Skip to main menu 22.10.26 NEWS ... The City of Narva is planning to end its lease with Art Club Ro-Ro, a fixture of the border city's cultural scene, as the club has racked up more than €7,000 in unpaid rent.
20.10.26 NEWS ... District heating prices are rising across the country this autumn, but vary by region from 1 percent in Tartu in the south to 30 percent in Narva in the east.
15.10.26 NEWS ... Cross-border vehicle traffic has come to a standstill and the city-owned company is struggling to make ends meet. City officials have not ruled out suspending the company's operations.
13.10.26 NEWS ... A nationwide EE-ALARM public warning test is to take place Wednesday, with sirens sounding between 3 p.m. and 3:10 p.m.
09.10.26 NEWS ... Narva and Narva-Jõesuu are both reconsidering participatory budgeting as residents' proposals continue to prove too costly or vague to carry out.
09.10.26 NEWS ... Long-distance bus line Lux Ekspress is hiiking ticket prices on its Tallinn-Narva and Tallinn-Pärnu routes as diesel costs climb, its CEO has said.
08.10.26 NEWS ... Firefighters say they found no fire safety violations at a Narva nursing home where an elderly woman perished in a fire Tuesday evening.
07.10.26 NEWS ... One person perished in a fire at a care home in Narva on Tuesday evening, with the cause believed to be smoking without due care and attention, the Rescue Board said.
02.10.26 NEWS ... Former Narva mayor Katri Raik has criticized an upcoming US-style prayer breakfast in the eastern border town.
01.10.26 NEWS ... As autumn arrives, the Estonian Environmental Research Center's mobile labs ramp up their work, checking air quality that typically worsens during the heating season. But tests in Narva on Wednesday delivered an unexpected result: the air was unusually clean.
25.09.26 NEWS ... Construction of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) base in Narva will cost a little over €20 million and be completed six months later than planned, in summer 2028.
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.
19.09.26 NEWS ... Estonian independent theater Vaba Lava is considering closing down its Narva location, saying current state funding is not enough to run it sustainably.
17.09.26 NEWS ... Hospitals in Ida-Viru County are teaming up for a joint campaign to attract doctors to the understaffed region.
10.09.26 NEWS ... An international photo exhibition at the University of Tartu Narva College explores Europe and NATO's eastern border through history, culture and psychology.
09.09.26 NEWS ... The weekend's Station Narva festival attracted nearly 6,000 visitors, a record figure in the decade the event has been running.
02.09.26 NEWS ... The national half marathon championships which had been due to take place in June will now be held in Tartu in October.
18.08.26 NEWS ... Elron's eastbound passenger rail service resumed early Tuesday afternoon after a damaged overhead line halted trains on the Tallinn–Narva route for several hours.
12.08.26 NEWS ... Narva City Council Chair Urbo Vaarmann is defending the idea of the Tsar's Route but is prepared to change the name of the planned tourism route to help ensure its success.
01.08.26 NEWS ... The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Ministry of Interior are not planning to crack down on people selling places in the queue at the Narva border crossing as wait times increase due to summer tourism to Russia.
26.07.26 NEWS ... Narva City Council ousted Katri Raik as mayor in a no-confidence vote on Sunday, with 16 in favor, 14 opposed and no abstentions.
26.07.26 NEWS ... Supporters of plans to rebuild part of the historic Old Town in Narva would need to face doubts, including from the city's mayor, over funding for the costly project.
25.07.26 NEWS ... On August 14–16, Narva invites visitors to explore the Northeastern Estonian border city anew through local-led tours, stories and lesser-known corners tourists often miss.
20.07.26 NEWS ... Estonia's eastern border will stay open as there is no immediate threat from Russia, although the country is prepared to close it if the situation changes, Minister of Interior Igor Taro (Eesti 200) said on Monday.
16.07.26 NEWS ... Swedish manufacturer Hanza will buy a metalworking plant in Estonia's Narva, employing 400 people, and will become one of the biggest employers in the eastern border city.
27.06.26 NEWS ... A nearly 12-hour Narva City Council meeting Friday ended in three no-confidence motions after repeated procedural clashes, long recesses and a stalled agenda fight.
16.06.26 NEWS ... From Monday, the opening hours at Estonia's border crossings with Russia have been reduced to 12 hours a day over the summer – peak crossing season – to try and curb repeated border violations.
09.06.26 NEWS ... Ukraine will open two new honorary consuls in Narva and Tartu after signing a bilateral agreement with Estonia on Tuesday.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Saturday's half marathon in Narva was called off minutes before its scheduled start after emergency services received a report of a suspicious bag along the route.
05.06.26 NEWS ... While the Defense Ministry presses ahead, plans for a new Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) base in Narva may snag as local political infighting complicates a key land deal.
03.06.26 NEWS ... The Defense Force's new base in Narva, on Estonia's eastern border with Russia, will start to be built later this year, said Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) during a visit to Ida-Viru County.
03.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Minister of the Interior, Igor Taro (Eesti 200), said in response to an inquiry in Riigikogu that long queues at the Narva border crossing are directly linked to Russia's war against Ukraine and intensified customs inspections.
02.06.26 NEWS ... The national government has limited ability to intervene in a local government's affairs even when a governance crisis has emerged there, Justice and Digital Affairs Minister Liisa Pakosta said.
02.06.26 NEWS ... Narva City Council's opposition elected new city leaders at a self-convened session on Monday. However, coalition council members maintain the session was illegal and the transfer of power could be delayed.
29.05.26 NEWS ... The City of Narva dismissed a high school principal Friday over alleged management violations, drawing opposition criticism as a power struggle in city leadership continues.
28.05.26 NEWS ... Narva's opposition is moving to convene its own city council meeting next week as a months-long standoff continues over leadership of the northeastern border city.
24.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Border Guard (PPA) recommends using GPS devices or the Nutimeri app when traveling on the Narva River, because Google Maps may direct a boat into Russian waters by mistake.
22.05.26 NEWS ... Prosecutor's Office has launched a criminal investigation into the leadership of the Narva City Council over potentially unlawful remuneration, the office's spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
21.05.26 NEWS ... The Viru District Court ruled Wednesday that Narva Hospital unlawfully fired its former head Ago Kõrgvee in February 2024, ordering the hospital to pay him approximately €86,000 in compensation.
20.05.26 NEWS ... Carbon monoxide poisoning risks rose in Narva on Tuesday and some residents' gas supplies will remain cut until made safe.
19.05.26 NEWS ... Narva's hotels are hosting a growing number of Nordic tourists. In May, the May 9 events attracted the largest number of visitors, though hotel managers say Narva is in urgent need of a new high-end hotel and a year-round attraction center.
10.05.26 NEWS ... Estonian singer Florian Wahl held a silent disco concert on Narva promenade on Saturday (May 9) at the same time as Russia held its annual Victory Day "propaganda concert" across the river in Ivangorod.
09.05.26 NEWS ... Narva Museum rehung a banner calling Russia's President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" on Saturday in response to the Russian authorities staging a propaganda concert in the border city of Ivangorod aimed at Estonia's residents.
10.05.26 NEWS ... In Narva, May 9 was celebrated as Europe Day with a large public concert on Town Hall Square.
08.05.26 NEWS ... Narva is launching a major recruitment campaign to hire 175 new education workers before fall, with the biggest shortage in kindergarten assistant teachers.
08.05.26 NEWS ... Global Positioning System (GPS) jamming has been disrupting recent drone flights monitoring wildfires in northeastern Estonia.
05.05.26 NEWS ... Authorities in the Russian border town of Ivangorod are preparing to hold another concert on May 9 for the residents of Narva across the river.
04.05.26 NEWS ... Narva Museum will display a poster declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal again on the wall of Narva Castle on May 9.
28.04.26 NEWS ... Narva police are warning parents about a dangerous social media challenge prompting local teenagers to trespass on the roofs of shopping centers and abandoned buildings to record videos.
27.04.26 NEWS ... A new center in Narva aims to help teachers more effectively teach lessons in Estonian as schools continue transitioning to Estonian-language instruction.
