Skip to main menu 10.06.26 NEWS ... A memorial ceremony took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to mark the 85th anniversary of the USSR's mass deportations, which sent tens of thousands of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to Siberia and Kazakhstan.
10.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn would face serious problems if tens of thousands of people suddenly had to look for shelter, architect Toivo Tammik warns.
10.06.26 NEWS ... The agricultural sector is struggling to fill workplaces both for seasonal berry-picking jobs and for more tech-skilled agricultural work.
10.06.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu on Wednesday approved amendments to the law allowing prisoners from foreign countries to be housed in Estonian prisons. A vote on ratifying a prison agreement with Sweden will also take place during Wednesday's sitting.
10.06.26 NEWS ... Both coalition and opposition politicians have said there are no plans to link the child benefit system in Estonia to income.
10.06.26 NEWS ... Emerging social media trends are prompting some teenagers to take extreme risks to enhance their appearance, including striking their own faces with hammers or fists in hopes of achieving more "masculine" features, youth advocates warned.
10.06.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Marine Institute was set to install mussel and seaweed farms in Haapsalu Bay this summer, but failed procurement processes and equipment unsuitable for the bay's shallow waters have delayed the project by a year.
10.06.26 NEWS ... A survey of students found that young people see significant potential in ITI, an artificial intelligence-based learning application developed specifically for Estonia's education system, but also find it "really annoying," AI Leap program head Ivo Visak tells ERR in an interview.
10.06.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Climate has completed a housing sector development plan that aims to bring new homes or rental apartments to areas lagging behind in real estate development over the next decade.
10.06.26 NEWS ... At 15, Türi student Roosi Põllu is already driving herself to school in a moped car, boosting her independence well before Estonia's standard driving age of 18.
10.06.26 NEWS ... Trains will be stopped on Wednesday afternoon as Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) and Elron practice their response to a drone attack as part of a nationwide exercise.
10.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Social Democrats want to make city museums free for children and teens 18 and under, with the proposal up for city council debate Thursday.
09.06.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn is hiking school lunch funding starting this fall, increasing the daily lunch rate to €2.10 to help maintain meal quality amid rising costs.
09.06.26 NEWS ... Prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder following an explosion which took place at the Ülemiste keskus mall in Tallinn just before Christmas last year.
09.06.26 NEWS ... More than 60 handmade scarecrows from across Estonia now stand watch over a meadow at Heimtali Museum in Viljandi County, giving old textiles a colorful new lease on life.
09.06.26 NEWS ... Critics of the plan to simplify divorce procedures argue it would come at the expense of the safety of domestic violence victims and children, while Minister of Justice Liisa Pakosta says the goal is precisely to better protect victims of violence.
09.06.26 NEWS ... City of Tallinn and Estonia's Ministry of Education are exploring a major overhaul of the capital's school network, including a possible expansion of state-run high schools, but any final decisions will depend on available funding in the national budget.
08.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia's interior minister said Monday that the country's Supreme Court's decision upholding amendments to the churches law means the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church must sever its subordinate ties to the Moscow Patriarchate.
09.06.26 NEWS ... While the scourge of ticks is often associated with summer in Estonia's countryside, the towns aren't tick-free either and may even pose greater risk, one expert said.
09.06.26 NEWS ... While trailcams provide a unique window on to Estonia's wildlife, care must be taken when processing images and footage of people, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise said.
08.06.26 NEWS ... A memorial stone has been unveiled at the site of a Lääne-Viru County engagement involving four members of the Forest Brothers, who held off a much larger Soviet force.
08.06.26 NEWS ... Investigative authorities do not have the right, during criminal proceedings, to demand the contents of a suspect's email account from a service provider; this can be done only with a court warrant, the Supreme Court ruled.
08.06.26 NEWS ... A draft law submitted by the Estonian government to parliament would eliminate the current ability of parents with undetermined citizenship to refuse Estonian citizenship on behalf of their children, if doing so would leave the child stateless.
08.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is planning to build separate and safe bicycle paths along the entire length of Tehnika tänav and to fully reconstruct the Endla tänav and Paldiski maantee intersections.
08.06.26 NEWS ... The Supreme Court of Estonia has rejected President Alar Karis's request to declare the amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act unconstitutional. The decision was made by 17 justices, six of whom dissented.
08.06.26 NEWS ... The remains of an Estonian Olympic wrestling champion from the interwar era have been reburied on Saaremaa, after being brought back from Sweden.
08.06.26 NEWS ... A paragliding dog threatened to upstage the best of NATO fast jet pilots at a Tartu County airshow over the weekend.
08.06.26 NEWS ... Nonprofits and apartment associations are at particular risk from cases of phone and internet fraud, as oversight of financial transactions is sometimes inadequate, the police say.
07.06.26 NEWS ... In recent weeks, social media users have complained about aggressive birds that are either protecting their young or trying to snatch food from people. According to an expert, one way to protect yourself from attacks is to wear a hat with a pom-pom on top.
07.06.26 NEWS ... The Roman Catholic Church and the Health Insurance Fund disagree over whether foreign nuns temporarily staying in Estonia are entitled to state health insurance.
07.06.26 NEWS ... A new plan aimed at promoting equal opportunities for sexual minorities and people with gender identities that differ from traditional norms was unveiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications this week.
07.06.26 NEWS ... Tartu's official Midsummer celebration returns June 23, once again offering a daylong festival outside the Estonian National Museum headlined by zombie folk stars Puuluup.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Crowds, flags and banners filled the streets of Tallinn for the Baltic Pride march on Saturday, capping off a weeklong celebration of LGBT+ visibility, community and support.
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.
06.06.26 NEWS ... As Estonia's summer concert and festival season gets underway, organizers say people are buying tickets later and making fewer long-term plans.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Estonian surgeon-turned-wildlife photographer Ilmar Kaur says it's not just luck and timing, but animal behavior that turns shots into stories.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Pirita District expects to spend up to €20,000 this spring and summer fighting invasive Spanish slugs as local governments step up efforts to slow the pest's spread.
06.06.26 NEWS ... The coach father of freestyle ski star Kelly Sildaru says he is appealing a court ruling which found him guilty of embezzlement, Delfi reported.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Traffic restrictions and a no-fly zone will be in effect in central Tallinn on June 8 and 9 during the Nordic-Baltic cooperation meeting, which is hosted by Estonia this year.
06.06.26 NEWS ... Researchers and the State Forest Management Center (RMK) are working together to breed hardier, faster-growing trees for Estonia's future forests.
06.06.26 NEWS ... A major Tallinn hospital says it fired longtime women's clinic head Piret Veerus over a serious patient safety breach and false statements. Veerus denies wrongdoing.
05.06.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu is "likely" to pass a law which will require warning signs to be placed ahead of mobile speed cameras before the midsummer break, one of the bill's sponsors said.
05.06.26 NEWS ... Hidden in Australia for decades, an Estonian presidential flag saved from Soviet forces in 1944 has finally returned home after being donated to the Estonian National Museum.
05.06.26 NEWS ... Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise says Estonia's decision not to grant citizenship to Ukrainians unable to renounce their nationality due to the war is constitutional.
05.06.26 NEWS ... The firing of a respected and long-serving gynecologist has brought in focus issues including staff overwork and critical shortages at a Tallinn hospital, Eesti Ekspress wrote.
05.06.26 NEWS ... Valga Hot Shorts (VHS) returns to southern Estonia's twin border city July 3–5, with a packed lineup of more than two dozen short films plus events across town.
05.06.26 NEWS ... Footage captured by a Viljandi County trail cam recently gave the lie to the old adage that bears have the strength of nine men, but the wits of one, Sakala reported.
05.06.26 NEWS ... Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise says local governments are not required to subsidize private kindergarten attendance if a child has access to a public kindergarten.
05.06.26 NEWS ... The mother of a child who went missing has turned to the chancellor of justice over her treatment by police, saying details was shared with the media before she was informed.
05.06.26 NEWS ... A new Estonian study finds many AI systems can still be steered by propaganda-style prompts, with results varying widely by model and language.
