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Cars near the Stockmann intersection in Tallinn.

church worried about vibration from trams

Tallinn deputy mayor: No plans to leave single lanes for cars on Liivalaiachurch worried about vibration from trams

Carri Ginter.

Attorney: State must not treat all citizens as potential criminals

Alatskivi Castle.

Alatskivi light festival to take place this weekend

The new Defense Academy building in Tartu.

New Defense Academy building opens in Tartu's Raadi district

Grooverider.

Tallinn club Hall celebrates 30th birthday of UK drum and bass label Metalheadz this Saturday

Jürgen Henn and the Estonian men's national football squad.

Estonia's UEFA Nations League clash with Azerbaijan live on ERR Friday evening

The Estonian men's national football team continue their UEFA Nations League campaign on Friday evening when they host Azerbaijan in Tallinn. the game will be shown live on ETV2 and by following the link in this article from 6.50 p.m. Estonian time.

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise.

Justice chancellor: Scuffle when handing over a child completely unacceptable

Parvel Pruunsild.

Businessman sues Estonian state over personal data misuse

Riigikogu National Defense Committee. Chairman Kalev Stoicescu (Eesti 200) at the head of the table.

Committee chair: National Defense report intrigue far-fetched media speculation

EOK board meeting to elect the organization's next president, Friday, October 11, 2024.

Kersti Kaljulaid elected next Estonian Olympic Committee president

Former President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid has been voted in as the Estonian Olympic Committee's (EOK) next chief, after getting 62 votes in Friday's second round run-off against incumbent Urmas Sõõrumaa.

more news

The Estonian Drama Theater production of

Budget cuts mean some Estonian theaters need to increase ticket prices

Eneli Jefimova.

Swimmer Eneli Jefimova pulls out of Shanghai world cup series

Estonian U-21 football players.

Estonia's U-21s beat Israel 1:0

A piano made by the

Estonia donates piano to newly restored Notre Dame cathedral

The northern lights were visible over Scotland on October 11, illuminating the sky above the Kissing Trees.

Astronomers: Spectacular geomagnetic storms to continue until next summer

Flooded streets in Siesta Keys, Florida, following Hurricane Milton's arrival.

ERR in the US: Hurricane Milton makes devastating landfall in Florida

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

Col. Ants Kiviselg.

EDF colonel: Ukraine strikes on Russian ammo dumps likely to bear fruit soon

Kalev Stoicescu.

Estonian politicians express frustration at Ramstein summit postponement

Marko Mihkelson (Reform).

Riigikogu committee chair regrets top Ramstein meeting postponement

President Alar Karis: Tear down the wall of restrictions around Ukraine

Lt Col. Toomas Väli.

EDF officer: Ukrainians pulled out of Vuhledar due to Russian forces' numbers

Politics

Isamaa flags.

Businessman donates €100,000 to Isamaa party

Around half of Estonia's land is covered by forest, in turn about half of this is state-owned.

Ministries, other stakeholders full of criticism for draft forestry bill

The Riigikogu's main chamber will hold the 2025 state budget's first reading next week.

Finance committee sends 2025 state budget bill for first Riigikogu reading

SDE leader Lauri Läänemets.

Center Party donations dry up in Q3 as Parempoolsed receive over €89,000

Taimar Peterkop confirms will remain state secretary to year-end

economy

Tourists (presumably) taking a photo against the backdrop of three large cruise ships in Tallinn's Old City Harbor last summer.

Statistics: Tourist accommodation up 8 percent on year to August Updated 15:36

Hans H. Luik.

Ekspress Grupp's digital subscriptions keep growing

The Raiku sustainable alternative to bubble wrap is made from thin wooden spirals.

Estonian firm brings out eco-friendly bubble-wrap substitute

Ship and cargo rail at the Port of Paldiski. Photo is illustrative.

Analyst: Estonian exports picture getting better

Theater workers protesting low culture sector salaries on Toompea Hill.

Study determines livable wage in Tallinn at €1,621

Defense and security

Kusti Salm (left) and Martin Herem at Vikerraadio on April 22, 2024.

Former defense ministry official to also join Milrem Robotics supervisory board

The Tehumardi 'broken sword' monument remains where it is for the meantime, though a Soviet-ese inscription is likely to be discreetly covered over.

Future of Tehumardi 'broken sword' monument revisited on battle's 80th anniversary

Estonian naval personnel.

Estonian navy gearing up to its new, enhanced capabilities

EDF exercise at the Soodla Training Grounds.

EDF calls 59 reservists for Okas snap exercise

Swedish Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets over the Baltic Sea.

Sweden pledges troops for NATO from next year

society

Põlva department store building.

Old Põlva mall building to be demolished

Alar Irs.

Estonia postpones construction of Tartu University Hospital's new building

Spa centers are among the businesses hit by the coronavirus restrictions.

Top court finds spas' coronavirus restrictions to have been lawful

Hedgehog.

Hedgehog rescue: Easy to help keep hedgehogs safe this fall

Dental care.

Oral surgeons and orthodontists paid the most among doctors in Estonia

opinion

Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski.

Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski: We need deregulation

Erik Gamzejev.

Erik Gamzejev: Social Democrats, come to your senses on Russian citizens' voting rights

Mihhail Kõlvart.

Mihhail Kõlvart: There will be no tax stability

Marilin Eessalu and Halliki Kreinin.

Marilin Eessalu and Halliki Krenin: Business freedom needs limiting in climate crisis

Tõnis Saarts.

Tõnis Saarts: Estonian politics in the age of globalization and the new cold war

Sports

European Disc Golf Festival 2024 at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds on July 26, 2024.

Kristin Tattar fourth, Kaidi Allsalu fifth after Rock Hill tournament day one

Pärnu VK players (photo taken earlier this year).

Pärnu VK loses volleyball Euro cup opener

Estonia versus Finland FIBA World Cup qualifier at the Saku Suurhall, Sunday, August 28 2022.

International basketball to be shown live on ERR from November 2025

Hanna Lisette Aabna.

Hanna Lisette Aabna has eyes set on rallying's peak levels

Urmas Sõõrumaa.

EOK chair candidate: Team Estonia should be an independent foundation

foreign affairs

Kaja Kallas.

Incoming High Commissioner Kaja Kallas passes EU finances scrutiny

MPs and some other public figures at an event hosted by Taiwan.

China criticizes Riigikogu members' Taiwan event attendance

Peeter Raudsik.

Expert: We may only be at the very beginning with Middle-East conflict

Marko Mihkelson.

Committee chair: Estonia must avoid potential traps in foreign policy

Voter at a polling station in a previous election in the US.

ERR in the US: Donald Trump returns to give rally at scene of July's shooting

science and research

Estonian Education Personnel Union (EHL) chair Reemo Voltri (left) and Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas (Eesti 200) at education agreement talks. February 19, 2024.

Estonia to launch four-stage teacher career model, corresponding pay grades

From the teacher's point of view, they were model students.

Good girl mask could hide a plethora of problems at home

Narva.

Narva rehires support specialists fired for lacking Estonian language skills

Estonian students ready to take an exam. Photo is illustrative.

Estonia's exam information system suffers another glitch during proficiency tests

Baltic Sea.

Baltic Sea could be used to heat homes in future

culture

Vabamu's

New online exhibition highlights stories of Estonians who fled from Sweden in 1940s

Seto leelopäev.

Budget cuts expected to adversely affect cultural life in Setomaa

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise.

Ülle Madise: I need no theater to remind me life is nasty, brutish and short

Triin Ojari.

Historian: Estonia Theater annex should be smaller or the theater relocated

Minister of Culture Heidy Purga (Reform).

Minister: Role of Cultural Endowment in culture policy to grow

tartu 2024: European capital of culture

The official Tartu 2024 postcard.

Tartu 2024 Feature: Sashami and the art of capturing elusive Tartu

"Kaleidoscope of Emotions."

Tartu 2024 Feature: Tartu's Ukrainians and the Kaleidoscope of Emotions

The two new installations by Ryoji Ikeda are complemented by the work “data-verse” from the artist's earlier creations.

Tartu 2024 to conclude with solo exhibition and concert by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda

Bru-C.

British rapper Bru-C to perform in Tartu in October

DJ Skurge.

Unda Festival brings electronic music and culture to ERM in Tartu

features and interviews

Several generations of the diaspora Estonian community together at the 9th Seedrioru Song Day in Elora, Canada. June 2024.

Host: Canadian Estonian community, ties to homeland change over generations

Grete Arro.

Grete Arro: Economy a made-up system that fails to consider the laws of nature

A 2018 service marking the MS Estonia's sinking, held at the memorial to the disaster in central Tallinn.

Has the time come to leave the MS Estonia wreck in peace?

Vahur Karus.

EDF Joint Headquarters chief: Ability to destroy the enemy in its territory key

Memorial stone at the site of the Klooga concentration camp.

80 years on: Remembering the horrific events at Klooga

watch again

The 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Paris

Summer Celebration.

Watch again: Tartu 2024 Summer Celebration

Photo of Estonian refugees from "1944 — the Great Escape to the West," an exhibition at Estonia's Seaplane Harbor in Tallinn.

Conference looks at experiences of Estonian refugees in World War Two

Sacred Song Festival 2024.

Watch again: Sacred Song Festival in Viljandi

Jarek Kasar.

Watch | Võnge Festival artists perform live in the studio: Jarek Kasar

tallinn

The building at Narva mnt 8.

Defense ministry auctioning central Tallinn property for fourth time

The Pärnu Monument to the Great Flight.

Tallinn to build memorial for 1944 Great Flight victims

10 centimeters of snow blanketed Tallinn on April 23, 2024.

Tallinn mayor: I said right away that we cannot clear all sidewalks of snow

Indrek Kabel has so far made a 'record' 150 public speeches, all of them anti-semitic in nature.

Anti-semitic activist in Tallinn raises questions about limits to free speech

The new facilities planned for Tallinn's Stroomi beach.

Tallinn signs construction contract for Stroomi beach facility

tartu

Tartu's Sõpruse Bridge.

Tartu plans to proceed with Sõpruse Bridge reconstruction despite higher costs

Prosecutor's Office.

Investigators can no longer use telecoms data as criminal evidence

An electric bike, part of Tartu's public bikeshare system.

Tartu bikeshare ridership down quarter from debut year numbers

Foodsharing Tartu chief Kerly Ilves at one of Tartu's community fridge and cupboards.

Food rescuer: Tartu stores giving us their food, everyone can help at home

A local looks at the proposals for the use of this year's participatory budget on Tartu's Arch Bridge (Kaarsild).

Tartu's participatory budget voting starts on October 3

galleries

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces.

'The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces' opens at KUMU

The 2024 Etnokulp Awards were presented in Viljandi on Friday. October 4, 2024.

Gallery: 2024 Etnokulp awards ladled out to Estonia's folk musicians

Rescue Board evacuation operation South Bridge. October 4-6, 2024.

Almost 1,000 people evacuated in Estonia's largest rescue exercise to date

The newly opened Paide Courthouse-State House. October 4, 2024.

Gallery: Estonia's latest new state house opens in Paide

The Paldiski mnt pedestrian tunnel.

Pedestrian tunnel on Tallinn's Paldiski maantee now open

news in simple Estonian

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Lihtsad uudised 11. oktoobril

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Lihtsad uudised 27. septembril

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Lihtsad uudised 20. septembril

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Lihtsad uudised 30. augustil

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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