The situation is becoming increasingly tense on Ukraine’s eastern border. While Ukraine claims Russia has consciously put a strain on the eastern part of the country and troop movements have given rise to rumors of the war picking up again, the Kre...

Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said that the ministry’s spring economic forecast holds encouraging news on the backdrop of over a year of uncertainty.

Finnish-Swedish businessman Joakim Helenius went into politics last August after becoming one of the leading figures of the Parempoolsed (Right-wingers) group in Isamaa. Helenius, who is currently in the process of applying for Estonian citizenship, ...

Chairman of the opposition Conservative People’s Party (EKRE), Vice President of the Riigikogu Martin Helme and Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani disagreed on the necessity of amendments to the Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act...

The recent economic forecast of the Bank of Estonia concludes that people who have decided to withdraw second pillar pension funds are not the worse off.

The Ministry of the Environment plans to drop efforts to end the transfer of large quantities of hazardous oil products at sea and to greenlight STS operations near Tallinn without gauging environmental impact.

Opposition leader the Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) and the ruling Reform Party are against postponing local government council elections because of the pandemic, while Reform’s coalition partner the Center Party is willing to consider it. E...

Chairman of the Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) Martin Helme is holding his third job in three months having gone from serving as finance minister earlier in the year to EKRE Riigikogu faction chair and recently becoming the second vice presiden...

First, Director of the Health Board Üllar Lanno threatened to cancel summer, followed a few days later by PM Kaja Kallas suggesting Estonians might have to spend it in lockdown.

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) wrote on social media that Estonia’s coronavirus figures are very poor as the infection rate has grown by 7 percent compared to last week and over 10 percent in the 55-85 age group.

Work on draft legislation to introduce tougher punishments for hate speech that was supposed to be completed by April 15 has been suspended in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and will not be reaching the government on time. The ruling Reform Party...

The Tallinn-based Harju County Court sentenced noted marine scientist Tarmo Kouts, a namesake of the former commander of the Estonian defense Forces, to prison for spying for China.

Newly elected President of the Riigikogu Jüri Ratas (Center) said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast that he wants to return two EU flags to the floor. “The White Hall has room for four flags two of which should be our beloved blue, black and w...

While Estonia topped European drug-related deaths statistics just a few years ago, only 20 drug overdose deaths were registered last year which is the lowest number in the last two decades as the new millennium arrived together with deadly fentanyl.

A scandal broke out last week when former Estonian female footballer going by the name of Mia Belle Trisna told Kanal 2 current affairs show “Õhtu” that (now former) coach of FC Nõmme Kalju Getulio Aurelio Fredo started sexually mistreating her...

Tech giant Google will launch a training program in Estonia the goal of which is to aid coronavirus crisis recovery by complementing the digital skills of at least 4,000 people and companies.

An Estonian company with around ten people has its employees test themselves for the coronavirus using rapid antigen tests before coming into contact with colleagues every Monday. An employee tested positive 15 weeks after the system was introduced. ...

Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus revealed the volume of Estonia’s supplementary state budget and admitted that Estonia will have to put up with a new tax soon.

Payouts of the next round of the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s salary support measure will start in April, while a lot of companies will not qualify this time around. Their hopes lie with Estonia’s supplementary state budget instead.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Tuesday that Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine being approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) would change nothing for Estonia in the coming mon...

The more infectious so-called British strain of COVID-19 is now spreading domestically in Estonia, while the relative importance of people who do not know where they caught the virus is growing. Hospitals in northern Estonia are overburdened as there...

For months, there have been reports that the pace of vaccination is not what it should be. This has now been admitted by the social minister and the ministry’s secretary general. While there is talk of a small part of teachers, rescue workers and p...

Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart (Center) said on Thursday that he wants the city involved in vaccination efforts. Local governments currently have no role in the immunization process, which the mayor finds is a mistake.

Head of the Intensive Care Center of the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH) Kristo Erikson says that Estonia should impose a lockdown as the country is on course for a situation where hospitals will no longer be able to help everyone in need.

People taking a stroll on Estonia’s sunbathed northern coast have been treated to shocking sights of dead and dying swans in recent days – bird flu is nearing epidemic proportions.