Skip to main menu 28.09.26 NEWS ... The completion of some road maintenance projects due for 2027 will be delayed, Infrastructure Minister Kuldar Leis (Reform) said.
28.09.26 NEWS ... Next year's state budget projects €20.2 billion in spending and €19.4 billion in revenue. The deficit is forecast at 4 percent of GDP.
28.09.26 NEWS ... Prices for nearly all types of heating will rise as the heating season gets underway. The increase will be particularly steep for those who heat with natural gas, as its price on the global market has more than doubled.
28.09.26 NEWS ... From Thursday, mobile customers in Estonia will be able switch to a rival operator's network if their own is damaged during a crisis situation.
27.09.26 NEWS ... A CV.ee survey shows that the strict line between working time and personal time has long blurred in many workplaces.
27.09.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EIS) is running several major procurements to market Estonia abroad, including up to €1 million for promoting the e‑residency program and up to €3 million for tourism business marketing.
27.09.26 NEWS ... Local governments will, beginning next year with the planned change, gain greater freedom to decide over their finances. This is something municipalities have awaited, though in the first year it may punch a hole in the budget of some rural municipalities.
26.09.26 NEWS ... A service provider teaching artificial intelligence under Eesti.ai may not receive the full fee agreed in the contract. The Government Office may pay only half the price or not pay it at all if participant feedback from the training falls below the required level or if too few participants provide feedback.
26.09.26 NEWS ... The University of Tartu Library informed users of its e‑bookstore that an external attacker gained access to their online store and most likely downloaded the store's customer data.
26.09.26 NEWS ... The head of the Health Insurance Fund's management board, Siiri Lahe, said regarding the healthcare unions' demands for pay increases that they do responsible and important work and their pay must keep pace with the times, but at the same time one must proceed from real possibilities.
26.09.26 NEWS ... Although Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi criticized the tone with which rescue workers and teachers demand higher pay, the salaries of higher‑ranking state employees rise every year without anyone needing to protest, because their pay increases are indexed.
25.09.26 NEWS ... Although the completion of Rail Baltica is being postponed, work continues on the sections already started. The Tallinn–Pärnu section should be completed in 2032.
26.09.26 NEWS ... In Ida‑Virumaa's Lüganuse municipality, the planning of the first part of the Varja wind farm is nearing completion, and construction of 12 turbines should begin next year. Compared with the original plan, the park has become one‑third smaller.
26.09.26 NEWS ... In Estonia, vegetable cultivation has multiplied several times in just a couple of years, but some farmers sow crops only to receive subsidies and have no intention of harvesting them. Such scheming, however, leaves real farmers in trouble.
26.09.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Administrative Court overturned a Kose Municipal Council decision to end local wind farm planning, citing procedural concerns as well as bad or insufficient data.
25.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Chamber of Commerce, major energy companies and government have launched a joint effort to determine the most cost‑efficient mix of electricity generation, storage and cross‑border connections needed to meet the country's rising power demand.
25.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia's only dedicated artichoke grower says this summer's conditions were ideal for the crop, now thriving after years of testing different varieties and growing methods.
25.09.26 OPINION ... In his commentary series, Harri Tiido examines climate warming and the thawing of permafrost. Climate change has dried out Russia's traditional grain belt — the steppe regions — due to drought, and in some areas up to 70 percent of former cropland has become unusable, Tiido notes.
25.09.26 NEWS ... Collective‑agreement negotiations in the health‑care sector ended without results, and the health‑care worker unions will turn to the national conciliator to resolve the labor dispute that has arisen.
25.09.26 NEWS ... A court has convicted fuel company Olerex and its majority owner and board member, Andres Linnas, of knowingly submitting false data to the state.
25.09.26 NEWS ... The government-convened Efficiency and Economic Growth Council will conclude its work at the end of October and prepare a final report summarizing the implementation of its proposals.
25.09.26 OPINION ... Estonia needs a national regional development strategy with a status comparable to sectoral development plans, and regional policy must be coordinated at the government level. Responsibility for considering regional impacts must lie with a sufficiently high management level in every ministry, write Rivo Noorkõiv, Veiko Sepp, Kersten Kattai, Garri Raagmaa, Mihkel Laan, Ülari Alamets and Mikk Lõhmus
24.09.26 NEWS ... State Real Estate Ltd. (RKAS) has announced a public online auction for properties in Tallinn's Nõmme district that housed Tallinn Music High School from 1961 to 2022. The starting price is €6.09 million.
24.09.26 NEWS ... According to public‑opinion monitoring commissioned by the Government Office, Estonia's most trusted institutions remain the police and the president.
24.09.26 NEWS ... Businesses and residents in the settlements along the planned Tallinn–Pärnu section of Rail Baltica are disappointed, as the state is once again breaking its promise and the completion of the new railway may be delayed by up to eight years.
24.09.26 NEWS ... Eesti Energia CEO Andrus Durejko told ERR that data centers help balance the energy system. In his assessment, Estonia will not introduce nuclear energy before 2040.
24.09.26 NEWS ... More and more energy communities are emerging in Estonia, following the example of Western Europe. Although they are also waiting for the chance to share their surplus electricity, each such cooperative must solve some local‑level problem, argue community leaders from Estonia and Sweden.
24.09.26 NEWS ... Housing prices rose six percent year on year, Statistics Estonia data show, with market players saying prices and buyer interest are picking up after a downturn.
23.09.26 NEWS ... Many Saaremaa residents — as well as the Saaremaa municipal government — do not support Elering's plan to build a 330 kV Estonia–Latvia overhead power line across Saaremaa. Locals prefer an underground cable or a subsea cable running directly to Latvia.
23.09.26 NEWS ... The budget deficit stood at 1.6 percent of GDP over the past four quarters, while public debt stood at 26.1 percent, Statistics Estonia said.
23.09.26 OPINION ... If the state tries to save money in healthcare by stretching waiting lists and cutting services, someone will eventually pay with their life. The next government will have little choice but to sharply expand medical training and close the funding gap, because the state is obligated to provide timely care, writes Üllar Lanno.
23.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia is spending €100 million a year on defense products for Ukraine, but the companies receiving the funding and the basis for selecting them remain unclear.
23.09.26 NEWS ... Under a draft prepared at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, many people registered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund will no longer be required to attend counseling once a month, while young jobseekers and those with reduced work ability will face more frequent counseling.
23.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia issued €373 million in short-term bonds on Tuesday, with six- and 12-month maturities yielding an average 2.91 percent and 3.209 percent, respectively.
22.09.26 OPINION ... In his commentary series, Harri Tiido examines an idealistic vision of the future. The part most likely to provoke irritation is the plan to eliminate inequality — a plan that, if implemented, would increase the wealth of the world's poorest fifteenfold while drastically shrinking the share held by the billionaire class, Tiido notes.
22.09.26 OPINION ... Do we explain tax risks clearly enough to e‑residents, or do we only whisper about taxes because the topic is too complicated, asks Linell Raud.
22.09.26 ECONOMY ... Bank of Estonia's latest economic forecast shows that Estonia's economy will grow 2.4 percent over the next two years. The country's long‑term problem, however, is the rapid rise in government debt, and interest costs are becoming more burdensome.
22.09.26 NEWS ... An increasing number of Estonian real estate developers are operating in the Latvian market as land in Riga is considerably cheaper and the planning approval process takes less time.
21.09.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Airport has awarded its terminal expansion contract to Tallinna Ehitustrust OÜ/Ehitustrust OÜ for nearly €66.6 million. Major work begins next year.
19.09.26 OPINION ... Eating out is not a luxury, and only the true fanatics of the foodservice sector — those who have not yet given up — will continue operating, writes Märt Meesak.
19.09.26 NEWS ... The Health and Welfare Information Systems Center (TEHIK) is looking for a developer to shut down the old social insurance information system SKAIS1 and gradually transfer its benefits and allowances to SKAIS2 or other suitable systems. Up to €28 million is planned for the development work.
19.09.26 NEWS ... Starting Friday, the Estonian Agricultural Museum in Ülenurme, Tartu County, will operate under a new name: Maaelu uudishimukeskus (Rural Curiosity Center), or MUHK. The new name reflects the museum's expanding scope.
19.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia and the United States are working toward an agreement on rare earth elements to strengthen supply security. The talks are not about Estonia's mineral deposits; the goal is to develop local industry and attract new investment, says Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. On Thursday, Lithuania signed a similar agreement with the U.S.
19.09.26 NEWS ... Construction on the Tallinn–Pärnu section will continue, but work on other segments can be postponed, says infrastructure minister Kuldar Leis.
19.09.26 NEWS ... Reve Lambur, the lead organizer of Day of Countryside Living, said that anyone interested in rural life should definitely go meet the vibrant communities who are eager to welcome new residents.
18.09.26 NEWS ... The Transport Administration is installing thermal cameras along major highways to collect data on when, at what speed, and what types of vehicles are traveling there.
18.09.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu's EU Affairs Committee (ELAK) clarified the government's mandate for negotiations on reforming the Emissions Trading System (ETS) at its meeting on Friday, but avoided setting any numerical parameters.
18.09.26 OPINION ... Europe needs an emissions trading system that works — one that pushes companies to adopt better technologies but does not force European industry to shut down before those technologies actually exist, writes Andres Tropp.
18.09.26 NEWS ... Diesel prices have risen 36 cents per liter in two weeks. Fuel retailers and hauliers are calling for a cut in excise duty, but the Ministry of Finance says the tight state budget rules this out.
17.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia's government is considering pushing back its Rail Baltica completion target to 2034 to make greater use of EU funding and reduce the rail project's cost to taxpayers.
