Skip to main menu 19.08.26 NEWS ... Three suspects have been detained in connection with the arson attack on the building of the defense industry company Milrem Robotics, the Prosecutor's Office has said. Initial information suggests the act was premeditated.
19.08.26 NEWS ... A rare Amur leopard housed at Tallinn Zoo has died at the age of 22, the zoo announced Tuesday, with staff mourning the loss of one of their most beloved residents.
19.08.26 NEWS ... A new event at Paavli Culture Factory offered Tallinn a fresh take on Italy recently, bringing Estonian and Italian communities together through music, food and traditions.
19.08.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn City Government has criticized the organization of an international conference on aid to Ukraine set to take place next January, including concerns that participants may have to trudge through snowdrifts.
18.08.26 NEWS ... Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) hosted his predecessors in Tallinn Tuesday for the 10th annual Estonian prime ministers' lunch ahead of Restoration of Independence Day.
18.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn still has 854 young people left without a study place, nearly a fifth of basic school graduates, Deputy Mayor Andrei Kante said, calling the situation critical.
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.
18.08.26 NEWS ... August 20 marks 35 years since Estonia regained independence. Join the celebrations with ERR's live coverage, specials, films and music on TV, online and on the airwaves.
17.08.26 NEWS ... Significant traffic changes are to affect Tallinn public transport, drivers and pedestrians this coming weekend as the city hosts the annual Ironman triathlon event.
17.08.26 NEWS ... The 35th anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence will be celebrated at Toompea on Thursday (August 20) with a flag-raising ceremony, a free music concert and other public events.
17.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn has offered Linnahall's former ice rink to the Estonian Defense League (EDL) for a temporary shooting range, but experts say repairs could cost millions.
17.08.26 NEWS ... A year-round outdoor swimming complex will be built at Kalasadam next to Tallinn's Linnahall and will be run by a Finnish company with a similar center in Helsinki.
16.08.26 NEWS ... Riigikogu member Maris Lauri handed over the chairmanship of the Tallinn branch of the Reform Party to Henri Arras on Saturday at the group's general assembly.
16.08.26 NEWS ... Rats are increasingly being encountered on the streets of Tallinn, and the city and several districts plan to start pest control in the autumn.
15.08.26 NEWS ... To minimize disruption to daytime traffic, roadworks on Liivalaia tänav in Tallinn will likely be carried out at night this fall.
14.08.26 NEWS ... Meistriliiga side FCI Levadia says a long-awaited training hall should be completed next year, in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn.
14.08.26 NEWS ... The annual Tallinn Fringe Festival (TFF) turns 10 next week and will mark it by bringing its biggest program yet.
14.08.26 OPINION ... When Tallinn decides how many traffic lanes to build, it is effectively choosing whether the city functions as a gathering place or a corridor for people passing between destinations elsewhere, Indrek Ibrus writes.
14.08.26 NEWS ... An international exhibition in Tallinn brings together 55 artists from around the world, each offering their own unique take on the beloved childhood classic Pinocchio.
14.08.26 NEWS ... Construction of the United States' new embassy complex is expected to begin next year and both the mayor and the U.S. ambassador will be keeping a close eye on the entire process, Tallinn Mayor Peeter Raudsepp told ERR.
14.08.26 NEWS ... Animator and artist Natalia Mirzoyan, director of the acclaimed short film "Winter in March," has opened a solo exhibition sharing her experience with settling in Estonia.
13.08.26 NEWS ... The future of Latvian airline airBaltic is in the hands of its creditors, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said. Potential strategic investors are waiting for airBaltic to become viable and profitable. Under the new business plan approved on Wednesday, the airline will fly to fewer destinations but with higher frequency.
13.08.26 NEWS ... A new bilingual exhibition at the Tallinn TV Tower explores Estonia's cultural ties with Germany through the personal stories of several prominent Estonians.
12.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's public transport company TLT has announced a procurement for the design of trolleybus infrastructure on Laagna tee, with trolleybuses expected to reach Lasnamäe in 2029, Postimees writes.
12.08.26 NEWS ... Organizers behind the concert and party program at Tallinn's Patarei Sea Fortress say the venue will host its final events in early September, after which they will end operations at the historic complex.
12.08.26 NEWS ... A new exhibition at Tallinn's Foku Gallery brings together Finland's Hilla Kurki and Estonia's Taavi Rekkaro to explore memory, history, touch and how we relate to images.
11.08.26 NEWS ... Next week's Ironman swimming stage is to be held in Raku Lake, just outside Tallinn, for the first time.
11.08.26 NEWS ... A 62-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Mercedes‑Benz passenger car in Tallinn's Kalamaja neighborhood on Tuesday.
11.08.26 NEWS ... A plot at Juhkentali tänav 48 is planned to host an eight‑story building with an underground parking garage.
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 ... Road resurfacing work will begin next week on Liivalaia tänav, one of the main streets in Tallinn City Center, and will continue until mid-October.
10.08.26 OPINION ... While the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral's past cannot be changed, its future lies first and foremost in the hands of Estonia's Orthodox Christians, writes Archbishop Urmas Viilma.
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 ... TalTech's summer production "Now I Study in Mustamäe" takes audiences on a romp through Tallinn in 1968, when students navigated dreams, love and life under Soviet rule.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Estonian tech firm Hevi Optronics is building a new factory near Tallinn, anticipating expansion within the defense sector.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Technical issues and missing route signs have frustrated passengers following changes to Tallinn's public transportation network that took effect on August 1.
06.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn does not plan to rebuild the stormwater drainage system to clean the water at Inglirand beach. Instead, it is trying to identify illegal wastewater connections, Deputy Mayor Kristjan Järvan said.
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.
04.08.26 NEWS ... Polish black metal band Batushka are to play in Tallinn in October, at the Paavli Culture Factory.
04.08.26 NEWS ... At Tallinn's Okapi Gallery, "Private Property" brings together artists Alexei Gordin and Dasha Trofimova in an exploration of abandoned spaces, memory and social change.
04.08.26 NEWS ... People queued round the block at the Bank of Estonia museum in Tallinn on Tuesday lunchtime, hoping to snap up one of the new issue of beloved children's character Sipsik-themed commemorative coins.
04.08.26 NEWS ... Damage to Tallinn's A. Le Coq Arena after Swedish football fans went on the rampage last Thursday is estimated at up to €30,000. A UEFA Conference League match planned for this week at the stadium will still go ahead.
04.08.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is considering extending late-night public transport to the airport after even restored tram service left some early-morning air travelers without a direct option.
01.08.26 NEWS ... Dedicated to Raul Meel's 85th birthday, the exhibition "Concret" is open at the Poco Ajamaja gallery. It traces the artist's journey from his first groundbreaking experiments in the late 1960s to the present day.
01.08.26 NEWS ... Three public 3x3 basketball courts will be set up on Tallinn's Freedom Square and will be open to the public from August 4–14.
01.08.26 NEWS ... The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) detained 15 suspected illegal migrants on Thursday in a Tallinn suburb, but said similar incidents have occurred elsewhere. The agency asked the public to be vigilant but "reasonable," stressing "not everyone with a different skin color is problematic."
31.07.26 NEWS ... Traveling fans of Swedish football club IFK Göteborg vandalized facilities at the Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn Thursday night, continuing the spree in the city center too.
31.07.26 NEWS ... The Estonian state has set as a target the number of regular destinations from Tallinn Airport to reach at least 60 by 2030.
30.07.26 NEWS ... Next April will mark the 20th anniversary of the "Bronze Soldier" night riots in Estonia, and Andrus Ansip, prime minister at the time of the events, spoke to Vikerraadio about those nights in spring 2007.
30.07.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's airport tramline was officially reopened on Thursday by representatives from the City of Tallinn, the Ministry of Climate and Rail Baltic, ahead of its relaunch on August 1.