23.01.26 NEWS ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech before the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, Thursday night was "unfair," Riigikogu foreign affairs committee chair Marko Mihkelson (Reform) said.

22.01.26 NEWS ... Even if Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an unlimited budget, it still couldn't read Donald Trump's mind, Raimond Kaljulaid (SDE) tells ERR in an interview. While Kaljulaid considers Estonian politicians' positions on the Greenland issue generally reasonable, he criticizes the lack of coordination and consistency in messaging.

22.01.26 NEWS ... While the times are confusing, there is currently no reason to panic, said Foreign Ministry chancellor Jonatan Vseviov. Estonia has never been in such a good starting position to enter a transition era, in light of the recent dispute over the future of Greenland, he believes.

21.01.26 NEWS ... A committee to investigate Russia's influence activities, their financing methods, links to the Estonian public sector, propaganda projects, and the risks associated with them has been started by the members of parliament.

21.01.26 NEWS ... A 48-year-old man who worked at an Estonian border crossing point was handed a three-year prison sentence for passing information to the Russian intelligence services.

21.01.26 NEWS ... The president recently vetoed a law aiming to block non-Estonian speakers from compulsory military service. Two former conscripts – a native Estonian and native Russian speaker – explain why they think the law change would have negative consequences for society.

21.01.26 NEWS ... Since the start of Russia's full-scale war of aggression in 2022, Estonia has provided more than €1.1 billion in support to Ukraine, nearly three-quarters of which has been military aid.

21.01.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Defense aims to decide this spring how much to invest in ballistic air defense, ranging from hundreds of millions to over a billion euros, with systems expected to arrive in Estonia in the early 2030s.

20.01.26 NEWS ... Last year, 32 people died in fires and 28 in drownings in Estonia, marking a recent record low in fire- and water-related fatalities, rescue authorities reported Tuesday.

20.01.26 NEWS ... Greenlanders are living with a big question mark hanging over their heads. Yet everything, be it at NATO, the European Union or the United States level, seems to be decided without their input too.

19.01.26 NEWS ... A new round of applications will soon be open, allowing apartment associations to apply for state support up to €35,000 to adapt basement shelters.

19.01.26 NEWS ... The volunteer Defense League's Pärnu County unit took part over the weekend in a joint exercise with French allies in Kiltsi, Lääne County, involving about 300 personnel.

19.01.26 NEWS ... While security agencies have issued warnings on Chinese-made tech, the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) have been using it, mainly due to its lower price.

18.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's MEP Urmas Paet told ERR that Europe's biggest security issue is its ongoing dependence on the U.S., urging stronger EU defense cooperation.

18.01.26 NEWS ... U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose higher tariffs on European countries sending troops to Denmark's Arctic Endurance drill won't change Estonia's plans to participate, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said Sunday.

18.01.26 NEWS ... In an interview with ERR, former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said European leaders have yet to grasp the fundamental shift in relations with the United States and the emergence of a confrontation. According to Ilves, the European Union needs a restructuring in order to finally build an independent defense capability that does not rely on the U.S.

18.01.26 NEWS ... Former President Ilves says Europe must pursue strategic independence from the U.S., but top Estonian officials insist NATO must remain the cornerstone of defense.

17.01.26 NEWS ... Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) signed a regulation that will raise the number of conscripts in 2027 to 4,100.

17.01.26 NEWS ... Banks argue that even the strictest additional security measures may not help reduce scams, as fraudsters are capable of pressuring victims into acting under significant duress.

16.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) on Friday said it expelled a Russian citizen and army serviceman for security reasons and handed him a Schengen visa ban.

17.01.26 NEWS ... Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) believes construction of the Baltic defense line could be sped up, and said this year will be an intense year for the project.

16.01.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu's National Defense Committee is weighing whether to extend conscription for those who enter service without sufficient proficiency in Estonian.

16.01.26 NEWS ... Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said that Estonian Defense Forces personnel will go to Greenland to show Denmark is capable of ensuring the Arctic island's security against threats, not to defend it from the U.S.

16.01.26 NEWS ... While Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Erkki Keldo (Reform) agreed with criticism arising from a recent audit on the national stockpiling center (EVK), the center says warnings were ignored.

15.01.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu's National Defense Committee has removed the provision from a draft bill requiring EDF conscripts to have B1-level Estonian for EDF, opting instead to initiate a separate bill to achieve that same aim.

15.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's defense spending has increased considerably, with almost 1 percent of GDP going on ammunition last year, according to Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform).

15.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's government is calling on the European Union to follow in its footsteps and introduce a Schengen area visa ban for hundreds of thousands of Russian combatants who fought in the war against Ukraine.

15.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia is contributing to the planning of the joint European military exercise in Greenland and would send a small number of military personnel if a request is received from Denmark, ministers said on Thursday.

15.01.26 NEWS ... A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday to mark the official opening of an explosives plant at the new Ämari defense industry park.

14.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) on Wednesday said it had expelled two students it claimed were supporters of Hezbollah and Iran's Islamic Republic regime from India and Pakistan.

14.01.26 NEWS ... Jo Lomas has been appointed the United Kingdom's ambassador to Estonia, the British Foreign Office has announced.

14.01.26 NEWS ... More than 100 kilometers of the fence on Estonia's 135-kilometer-long land border with Russia have been completed, and the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) is now looking to install barriers on the water as well.

14.01.26 NEWS ... Finland and Estonia are planning to increase prison cooperation and remove hurdles to prisoner transfers, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reports.

14.01.26 NEWS ... A driver repeatedly caught driving while drunk claimed to be "dreaming" after fleeing police on Saturday night in central Estonia and was only stopped after an officer punctured his tires, newspaper Sakala reported.

13.01.26 NEWS ... In December, customs officers in Estonian coastal city Pärnu seized a consignment of 130,000 Belarusian contraband cigarettes.

13.01.26 NEWS ... Last week, an Israeli citizen got into hot water after attempting to bring a samovar across the border from Russia into Estonia.

12.01.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of the Interior imposed an entry ban to Estonia and the Schengen area last week on 261 Russian combatants who had taken part in the war of aggression against Ukraine.

12.01.26 NEWS ... At the first Riigikogu session of the new year, 21 MPs submitted a draft bill to form an investigative committee to assess the criminal proceedings against former police chiefs and the actions of the ISS board.

12.01.26 NEWS ... Security experts can be mistaken in their explanations and intelligence officers' analyses may at times serve broader national strategic communication goals, security expert Meelis Oidsalu noted.

12.01.26 NEWS ... Estonia's network of communications cables is mostly secure, but experts warn major damage could have serious consequences — and solutions like sensors may not prevent it.

12.01.26 NEWS ... While the sabotage probe continues, Finnish police on Monday released the cargo ship Fitburg, held over suspected New Year's Eve damage to an Estonian–Finnish undersea cable.

12.01.26 NEWS ... Recent U.S. activity in Venezuela and threats toward Iran are ample demonstration that Russia cannot aid all of its allies while being tied up in Ukraine, ICDS director Kristi Raik said.

12.01.26 NEWS ... While everyone should be ready to defend Estonia, both the armed forces and individuals are short on opportunities to practice shooting.

10.01.26 NEWS ... The Supreme Court has reduced the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) ability to request data from companies, and now the agency believes the law should be amended so its powers can be restored.

08.01.26 NEWS ... Washington's interest in Greenland comes down to mineral resources and not security, MEP Sven Mikser (SDE) said in an interview.

07.01.26 NEWS ... The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) has approved a new silver commemorative coin dedicated to the Forest Brothers, based on a design by Kaupo Kangro.

07.01.26 NEWS ... Finland's National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday seized the cargo ship suspected of breaking cables in the Baltic Sea in Estonia's exclusive economic zone on December 31 to continue its investigation.

07.01.26 NEWS ... A bottle deposit return scheme at a supermarket chain has enabled the buying of drones for the volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Maaleht reported.

07.01.26 NEWS ... English-language Wikipedia is being edited to present Estonia's history in a more Soviet-friendly light, Estonian journalists and Wikimedia volunteers say, and it is difficult to compete with Russia's propaganda resources.

07.01.26 NEWS ... Construction work on Estonia's eastern border is on track and expected to be completed by the end of 2027, the deputy director general of the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) has said.