhibition

Gallery: Icelandic art star Ragnar Kjartansson's solo show opens in Tallinn

Rail Baltica's Ülemiste Terminal under construction.

Tallinn greenlights tunnel under Rail Baltica line

Highland cows on the Paljasaare Peninsula.

Highland cattle arrive to maintain Estonia's Paljassaare coastal meadow

Kalamaja Museum's new outdoor exhibition explores district's past

tartu

Red fox (picture is illustrative).

Fox family provokes excitement at Tartu kindergarten

Short film

Estonian queer short film collection coming to Tallinn, Tartu this weekend

Karlova Home Cafe Day in 2022.

Locals to open home cafés this Saturday as Tartu celebrates Karlova Days

Keithy Kuuspu and Liisa Saaremäel´s

Switchover performing arts festival kicks off in Tartu this week

GaltTec talks in Japan.

Estonian-developed energy tech sparks pilot project talks in Japan

narva

Bear cubs spotted in a backyard in Saaremaa. Photo is illustrative.

Young bear spotted running around Narva-Jõesuu

People along the Narva riverfront watching the Victory Day concert held in Ivangorod and prominently broadcast across the river. May 9, 2025.

Two separate holidays marked in Narva on May 9

Narva Museum opened the Narva '54 exhibition on May 9, 2025.

Gallery: New exhibition shows Narva Old Town's fate after WW2

Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova.

Narva Museum chief Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova named European of the Year

A posted set up on the Russia-facing wall of the Hermann Castle in Narva on May 9, 2025.

Narva Castle hangs new Putin-Hitler banner on Russia's 'Victory Day'

galleries

Gardening at Väätsa Paikäpp Kindergarten on Thursday. May 15, 2025.

Estonian kindergarteners dig into gardening as spring finally arrives

The new jubilee exhibition at the Estonian Maritime Museum.

Gallery: Estonian Maritime Museum's new jubilee exhibition opens in Tallinn

Mayor of Tallinn Jevgeni Ossinovski and Prime Minister Kristen Michal met to start Tallinn Day in the Old Town on May 15, 2025.

Gallery: Tallinn mayor and prime minister celebrate Tallinn Day

The Luther Quarter will start to be developed in 2026.

Tallinn's Luther Quarter to undergo €200 million development

Mother's Day celebrations in Kehra, Harju County.

Alar Karis: A mother is the center of a safe world

news in simple Estonian

Lihtsad uudised.

Lihtsad uudised 16. mail

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Lihtsad uudised 9. mail

Lihtsad uudised.

Lihtsad uudised 2. mail

Lihtsad uudised.

Lihtsad uudised 25. aprillil

Lihtsad uudised.

Lihtsad uudised 18. aprillil

podcasts

Ari Matti Mustonen has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience and been warm up act at his live show as well.

Feature | Estonia's English-language podcasts, all in the one place

Tallinn Airport.

Estonia Explained part seven: Why are you here?

Maarja Merivoo-Parro.

Estonia Explained part six: The language has issues

Estonia Explained part five: What is with the sauna?

Maarja Merivoo-Parro.

Estonia Explained part four: A Thousand Years of Multi-culti

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