10.11.26 NEWS ... British act Henge, who perform as extraterrestrials spreading peace through a genre they call Cosmic Dross, are to appear in Estonia next year.

10.11.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Zoo has lost its entire collection of an exotic species of pigeon after being killed by two escaped binturongs, Eesti Ekspress reported.

10.11.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn city government approved its draft 2027 budget on Tuesday. The budget totals €1.3 billion, including €168 million in investments.

10.11.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Christmas tree will be delivered to the Old Town on Thursday (November 12) and decorated over the weekend before the opening of the annual Christmas market at the end of November.

09.11.26 NEWS ... The exhibition "Japanese Design Today" at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design offers visitors an opportunity to explore changes in Japanese society, culture and daily life through design. Many aspects of our own lives in the Western cultural sphere have roots that stretch back to Japan, says museum director and design historian Kai Lobjakas.

09.11.26 NEWS ... The property housing the Hotell Fonnental and the Gourmet Coffee cafe in Tallinn's Kadriorg has been put up for sale by owners, Baltinn OÜ. The company is asking €4,836,000 for the property.

09.11.26 NEWS ... While Tartu already offers phone-based fare validation on public transport, Tallinn is pushing back the launch of its own tap-to-validate system until next spring.

08.11.26 NEWS ... The historic negotiating table used during the Tartu Peace Treaty talks between Estonia and the Soviet Union (1919-1920) is now temporarily on display at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

08.11.26 NEWS ... A 21-year-old man from Pakistan was confirmed dead by police at an apartment in Tallinn on Saturday. Eight illegal migrants who said they had traveled from Latvia to Estonia were also found in the same location.

06.11.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) opens its 30th edition on Friday with the Latvian drama "Ulya", screening 230 feature films and 259 shorts from 87 countries.

05.11.26 NEWS ... The future owner of Tallinn's City Plaza office tower is considering converting part of the building into apartments after its main tenant, LHV bank, moves to a new headquarters nearby.

04.11.26 NEWS ... A conflict between Tallinn Zoo Director Kaupo Heinma and the zoo's department heads has centered on a fundamental question facing modern zoos: which animals should be kept in captivity and under what conditions.

04.11.26 NEWS ... Six offers were submitted for the property in Tallinn's Pelgulinn neighborhood, a site once used by the National Archives and marketed as a potential future real estate development.

03.11.26 NEWS ... New York-based producer and DJ umru has worked with the likes of Tommy Cash and Charli XCX. This Saturday, the Estonian-American artist takes the stage at Tallinn's club MOD.

03.11.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition at Tallinn's Maarjamäe Palace traces the history of Estonian porcelain through over 700 items spanning more than three centuries.

02.11.26 NEWS ... Ice skating season has begun in Tallinn after several municipal-run rinks opened their doors over the weekend, with more expected to do so in the coming weeks.

02.11.26 NEWS ... A commemorative bench by Tallinn Central Hospital now marks the place where Estonian author A. H. Tammsaare penned his classic "Truth and Justice," first published in 1926.

02.11.26 NEWS ... In Estonia, it is generally not customary to wash one's dirty laundry in public, but suddenly a whole string of self-service laundromats has appeared in Tallinn. Although there are hardly any homes without a washing machine, ERR investigated why people no longer want to do their own laundry at home.

02.11.26 NEWS ... The number of offenses committed by schoolchildren increases by a tenth during school holidays, data from the police show. Police took action to stop young people disturbing the peace in Pirita last week.

29.10.26 NEWS ... Safety improvements to the autonomous delivery robots on Estonia's streets will be primarily software-based, said Starship Technologies, after one of its machines was involved in a collision with a bus earlier this week.

29.10.26 NEWS ... Estonian-founded customer relationship management (CRM) software firm Pipedrive is to significantly downsize, the company announced Thursday.

29.10.26 NEWS ... A photo has gone viral on social media which appears to show a boy riding on the front of a moving tram in Tallinn, prompting authorities to issue a warning.

29.10.26 NEWS ... Public transport apps enterprising developers have come up with are growing in popularity and offer an alternative to Tallinn's official public transport website.

27.10.26 NEWS ... Estonia is experiencing a shortage of asphalt as factories in Sweden and Lithuania are currently not supplying it to the country, Deputy Mayor Kristjan Järvan (Isamaa) has said.

28.10.26 NEWS ... Claims against healthcare providers have grown steadily in the nearly two years since the patient insurance system came into force, and so has the number of rejections.

28.10.26 NEWS ... A collision between a bus and a delivery robot took place in Tallinn on Monday, injuring several people. The robotic courier that caused the accident left the scene before the police arrived.

27.10.26 NEWS ... Preliminary designs have been released for the renovation of Tulika tänav and the section of Paldiski maantee that intersects with it in Tallinn's Kristiine district, and the street will be rebuilt with either 1+1 or 2+1 traffic lanes.

27.10.26 NEWS ... Two new movie theaters, which opened earlier this year in Tallinn, are working to differentiate themselves from the competition and build their audiences.

26.10.26 NEWS ... American rock act Thirty Seconds to Mars are to perform in Estonia next spring.

26.10.26 NEWS ... Heat producers may turn to shale oil in severe winter cold if gas is scarce or too expensive, but the cheaper fuel may not mean major savings for household consumers.

25.10.26 NEWS ... An exhibition by graphic design students inspired by an archive hidden in the basement of the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) library opened at the university's Billboard Gallery on Friday.

25.10.26 NEWS ... Although Halloween is still a week away, the pumpkin-loving residents of Tallinn Zoo were presented with more than four tons of donated vegetables for their annual party this weekend.

24.10.26 NEWS ... Only around 10 percent of the capital's public transport stops have electronic real-time information displays and while the city plans to install more, it has no intention of equipping every stop with one.

24.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Town Hall Square is set to undergo renovations in the coming years. The winning design proposal "Pusle" envisions urban furniture that would suit both a summer park and the traditional Christmas market.

22.10.26 NEWS ... Three Tallinn locations are showing work by 11 Ukrainian photographers and visual artists, capping a recent international art residency held in Estonia, Finland and Germany.

21.10.26 NEWS ... Estonia's largest spray-painted mural has been completed after 2,000 hours on old factory walls in the Ülemiste City district of Tallinn and depicts a local legend.

22.10.26 NEWS ... A protected plant has sparked a major legal dispute over one of Tallinn's largest residential developments, with developer Merko facing a criminal investigation over alleged damage.

22.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinn plans to establish the Astangu-Mäeküla nature reserve in the Haabersti district, with the purchase of privately owned land in the area set to cost the city up to €5.5 million.

21.10.26 NEWS ... A yearslong rent dispute between the City of Tallinn and the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church came to an end Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to hear the church's appeal.

20.10.26 NEWS ... New Škoda electric trains on Elron's Tallinn-Tartu route will offer onboard cafe service, letting passengers buy food and drinks during their journey.

20.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinnfilm Studios has announced an international public procurement tender for the design and construction of a film studio complex planned for Paljassaare.

20.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Old Town recently transformed into early 20th-century England for the historical Indian film "The India House," bringing major Indian stars to the Estonian capital.

20.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinn City Council has canceled a tender to build an Olympic-standard swimming pool launched earlier this summer after the Ministry of Finance questioned the conditions. The project will now be delayed by at least a year.

20.10.26 NEWS ... Tallinn has backed away from plans to build pedestrian bridges at the Kristiine intersection in the coming years, but still plans to improve the area for pedestrians, public transport and cyclists, Tallinn Deputy Mayor Kristjan Järvan (Isamaa) has said.

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.

19.10.26 NEWS ... American pop rock band Toto will perform at Unibet Arena in Tallinn on July 29 next year.

17.10.26 NEWS ... A street-level public civil defense shelter in the heart of downtown Tallinn has been transformed with a mural featuring Estonian trees and wildlife.

15.10.26 NEWS ... A Tallinn tram department employee says drivers aren't given enough training or information about serious incidents, contradicting the transport company's public position.

15.10.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn French Lyceum's sports hall began leaking even before it opened, but the leak has now become so severe that the school has suspended use of the building for several days.

15.10.26 NEWS ... The XXIX Open Society Forum took place October 15 at the Nordic Hotel Forum in Tallinn.