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The Green Admire.

FM: 'Russia continues to act unpredictably'

Russia detains oil tanker after leaving Estonian port of SillamäeFM: 'Russia continues to act unpredictably'

Sunday's press conference given in Turku, Finland, following the helicopter collision which killed five.

Finnish investigation into helicopter crash that killed Estonians may take a year

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

Tommy Cash at the Eurovision.

Tommy Cash: Sorry we came third

Elena Malõgina

Elena Malõgina out of Strasbourg WTA tournament despite strong start

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

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

Singer Tommy Cash placed a shock third for Estonia at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, the highest placing by an Estonian performer at the competition in over 20 years.

Ott Tänak in action for Hyundai in Portugal.

Ott Tänak second in Rally PortugalUpdated 16:40

Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) at the start of coalition negotiations in March 2025.

Reform-Eesti 200 coalition pact nearing completion

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Riigikogu speaker Lauri Hussar attending papal inauguration mass in Rome

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

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

The Estonian Embassy in the UK posted on Twitter in support of IDAHOBIT on Saturday, writing "We stand for diversity, equality and inclusion." May 17, 2025.

Estonia's MFA, foreign missions fly Pride flag to support LGBT+ community

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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

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

Gallery: UK's Morcheeba closed Tallinn Day celebrations with free concert Updated 18.05

Red fox (picture is illustrative).

Fox family provokes excitement at Tartu kindergarten

Gray seals (Halichoerus grypus).

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

Urmas Reinsalu.

Urmas Reinsalu running unopposed as Isamaa chair

Maijooks 2025.

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

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 Updated 18.05

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

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

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

Estonian and Ukrainian ministers sign new cultural cooperation agreement

SUVs being sent from Estonia to Ukraine.

Convoy of 34 vehicles to be sent from Estonia to Ukraine

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

Politics

Construction workers.

Government agrees to relax rules for hiring foreign workers

Anneli Ott.

Estonian Center Party to appeal Supreme Court ruling to ECHR

Peeter Ernits.

Unaffiliated MP Peeter Ernits rejoins Center Party

SDE politicians.

SDE inches up in the polls

Isamaa.

Isamaa grows lead over Reform, EKRE in May party ratings

economy

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

The largest drop in employment occurred in industry and construction.

Unemployment hits highest level in 12 years in Estonia

Parent and baby. Photo is illustrative.

Estonia's top court: Benefits law unfair to parents who work during leave

Enefit Green.

Eesti Energia stake in Enefit Green surpasses 97% after successful takeover

Defense and security

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

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Šekerinska.

Defense minister: US highly values Estonia's efforts to strengthen defense

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

society

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

Estonia is testing out a new mobile online voting app, which will allow voters to vote in elections from their phones.

Public testing of Estonia's mobile online voting app to launch next week

Marju Himma.

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

Estonia tested its nationwide public warning system on Wednesday afternoon. May 14, 2025.

Estonia picked a slower emergency warning system than most European states

Aidu Water Sports Center (left), with the turbines of a nearby wind farm visible in the background. May 15, 2025.

Canal in former Ida-Viru quarry to host rowing, canoeing events this summer

opinion

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

Tristan Priimägi.

Tristan Priimägi: The dead internet

Sports

Daniil Glinka

Estonia's Daniil Glinka defeated in quarter-finals in Tbilisi

Daniil Glinka.

Estonia's Daniil Glinka reaches quarter-finals in Tbilisi

FCI Levadia Tallinn.

Estonian title holders Levadia not seeded for 2025/26 Champions League draw

Darja Varfolomeev.

Olympic gold medalist to compete in next month's Rhythmic Gymnastics Euros in Tallinn

Lisell Jäätma.

Estonian archers kick off 2025 World Cup campaign in China

foreign affairs

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

A Sukhoi-35 in Russian Federation service, photographed by the Finnish air force in 2021.

Russian fighter jet breaches Estonia's airspace

Margus Tsahkna.

FM: Russian fighter jet violated Estonia's airspace to protect shadow fleet vessel

Kaja Kallas.

Kaja Kallas: Putin does not dare meet Zelenskyy in Istanbul

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

Ragnar Kjartansson's exhibition

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

Tommy Cash during the Eurovision smei-final.

Watch: Eurovison Grand Final live on ETV Saturday evening

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

Short film

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

The new jubilee exhibition at the Estonian Maritime Museum.

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

features and interviews

Brown bears wrestling.

Estonian hunters share simple tips to stay safe around bears

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?

Members of the Estonian Defense League during Exercise Okas in 2022.

'Do what you can:' Why do foreign nationals join Estonia's Defense League?

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

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

watch again

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

Salome Zourabichvili.

President Salome Zurabishvili: EU should respond to what is happening in Georgia

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 Days.

Tallinn's Kalamaja Days taking place this weekend

Kadaka viaduct in December 2024.

Tallinn's Kadaka puiestee overpass to open May 19

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

tartu

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

Tallinn City Council building.

Pollster: Center Party would win elections in Tallinn, Reform in Tartu

Opening of the 2025 Prima Vista festival in Tartu on Tuesday. May 6, 2025.

Gallery: Literary festival Prima Vista kicks off at Tartu Observatory

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 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

By Sunday afternoon, the graffiti had already been removed from the monument.

Bronze Soldier monument defaced with graffiti

Jevgeni Zolotko's exhibition

Gallery: Jevgeni Zolotko's curatorial exhibition opens at Tallinn City Gallery

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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