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Kristen Michal.

PM critical of Social Insurance Board chief over pension pay out issues

The new Pärnu bridge.

New Pärnu bridge nears completion

A used 7-seater van from 2013, provided by the City of Tartu

Tartu sending 3 vehicles to sister city Lviv after fundraising campaign

Protest outside the Riigikogu to draw attention to the importance of teachers.

Gallery: Teachers demonstrate over pay in front of Riigikogu

Elina Nechayeva on ETV's

Watch: Eurovision winner 'Wasted Love' performed in Estonian

Estonian student becomes first foreigner to win South Korean beauty pageant prize

Estonian student Laura-Mai Schults has made history by becoming the first foreigner to win one of the top titles in South Korea's prestigious Global Miss Chunhyang Pageant. Schults told ETV show "Terevisioon" that her YouTube channel has helped build a cultural bridge between Estonia and South Korea.

President of Botswana Duma Gideon Boko being greeted by President of Estonia Alar Karis at the start of the state visit.

President of Botswana Duma Gideon Boko makes historic state visit to Estonia

MP Mario Kadastik (Reform).

Estonian MPs going on nuclear energy-focused visit to Canada

Narva maantee in Tallinn, at dusk.

Tallinn to take over street lighting, terminate tender process

The Transport Administration is running the campaign in May and June, to heighten public awareness of the importance of sticking to drone flight rules.

Estonia launches 'A view no one should see' drone safety awareness campaign

John Bolton.

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

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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

Sign posted on Järvevana tee in Tallinn indicating the testing of average speed checks.

Authority wants average speed checks for Saaremaa's Kuivastu-Kuressaare road

Toomas Annuk.

Toomas Annuk named new Estonian women's national basketball team head coach

EU flag, with a Ukrainian flag in the background.

EU passes 17th Russia sanctions package, Estonian FM urges continued pressure

Maj. Gen. Meelis Kiili.

Meelis Kiili: Democracy, the market state and Estonia's national interests

Kristian Kullamäe.

Estonia's basketball players see mixed fortunes in Spanish season-closing games

Ambulances in the ambulance bay at East Tallinn Central Hospital (ITK).

Tallinn's city hospitals earn €14 million in profit in 2024

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

A painting by Russian artist Alexei Sergienko exhibited in St. Petersburg and titled

Experts weigh in as Trump faces challenges mediating between Ukraine and Russia

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

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 chief: Europe must learn from Ukraine on Russian disinformation

The exhibition

Gallery: Azovstal defenders exhibition opens in Tallinn

Politics

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

Politicians, media outlets slam planned EU political ad regulations

The Riigikogu's Anti-Corruption Select Committee.

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

Martin Mölder.

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

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

economy

Eesti Energia.

Eesti Energia offers retail investors €10 million worth of bonds

Estonian flag in front of the European Commission building in Brussels.

European Commission downgrades Estonia's 2025 GDP growth forecast to 1.1%

Vincenzo Guzzo.

IMF: Estonian economy needs structural reforms to liven up growth Updated 19.05

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

Defense and security

The Kiwala detained off the Estonian coast between the island of Aegna and the port of Muuga, east of Tallinn, Friday, April 11, 2025.

Experts: Russia playing a whole new game in the Baltic Sea

The Green Admire.

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

The Baltic Sea.

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

Igor Taro.

Igor Taro: Government also needs official internal security advice

Tõnis Saar

NATO's Cyber Defence Center of Excellence names new director

society

An Enefit Green wind turbine at Purtse Wind Farm.

Protected area buffer zone may not prevent wind farm development

Instructions for downloading Estonia's prototype mobile online voting app for iOS during public testing. May 20, 2025.

Public testing of Estonia's mobile online voting app live through Thursday

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

Mammography bus of the Tartu University Hospital.

Estonia's deepening health inequality also reflected in cancer cases

opinion

Kadri-Aija Viik.

Kadri-Aija Viik: Destruction of nature under the green aegis

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

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

Sports

Rapla Utilitas players.

Rapla Utilitas ties basketball 3rd/4th place playoff series against TalTech

JK Tallinna Kalev players.

Football team JK Tallinna Kalev's leaky defense hands Narva Trans a 5-2 away win

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

Mark Lajal.

Mark Lajal faces US player Ethan Quinn in French Open qualifiers first round

foreign affairs

Helga Kalm.

Expert: Key to negotiations what Putin really wants

Food aid being distributed in Gaza.

Estonia urges Israel to allow food aid into Gaza

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

Edward Lucas.

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

science and research

Karksi artificial lake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

features and interviews

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

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

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

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

Maijooks 2025.

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

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

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

Site of helicopter crash near Eura, Finland.

Gallery: Finland releases photos of helicopter crash site

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

SUVs being sent from Estonia to Ukraine.

Convoy of 34 vehicles to be sent from Estonia to Ukraine

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

news in simple Estonian

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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.

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

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