Skip to main menu 15.04.26 NEWS ... On Wednesday, Viru District Court found a 29-year-old man guilty of raping a child and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
15.04.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Education and Research said incorrect test results sent to thousands of applicants for the University of Tartu were caused by a system error.
15.04.26 NEWS ... According to zoologist Tiit Maran, it is only a matter of time before the first raccoons make their way from Lithuania into Estonia's natural environment.
15.04.26 NEWS ... Municipalities will receive €120 million in support for their budgets that has until now been funded directly by the state. For municipalities, this means greater discretion over how the money is spent.
15.04.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Ministry of Education and Research is moving ahead with a plan under which upper secondary education will be entirely the responsibility of the central government by 2035.
15.04.26 NEWS ... The prosecutor's office is to open criminal proceedings against a care home which was at the center of a sexual abuse case last year.
15.04.26 NEWS ... A Tallinn driver's dashcam captured the rare sight of a beaver, usually a fairly elusive creature, calmly crossing a busy highway after dark, Maaleht reported.
15.04.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Justice believes the copyright fee added to the price of a new smartphone or computer could be higher because compensation must be fair and many people use their phones to record concerts.
15.04.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Museum Association is planning a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education and Research building in Tartu on April 28 to draw attention to the decline in school trips.
15.04.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Nõmme District has restricted rental car parking on several streets after residents complained over losing spots near their homes.
14.04.26 NEWS ... District heating prices in Narva are set to surge to €137 per megawatt-hour (MWh) next month, driven by rising gas prices and limited options to offset the increase.
14.04.26 NEWS ... A tightly contested hockey finals series in Northeastern Estonia drew record crowds last week, highlighting how the sport continues to unite fans in Narva and Kohtla-Järve.
14.04.26 NEWS ... Two mini-concerts at Tallinn Town Hall on Tuesday evening are launching a new series of bite-sized programs aimed at making classical music more accessible.
14.04.26 NEWS ... Residents in Tartu got hands-on building birdhouses Monday, just in time for nesting season, at an event at Maarjavälja open to all skill levels.
14.04.26 NEWS ... Despite being aware of the risks, nearly one in five drivers in Estonia have found themselves in a dangerous situation due to being distracted by a smartphone or navigation device, Delfi reported.
14.04.26 NEWS ... State support will fund renovations to154 apartment buildings, improving living conditions for over 3,200 households nationwide, but no funding is secured for future rounds.
14.04.26 NEWS ... A vote in the Riigikogu to strip independent Tõnis Mölder of parliamentary immunity failed.
14.04.26 NEWS ... A ninth grader in Tartu has launched a doorstep pickup service for deposit bottles, turning a simple idea into a growing small business.
14.04.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications wants to limit access to high-quality aerial photographs in the state's map application to protect people's privacy. However, this could create problems for land surveyors and farmers.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Apple is rolling out vehicles and backpack-wearing teams across Estonia this summer to improve accuracy and capture street-level imagery for its Maps service.
13.04.26 NEWS ... A Health Board study shows tick-borne disease risks vary widely by region, with Lyme disease highest in Lääne-Viru County and tick-borne encephalitis most common in Saaremaa.
13.04.26 NEWS ... The French Embassy in Tallinn has requested that Estonia broaden the name of the new International Museum for the Victims of Communism to include victims of Nazism, reflecting the site's full history.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Resourceful Estonians who own an older diesel car have turned to supermarkets instead of gas stations to power their commute in the face of high world market oil prices.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Even though the recently renamed Estonian Christian Orthodox Church tries to appear independent, its activities are still curated from Moscow, Estonia's internal security yearbook reveals.
13.04.26 NEWS ... A 60-year-old man suspected of organizing the explosion at Tallinn's Ülemiste Center in December has been charged with attempted murder, the Prosecutor's Office said on Monday.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Spring fairs across Tallinn drew crowds this weekend, but local vendors say they are feeling the squeeze as they compete with cheap imported goods.
13.04.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS/ KAPO) last year detained a record number of individuals who had collaborated with Russian intelligence services, the agency's spokesperson Marta Tuul told ERR.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) has said that mainstream media reporting on Russia's "inexpensive social media campaigns" that aim to divide society is viewed as a "success" in Moscow.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Despite Estonia's signature digital drive, nearly 120,000 households still lack high-speed fiber internet, pushing many to rely on wireless or satellite connectivity.
13.04.26 NEWS ... Train timetables and journeys will be significantly disrupted this week due to infrastructure works by Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee). Passengers are advised to check the schedule before traveling.
11.04.26 NEWS ... Courts, prosecutors and municipalities are increasingly facing submissions which appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
11.04.26 NEWS ... While the able-bodied wisecracking about people with disabilities may generally be frowned upon, this certainly doesn't apply to 29-year-old Janar Peterson, paralyzed in an accident in his teens and now a rising star on Estonia's well-populated comedy scene.
11.04.26 NEWS ... The arrival of a mostly dry but windy spring has brought with it a heightened risk of grass fires, as one recent incident in western Estonia showed, Maaleht reported.
11.04.26 NEWS ... Three ferry journeys between the mainland and the Estonian islands of Muhu and Saaremaa have been canceled on Sunday.
10.04.26 NEWS ... This Sunday is Orthodox Easter, meaning the Seto tradition of egg rolling will be, well, rolled out again in southeastern Estonia, Postimees' Setomaa edition reported.
10.04.26 NEWS ... The share of adults in Estonia with low functional reading skills has increased, according to the PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills.
10.04.26 NEWS ... MP Tõnis Mölder discovered, upon reviewing his own case file, that the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) had monitored his communications metadata in order to identify contacts between members of parliament and ministry officials.
10.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia has its part to play in space tech in Europe, including in defense, President Alar Karis said.
10.04.26 NEWS ... The Transport Administration will start raising speed limits on separate carriageway roads Friday. In total, the speed limit will be raised on 497.4 kilometers.
10.04.26 NEWS ... The best bid for building Estonia's new large islands ferry was submitted by the Polish shipyard CRIST S.A., the Ministry of Climate said. The contract is valued at €49.93 million.
10.04.26 NEWS ... Draft amendments to the Penal Code and the Victim Support Act would make exploitation for the purpose of surrogacy or illegal adoption in connection with human trafficking punishable.
10.04.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Ministry of the Interior registered 788 births across Estonia this March, marking a decrease of 17 children compared to the same period last year.
10.04.26 NEWS ... Phishing emails impersonating the head of a well-known think tank were used in an attempt to gain access to Estonian civil servants' devices.
09.04.26 NEWS ... ERR will carry out maintenance work on its online environments overnight into Friday, which may cause disruptions to web services from midnight until the early morning.
09.04.26 NEWS ... A court has rejected a request to shut down a website which "exposes" those found guilty of sex crimes, including pedophilia, Õhtuleht reported.
09.04.26 NEWS ... In the event of a crisis or war, Estonia's supply security solutions must enable society as a whole to cope for at least 30 days until the necessary connections are restored, an updated strategy document reveals.
09.04.26 NEWS ... A resident of the central Estonian town of Paide was tracked by a lone wolf late on Monday night, Postimees reported.
09.04.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Art School as well as the Tondiraba and Nõmme hobby schools are raising their monthly fees and prices will also increase at the music schools and art school owned by the city of Tartu.
09.04.26 NEWS ... Compared with last December, trust in ERR increased in March among both ethnic Estonian respondents and other nationalities, according to a survey commissioned by the Government Office.
09.04.26 NEWS ... Support for the green transition has declined among Estonia's population, falling from 45 percent last September to 35 percent this March, according to a study commissioned by the Government Office and carried out by Emor.
