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Maj. Gen. Vahur Karus.

EDF Headquarters chief: Estonia had no plans to board 'shadow fleet' vessel

Margus Tsahkna.

FM: Russian fighter jet violated Estonia's airspace to protect shadow fleet vesselUpdated 14:03

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

Short film

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

Construction workers.

Government agrees to relax rules for hiring foreign workers

Employers will have more flexibility to hire foreign specialists after the government agreed to create new exemptions for wages and skills.

The largest drop in employment occurred in industry and construction.

Unemployment hits highest level in 12 years in EstoniaUpdated 11:25

SUVs being sent from Estonia to Ukraine.

Convoy of 34 vehicles to be sent from Estonia to Ukraine

Tallinn's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, used by the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (EKÕK), visible from behind an Estonian flag.

Estonian court upholds decision to withhold funding from Moscow-linked church

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

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

This Sunday (May 18), hundreds of Ukrainians will gather at the Estonian Open Air Museum for "Vyshyvanka Unites" – a festival celebrating their national culture and costume. With Estonian Eurovision star Alika headlining the event, ERR News found out why "Vyshyvanka Unites" is a celebration of two cultures that care deeply about each other.

emergency alert test

The Rescue Board measured warning siren sound levels in Tartu during Wednesday's nationwide test of Estonia's public warning system, May 14, 2025.

More than quarter of sirens fail in Estonia's first major emergency alert test

Emergency siren.

Public warning system test reveals several shortcomings

Emergency sirens in rural areas.

Feuilleton: Seven tales of the emergency warning system test

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Estonians and Ukrainians fly drones together at Exercise Hedgehog 2025

Updated 15.05.2025 09:57

In pictures: Estonia's Exercise Hedgehog 2025Updated 09:57

Estonia's largest military exercise, "Hedgehog" ("Siil") kicked off on Monday, May 5. ERR News will share some of the Estonian Defense Forces' photos from the exercise over the coming month.

Siil 2025

Reservists get 'reality check' at military exercise Hedgehog

Hedgehog.

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

The military training exercise Hedgehog (Siil) 2025.

Additional units deployed to Estonia by helicopter in Exercise Hedgehog

more news

The new jubilee exhibition at the Estonian Maritime Museum.

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

Kalamaja Days.

Tallinn's Kalamaja Days taking place this weekend

Reservists participating in this year's Hedgehog (Siil) exercise. May 2025.

Estonia not planning on raising 60-year age limit for reservists

Allar Jõks.

Former justice chancellor: License plate cameras handling reminiscent of Trump

Maritime rescue exercise in Toila. May 2025.

Ida-Viru rescue exercise on choppy seas puts participants to the test

Karlova Home Cafe Day in 2022.

Locals to open home cafés this Saturday as Tartu celebrates Karlova Days Updated 15.05

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

Kristi Raik.

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

Kaja Kallas.

Kaja Kallas: Putin does not dare meet Zelenskyy in Istanbul

Kristi Raik.

ICDS head: Future of European security depends largely on Germany

Ukrainian artist's Tammsaare Park intervention highlights vulnerability of culture

Karmo Tüür.

Experts: Putin wants to continue the war under direct talks smokescreen

Politics

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

Urmas Reinsalu.

Isamaa leader to run in Tallinn in October local elections

economy

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

Cruise ships at the Port of Tallinn. Photo is illustrative.

Five cruise ships to arrive in Tallinn on Wednesday

Forest.

Bill to ban logging in Natura areas reaches Riigikogu

An Omniva parcel machine.

Omniva adopts platform work model in parcel delivery

Defense and security

Estonian navy patrol boat The Raju.

Navy escorts suspected 'shadow fleet' tanker out of Estonian waters Updated 15.05

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

Russian fighter jet breaches Estonia's airspace

Tulsi Gabbard.

Estonia's defense minister says U.S. intelligence chief understands Russian threat

Estonian troops out in the forest during Hedgehog 2025.

EDF secures deals for private land use during Hedgehog 2025 exercise

Taara campus in Võru.

Ministry of Defense would spend money from other ministries on infrastructure

society

Jegor Andrejev's Estonian Sign Language (EVK) performance of Tommy Cash's

Watch: This year's Eurovision entries in Estonian Sign Language

A snowy bus stop in the village of Röa, Järva County.

Estonia mulls allowing rural drop-offs between designated bus stops

Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi (Reform).

2025 supplementary state budget aims to improve crisis resilience Updated 15.05

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

Estonian rescue workers. Photo is illustrative.

Agency's length of service definition jeopardizing rescuers' pensions

opinion

Kristian Jaani.

Kristian Jaani: Estonia needs a leap in traffic safety

Alar Laneman.

Alar Laneman: Rapid national defense development race against growing threat

Tristan Priimägi.

Tristan Priimägi: The dead internet

Rene Kundla

Rene Kundla: Estonian must not be turned into a beloved mother tongue by force

Tiit Maran.

Tiit Maran: The story of overturning environmental conservation

Sports

Daniil Glinka.

Estonia's Daniil Glinka reaches quarter-finals in Tbilisi

Reena Pärnat.

Archer Reena Pärnat sets another Estonian national record

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

Elena Malõgina.

Elena Malõgina through to round two in Sweden after opponent concedes

foreign affairs

Opening of

Baltics unveil new Soviet occupation exhibition at UN in New York

The temporary bridge in Salacgriva over the River Salaca.

Traffic flowing over Latvia's temporary Salacgriva bridge again

Russian matryoshka dolls depicting Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Ambassador: US will not be able to dismantle China-Russia friendship

Kristen Michal.

Baltics, Nordics call on Russia to agree to immediate ceasefire in Ukraine

The Latvian-Belarusian border.

Estonia sends police unit to Latvia-Belarus border after rise in migrant crossings

science and research

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

Folk dance students led by instructor Marleen Kedars performing at Kotkajärve Metsaülikool in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.

Is every Estonian living abroad a 'väliseestlane'?

Tiit Land

TalTech reelects Tiit Land as rector for second time

culture

Viru tänav and the iconic Viru Gate in Tallinn, Estonia. May 2024.

Tallinn Day celebrations include 2 major concerts and events across city

The exhibition

Miniature Estonian book exhibition opens Friday at Tallinn's Kiek in de Kök

Green Room emotions at the first Eurovision semifinal in Basel.

Estonia's Tommy Cash makes Eurovision final

Wiz Khalifa.

Wiz Khalifa's Pärnu Beach Grind show canceled

Tommy Cash.

Watch Tommy Cash's Eurovision semi-final live on ETV Tuesday at 10 p.m.

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

Estonian and EU flags.

Watch: What do ambassadors think about Estonia?

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

Watch again: Europe Day 2025 concerts

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

George P. Kent.

Outgoing US ambassador: We're taking an Estonian sauna with us

tallinn

Kadaka viaduct in December 2024.

Tallinn's Kadaka puiestee overpass to open May 19

Construction work on Odra and Lastekodu streets in Tallinn on May 14, 2025.

Odra tänav in Tallinn to open to traffic a month early

Buses on Laikmaa tn in Tallinn.

Buses rerouted in Tallinn city center due to water main break May 15-16

The fox.

Rescue workers free fox cub from under car hood in Tallinn

Minister of Social Affairs Karmen Joller (Reform).

Minister: State cannot promise to participate in new Tallinn hospital construction

tartu

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

Tartu.

Tartu Old Town Buzz festival to take place this summer

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

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

Ewert and the Two Dragons on ETV's May 11 episode of

Ewert and the Two Dragons was never about chasing success, says lead singer

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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