18.08.26 NEWS ... With the number of foreign occupiers of Estonia through history, it is no surprise that the country is home to a variety of museums displaying militaria.

18.08.26 OPINION ... Endless entertainment leads to an ever more simplified culture, and an ever more simplified culture eventually collapses into primitiveness, incompetence and infantilism — inevitably producing a society that can no longer cope with itself, writes Maarja Vaino.

18.08.26 NEWS ... August 20 marks 35 years since Estonia regained independence. Join the celebrations with ERR's live coverage, specials, films and music on TV, online and on the airwaves.

18.08.26 NEWS ... Japan's Hiroshima Animation Season is putting Estonia's Priit and Olga Pärn in the spotlight this year with two retrospective programs celebrating their distinctive worlds.

17.08.26 NEWS ... On 15 August, Eiko Ojala's exhibition "Meele märkused" ("Mind Notes") opened at the Rüki Gallery in Viljandi.

17.08.26 NEWS ... Legendary Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen says Estonia's music scene is particularly lively, one of the most interesting countries at present.

16.08.26 NEWS ... The Pärnu Literature Festival took place for the sixth time on Saturday in Estonia's summer capital, but organizers say it could be the last due to a lack of funding.

15.08.26 NEWS ... Nowadays, those caught pilfering peas or apples from someone else's field or garden may justify it as a folk tradition. In the 19th century, however, getting caught meant a trip to court and a sound thrashing as punishment.

15.08.26 NEWS ... More than a dozen works by young artists in Kharkiv are now on display in Pärnu, blending forgotten legends and untold tales with new mythologies in large, colorful scenes.

15.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian short film "Death is Harder Than a Broken Heart" received an honorable mention from Hollywood Shortsfest, earning a spot in the festival's official virtual program.

14.08.26 NEWS ... The annual Tallinn Fringe Festival (TFF) turns 10 next week and will mark it by bringing its biggest program yet.

14.08.26 NEWS ... An international exhibition in Tallinn brings together 55 artists from around the world, each offering their own unique take on the beloved childhood classic Pinocchio.

13.08.26 NEWS ... Eesti Pank will issue a special‑design €2 coin honoring Hiiumaa in 2027, featuring the island's Kõpu Lighthouse.

14.08.26 NEWS ... Animator and artist Natalia Mirzoyan, director of the acclaimed short film "Winter in March," has opened a solo exhibition sharing her experience with settling in Estonia.

14.08.26 NEWS ... Concert review. The Cure. August 9, Unibet Arena Quarter, Tallinn.

13.08.26 NEWS ... A new bilingual exhibition at the Tallinn TV Tower explores Estonia's cultural ties with Germany through the personal stories of several prominent Estonians.

13.08.26 NEWS ... US musician and songwriter Moby gave a wide-ranging interview to ERR while in Estonia as part of a recent tour.

12.08.26 NEWS ... Dance music legend Fatboy Slim will perform on November 21 at the Põhjala factory in Tallinn. The artist, appearing in Estonia for the first time, chose the concert venue himself.

12.08.26 NEWS ... In 2025, the largest recipients of state aid were the National Opera Estonia, the Ida‑Viru Investment Agency, and the Art Museum of Estonia. The biggest agricultural state‑aid payments went to Maag Agro's Ekseko farm, Atria farms, and Saimre pig farming to compensate for losses caused by animal‑disease control.

12.08.26 NEWS ... Organizers behind the concert and party program at Tallinn's Patarei Sea Fortress say the venue will host its final events in early September, after which they will end operations at the historic complex.

12.08.26 NEWS ... A new Estonian summer production brings intimacy front and center onstage. A professional intimacy coordinator explains how performers can safely handle vulnerable scenes.

12.08.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition at Tallinn's Foku Gallery brings together Finland's Hilla Kurki and Estonia's Taavi Rekkaro to explore memory, history, touch and how we relate to images.

12.08.26 NEWS ... The Baltic Film Days will take place from August 25–26, bringing recent major Latvian and Lithuanian films to the screen at Tallinn's Sõprus Cinema.

11.08.26 NEWS ... Artists Toomas Kuusing and Taavi Oolberg's joint exhibition "Vanishing Cities" has opened at Tartu's Jakobi Gallery, featuring guest street artist Edward von Lõngus.

11.08.26 NEWS ... "Spider‑Man: Brand New Day" Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Screenwriters: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers Composer: Michael Giacchino Cinematographer: Brett Pawlak Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Bernthal, Sadie Sink, Tramell Tillman, others. 7/10

11.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian independent video game developer Mike Klubnika, creator of global hit "Buckshot Roulette", has released a new game "Machine Party," and he has only just turned 24.

10.08.26 NEWS ... Saturday's Disabled Song and Dance Festival was brought to more audiences with Estonian Sign Language (EVK) interpreting, captions, audio description and an online livestream.

10.08.26 OPINION ... While the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral's past cannot be changed, its future lies first and foremost in the hands of Estonia's Orthodox Christians, writes Archbishop Urmas Viilma.

10.08.26 NEWS ... Andres Sütevaka's vibrant abstract paintings have taken over Viinistu Art Harbor's Barrel Gallery, housed in repurposed water tanks on Estonia's northern coast.

09.08.26 NEWS ... The PÖFF Love Film Festival Tartuff kicked off Saturday evening in Tartu's Town Hall Square. The opening film was the Thai movie "Gohan — The White Dog," which drew a capacity audience of just over 1,200 people.

07.08.26 NEWS ... German-Estonian-Finnish co-production feature film "Kari" began filming on Saaremaa on August 3 with a cast and crew full of Estonian film professionals.

07.08.26 NEWS ... Tartu Song Festival Grounds hosted Moby on Thursday, as the U.S. musician and producer brought his 25th anniversary "Play" tour to Estonia.

07.08.26 NEWS ... With summer not yet over, museum expert Kristi Paatsi shares museum and exhibition destinations across Estonia worth adding to your August plans.

07.08.26 NEWS ... TalTech's summer production "Now I Study in Mustamäe" takes audiences on a romp through Tallinn in 1968, when students navigated dreams, love and life under Soviet rule.

06.08.26 NEWS ... A new gallery has opened on the Lake Peipus shorefront in Kolkja, where an inaugural exhibition by Estonian and Ukrainian artists explores connection, healing and nature.

06.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian opera singer Mart Mikk says opera is far from fading and remains in excellent health, adding that the art form was never meant to be elitist but has always served as a place for social leisure.

05.08.26 NEWS ... British electronic pop pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are to perform in Tallinn at the end of August.

05.08.26 NEWS ... Liina Tammepõld, marketing manager for the large‑concert agency L Tips Agency in Estonia, says that world‑famous artists want to feel as comfortable as possible while on tour, and therefore their requests are not caprices or difficult demands.

05.08.26 NEWS ... Japanese artist Narihiro Matsumoto's newly opened solo exhibition in Tartu debuts a photo series which is the culmination of a decade-long creative journey.

05.08.26 NEWS ... At first glance, the art market looks like a rational playground for trading alternative assets, but emotional factors that seem completely irrational should not be underestimated. This also makes the art market an endless topic, because a certain opacity is an inevitable part of it.

05.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian composer Alisson Kruusmaa's "Mesmeris" was performed at Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music, part of a showcase curated by Finland's Esa-Pekka Salonen.

04.08.26 NEWS ... Polish black metal band Batushka are to play in Tallinn in October, at the Paavli Culture Factory.

04.08.26 NEWS ... At Tallinn's Okapi Gallery, "Private Property" brings together artists Alexei Gordin and Dasha Trofimova in an exploration of abandoned spaces, memory and social change.

04.08.26 NEWS ... Viljandi Folk Music Festival has unveiled "Three-Four!" as the theme for its 34th edition next summer, highlighting the popular festival's signature crowd chant.

04.08.26 NEWS ... People queued round the block at the Bank of Estonia museum in Tallinn on Tuesday lunchtime, hoping to snap up one of the new issue of beloved children's character Sipsik-themed commemorative coins.

04.08.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition at Tartu's Kett Gallery explores Finnish artist Bad to the Boner's adult comic "The Perfect Being" and its absurd parallel universe.

04.08.26 NEWS ... At the Sõru Museum on Hiiumaa, it is possible to explore items bearing the motif of Tallinn's symbol — the weather vane Old Thomas — from the private collection of Eero Kööp.

04.08.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition in Pärnu looks back at how Estonian artists of the 1960s-80s imagined technology, progress and humanity's changing place in the world.

03.08.26 NEWS ... Renowned Estonian press photographer Peeter Langovits, 78, says many photographs reveal their true value only years or even decades later, when they become witnesses to an era.

03.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian youth musicians returned with top honors from major competitions in Italy and the Netherlands over the weekend, winning choir titles and an orchestra podium finish.