Skip to main menu 11.08.26 NEWS ... In Põlva County, Leevaku's library-community center will soon double as a crisis hub where locals can stay warm, eat and charge phones in emergencies like prolonged outages.
11.08.26 NEWS ... During the night of 11 August, a fire broke out at the old bus depot in Kohtla‑Järve. Flames engulfed three buses and partially a truck trailer. Because of suspected arson, police were called to the scene.
11.08.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn has offered the unused ice rink at Linnahall to the volunteer Estonian Defense League (EDL) for use as a possible temporary indoor shooting range.
11.08.26 NEWS ... Regional Affairs and Agriculture Minister Hendrik Johannes Terras is seeking nearly €4.8 million from the government's reserve to maintain current bus, train and ferry service levels through the end of the year.
11.08.26 NEWS ... Two new exhibitions at the Võru Museum look back at life in Võru through the stories of a prominent Jewish family and four local figures from the 1920s and 30s.
11.08.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications wants to add a post-implementation review clause to the pharmacy vending machine bill, with the Competition Authority tasked with carrying out the review.
10.08.26 NEWS ... Firefighters had extinguished the Rääma bog fire in Tori municipality by Tuesday, Rescue Board says.
11.08.26 NEWS ... According to Statistics Estonia, as at January 1, the population of Estonia was 1,360,745. Based on ethnic nationality, 932,603 people (68.5%) were Estonian, 276,125 (20.2%) were Russian and 146,619 (10.8%) were of other ethnic nationalities.
11.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian cleaner Signed-Johanna Hecht is helping clients regain control of homes that became difficult to manage, often due to depression, ADHD or other mental health issues.
11.08.26 NEWS ... In recent years, the amount of donations collected in Estonia to support Ukraine has fallen significantly. However, fundraising organizations say support is now even more important than it was in the early years of the war.
10.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian rally driver Robert Virves was one of several WRC stars who got booked by Finnish police during Rally Finland the weekend before last, and has been hit with a driving ban.
10.08.26 NEWS ... Recent studies involving Estonian researchers show that mental health literacy has overlooked paying more attention to the everyday skills people need to support well-being.
10.08.26 NEWS ... More than 70 people visited the renovated Mehikoorma Lighthouse within three hours of its reopening, drawn by views across a narrow stretch of Lake Lämmijärv toward Russia.
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 NEWS ... New eligibility requirements mean that young graduates cannot receive unemployment benefits after finishing school or completing military service, unless they have previously worked for at least eight months.
09.08.26 NEWS ... Since 2013, Opinion Festival has brought people from different communities and walks of life, from politics to business, together in Paide on the second weekend of August to discuss pressing issues in Estonian society.
08.08.26 NEWS ... The Viinalass family recently celebrated 30 years in Estonia, reflecting on how a temporary move to their homeland became permanent, coming full circle after generations.
08.08.26 NEWS ... Seeking relief from work stress and the weight of nonstop responsibility, Estonian pilgrim Rebeka Neitsov found unexpected freedom while walking Spain's Camino de Santiago.
07.08.26 NEWS ... Indrek Aru, head of the Police and Border Guard Board's (PPA) North Prefecture border guard bureau, said that in the past two weeks police have caught 99 people who are believed to have no legal basis for staying in Estonia.
07.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian raspberry growers are reporting a strong season this year as farms turn to new growing methods to protect crops from increasingly unpredictable weather.
07.08.26 NEWS ... Estonia is reviewing how children move through mental health services to identify gaps, shorten waits and improve coordination across health, education and social care.
07.08.26 NEWS ... Children should never set out onto the water on a SUP board without an adult, while proper safety measures must be used when using them, a Rescue Board official said.
07.08.26 NEWS ... The Environmental Board on Thursday issued special permits to hunt two bears born last year in the Võõbu village area of Järva County. The animals continued entering home yards despite repeated attempts to scare them back into the forest.
07.08.26 NEWS ... An internal review by the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Internal Security Service (ISS) found that most health data queries made by officials were justified, but the thousands of checks raise concerns from attorney-at-law Carri Ginter about eroding trust between patients and doctors.
07.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn City Government plans to change the locations of tram stops on Pärnu maantee have been criticised by the president of the Association of Architects, who says stops will be placed too far apart.
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.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Estonia's location-based SMS alert system is unique in the world in being able to reach users in three different languages, depending on their preference.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Local resident Hendrik Võrno of Viimsi Parish was overwhelmed by Spanish slugs overrunning his garden, so he designed a trap that lures them in and feeds them poison. Demand for his invention has grown so quickly that nine 3D printers now run in his garage to keep up with orders.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Content creator Mallukas, whose self-created public criminal registry was shut down by the state, said she has little faith in the Ministry of Justice's plans to reform the criminal records database.
06.08.26 NEWS ... A magnitude 0.5 earthquake near Naissaar on Monday turned out to be a rare natural tremor, revealing the seismic behavior of granite buried beneath Northern Estonia.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Around 300 women bikers from over 20 countries, including even Australia, Japan and Curaçao, were in Pärnu this week for an international motorcycle rally.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Social Affairs Minister Karmen Joller (Reform) defended Estonia's ambulance reform plans from critics, saying planned changes will improve response times and quality of care.
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 ... More than 60 percent of Estonian adults are living with at least one chronic illness, with many developing multiple long-term conditions before age 65, a new study found.
06.08.26 NEWS ... The critically endangered European mink has established a foothold on Saaremaa. This year has provided conclusive evidence that the animals relocated to the island have successfully reproduced.
06.08.26 NEWS ... A newly signed memorandum lays out everything from clothing and access to television to electricity use and nicotine products, defining how Swedish inmates will live inside Tartu Prison.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Ilmar Tomusk, who has headed Estonia's Language Board for 30 years, tells ERR in an interview he considers one of the agency's greatest achievements to be helping Estonia avoid any major language-based conflicts.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Tartu plans to add a drone studies course to its upper secondary school curriculum as an elective in the upcoming academic year.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Peak tick-borne disease season has arrived. According to the Health Board, cases of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease are on the rise.
05.08.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of the Interior tasks police, the Internal Security Service (ISS) and the Rescue Board with presenting annual recommendations in the field of internal security.
05.08.26 NEWS ... Officials from Estonia and Sweden signed a prison rental agreement that will see several hundred Swedish inmates transferred to southern Estonia to serve part of their sentences.
05.08.26 NEWS ... Visiting a body of water increases mental well-being and is especially beneficial when a person feels safe and ventures into the water, a new study across 19 countries shows.
05.08.26 NEWS ... The number of people with gambling addictions has grown in recent years, with nearly 21,000 people now on the self-imposed gambling restriction list. The Ministry of Finance plans to review the Gambling Act next year and update the details of how the restriction list is compiled.
05.08.26 NEWS ... A website set up by a noted influencer has been taken offline over privacy and safety concerns, following an order from the state Data Protection Inspectorate (AKI).
05.08.26 NEWS ... Recruitment is on schedule and the first officers have already been hired, the prison service has said, as it prepares for the arrival of several hundred prisoners from Sweden.
05.08.26 NEWS ... Starting in August, assistant teachers in kindergartens were required to demonstrate Estonian-language proficiency at least at the B2 level, leading to the dismissal or departure of hundreds of employees in both Tallinn and Narva.
05.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Apteegi tänav will be revamped starting August 11, with new utility lines, improved paving and a pedestrian-friendly street design to be completed by year's end.
05.08.26 NEWS ... The number of serious electric scooter accidents has increased this summer, and scooter-related accidents have become part of hospitals' everyday operations.
04.08.26 NEWS ... Police detained two groups of men in central Tallinn on Monday on suspicion that they were in the country illegally
04.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian firefighters who have headed to Italy to battle large-scale wildfires there will face rapidly changing conditions, very different from those seen in wildfires at home, the Rescue Board said on Tuesday.
