A concrete bunker being set up in Ukraine.

Testing of Estonia's border bunkers to begin in October

Tallinn Administrative Court.

Court overturns government decision to extradite Russian sanctions violator to US

Power lines.

Spot price of electricity to near €500 in Estonia Monday

Regional Affairs Minister Piret Hartman (SDE).

Minister: Farmers do not want their property taxed

People at a beach in Põhja-Tallinn. Summer 2024. Photo is illustrative.

Finland: Baltic Sea temperatures unusually high for September

Alar Karis in Ukraine.

Alar Karis: I do not agree that time is on Russia's side

It is time to lift the restrictions on the use of weapons sent to Ukraine, as any such restrictions are artificial and pointless. Ukraine's clearest victory and Russia's clearest defeat would be Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO, said President Alar Karis in a speech delivered at the YES conference in Kyiv.

Porto Franco construction site.

Porto Franco completion still unclear after several postponements

The Ministry of Finance's documents registry.

Ministry restricts access to request for information about tax hikes

Tartu Prison.

Expert: Prison rental scheme may not be worth the risk

Russian Navy corvette (illustrative).

Russia practicing fighting NATO on Lake Ladoga

K9 Thunder SPG being fired in Remniku.

EDF gets chance to test K9 self-propelled howitzers' accuracy

Pikk Street Festival 2024.

Gallery: First Pikk Street Festival held in Tallinn's Old Town

The Pikk Street Festival was held for the first time this year in Tallinn's Old Town, bringing together both residents and visitors. For one day, the event opened the doors to courtyards that are usually closed to the public.

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Lavly Perling.

Parempoolsed party elects board and Lavly Perling as chair

Cranberries (Jõhvikad).

2024 also a bumper year in Estonia for cranberries

Margus Linnamäe.

Margus Linnamäe to become sole owner of Apollo, MM Grupp

Hospital births chart at East Tallinn Central Hospital (ITK).

Births in Estonia down 16 percent on year to August 2024

Mark Lajal.

Estonian men's tennis team lose to Uzbekistan in Davis Cup clashes

Tallinn skyline.

Business chiefs: €160 million investment support scheme won't offset tax hikes

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

Col. Ants Kiviselg.

EDF colonel: Russian forces have not made significant progress in Kursk

The protest for Ukraine drew thousands of people to Freedom Square on February 26, 2022.

New Vabamu exhibition highlights Estonian civil society's role in supporting Ukraine

Tartu and Lviv. establish sister city status.

Tartu and Lviv become sister cities

Estonian President Alar Karis in Kyiv.

Gallery: President of Estonia Alar Karis visits Ukraine

Tarmo Miilits.

Interior ministry: Patriarch Kirill's words threaten Estonia's security

Politics

Jana Toom is now one of two Center Party MEPs.

MEP: I will stay with Renew Europe/ALDE even if Center joins eurosceptic group

Priit Alamäe.

Nortal CEO: Eesti 200 involvement has adversely impacted my financial status

The Ministry of Climate is housed in the 'Super-ministry' building on Suur-Ameerika, along with several other ministries.

Stakeholders on climate bill: Vague, devoid of substance and economically harmful

The National Library has been undergoing refurbishment work since last summer.

Government allocates €28 million for National Library, Tallinn Art Hall

Arto Aas, head of the employers' confederation.

Employers' confederation chief: Government needs to consider tax options further

economy

ECB cuts base rate by a further 0.25 percentage points

Ministry of Finance.

'Tax hump' elimination put back to 2026

Vladimir Svet.

Government to use €275 million from CO2 quota for Rail Baltic

A Circle K filling station.

Gasoline excise duty to rise by 5 percent for four consecutive years

Electricity transmission tower at an Enefit Power plant.

Estonian ministry ditches planned grid desynchronization fee on producers

Defense and security

Taimar Peterkop and Kurt M. Campbell signing the Memorandum of Understanding in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday, September 12.

Estonia-US sign counter-misinformation memorandum of understanding

Former prime ministers meeting at Stenbock House 2024.

PM: No party opposes finding €1.6 billion for ammunition

Estonia's eastern border infrastructure in Setomaa Municipality. May 2024.

Minister: Eastern border completion by end of 2025 has €40 million price tag

A Mistral short-range air defence missile fired during a training exercise in Estonia. Picture is illustrative.

Minister: Estonia could buy ammunition from Ukraine's defense industry

EDF exercise.

MP: Estonia needs to find money for ammunition one way or another

society

Elron trains at Tartu Railway Station.

Tartu-Riga rail link not opening in October

Children playing. Photo is illustrative.

Estonia cancels child benefits for nearly 3,000 families living mostly abroad

Border crossing point in Narva.

MTA: 'Hundreds' of customs violations at Narva border since full checks started

Öördi bog.

50 hectares of forest die during Soomaa bog restoration work

Tallinn's Ristiku tänav.

Deputy mayor wants to pause reconstruction of Tallinn's Ristiku tänav

opinion

President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar (Eesti 200) speaking at the opening sitting of the Fall Session of the Riigikogu on Monday. September 9, 2024.

Hussar to MPs: We must be aware of our constitutional burden of responsibility

Martin Mölder.

Martin Mölder: Eesti 200's past, present and future

Jaanus Karilaid.

Jaanus Karilaid: The Reform Party's moldy rhetoric no longer acceptable

Jaak Nigul.

Jaak Nigul: Helping the government find economic growth

President Alar Karis visited the Tõrvandi School on September 1.

Alar Karis: Let learning and teaching remain a matter of honor

Sports

Kersti Kaljulaid.

Kersti Kaljulaid among three confirmed to run for EOK top spot

Mark Lajal.

Mark Lajal saves match point to secure win for Estonia in Davis Cup opener

Daniil Glinka.

Daniil Glinka through to last 16 at ITF tournament in France

U21 European Championships Estonia v. Germany Group D qualifier, Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

Estonia's U-21 football team lose 10:1 at home versus Germany

Matz Topkin and Susannah Kaul.

Susannah Kaul: Attitudes towards para-athletes have improved in recent years

foreign affairs

Reform Party MP and deputy speaker Toomas Kivimägi (left) with Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

Deputy speaker: With hindsight I wouldn't have gone on China trip

European Union flag.

Estonia's position on EU joint loan unclear

Deputy Riigikogu Speaker Toomas Kivimäg (Reform).

Riigikogu deputy speaker Toomas Kivimägi's spouse also took part in China visit

Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Tallinn.

Estonia's Foreign Ministry distances itself from MPs' China visit

Indrek Kannik.

Expert: Foreign ministers less important worldwide than they used to be

science and research

September has so far been unusually warm and sunny in Estonia and the surrounding region.

Forecaster: September will be much warmer than average

Abrupt temperature changes have stressed the Baltic Sea.

Researchers want to stop drug residues flowing into Baltic Sea

Environmental catastrophe in Finland puts Estonia's freshwater mussels in spotlight

Kairit Sirts.

Team of researchers to teach Estonian language, culture to language models

The family registry is a retrospective dataset compiled during the Estonian Republic, which also included elderly individuals at the time..

Estonian women in the 19th century confirm supermother hypothesis

culture

Baltic Parliament speakers cast white roses on to the sea off Gotland, marking the 80th anniversary of the great flight. Source: Erik Peinar /Riigikogu

Riigikogu speaker attends Gotland ceremony marking great flight 80th annivesary

Arvo Pärt receives the British Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal.

Arvo Pärt receives British Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal

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Gallery: 'Amphibian State (of Mind)' exhibition opens at Tallinn's EKA Gallery

Arvo Pärt's 89th birthday concert in Tallinn's St John's Church (Jaani kirik).

Gallery: Arvo Pärt's 89th birthday concert takes place in Tallinn

Culture cuts to spare private Russian language media grants, major sports events

tartu 2024: European capital of culture

"Kaleidoscope of Emotions."

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

Screenshot from Emer Värk's AI video.

Feature | Enter Woodland Spirits: Reviving ancient folklore with modern art

Latvian artist Aleksandrs Breže's new exhibition

Latvian artist Aleksandrs Breže opens new solo exhibition in Tartu

Aparaaditehas in Tartu

Tartu celebrates 10 years of Aparaaditehas with festival and Gallery Night

Baltic Film Days.

Baltic Film Days to showcase region's best movies in Tartu

features and interviews

Common jellyfish washed up on shore are a common sight along Estonia's Baltic coast. Photo is illustrative.

Reader question: Why do jellyfish wash up on Estonia's shores in early fall?

Andro Mänd.

Tallinn city architect: The entire city could be a paid parking zone

Lihula Monument in its current location.

Lihula Monument saga explained

Aabits textbook.

Overview: The transition to Estonian-language education

The statue commemorating those who fled in 1944 at Puise in Lääne County.

Tracing ghosts: The database piecing together the lives of Estonia's World War II refugees

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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

A newly-designed water pumping station in Tallinn.

Art students give Tallinn water pumping stations new lease of life

62nd Mushroom exhibition at the Estonian Museum of Natural History

Exhibition introduces Estonia's most common mushrooms

Reval (Tallinn) – Pikk Street decorated for the unveiling ceremony of the Peter I statue in the autumn of 1910.

Pikk Street Festival launches interactive app featuring local stories

Julianna Jurtšenko at the SDE meeting on August 29, 2024.

Ossinovski to appoint Lasnamäe district elder next week

Tallinn bus ticket validator.

Tallinn schools targeted by fraudulent emails about public transport changes

tartu

Tartu's Sõpruse Bridge.

Tartu looking for ways to proceed with Sõpruse Bridge renovations

Estonia's first ever iilustration festival takes place in Tartu this Saturday.

Estonia's first illustration festival set for Tartu this Saturday

Sõpruse Bridge in Tartu.

Most favorable bid for Tartu Sõpruse Bridge renovation €6M above expectation

Latvian artist Artis Bute's new exhibition

Latvian artist Artis Bute opens new exhibition at Tartu's HAKI Gallery

A bus in Tartu,

Tartu bus travel free of charge during European Mobility week in September

galleries

Eduard Dmitrijev has grown Estonia's biggest ever watermelons.

Gallery: Estonian amateur gardener grows giant 61kg watermelon

Close-Up Baten metal cruise at Tallinn's Paavli Culture Factory. September 7, 2024.

Gallery: Swedish metal cruise Close-Up Baten calls at Paavli Culture Factory

Gallery: Reform Party elects Kristen Michal its new chair

Foto Tallinn 2024 at Kai Art Gallery

Gallery: Foto Tallinn opens at Kai Art Center

Estonia v Slovakia in the UEFA Nations League, September 5, 2024.

Estonia kick off Nations League with 0-1 home loss against Slovakia

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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.

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