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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:52:56 +0200
Piirsalu: Taliban has gained in popularity
Postimees reporter Jaanus Piirsalu and photographer Erik Prozes spent ten days in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Piirsalu, who just arrived back in Estonia, says that the people tend to support the Taliban because the previous authority was wholly c...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:29:53 +0200
Puppy factory owner plays dead
Linnu street in the Tammelinn district of Tartu is the very embodiment of a quiet suburb, with small houses surrounded by picket fences. However, one such seemingly peaceful house hid a sinister business and had the neighbors on the verge of despair.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:49:33 +0200
Girls of the «Estonian school» defying poverty and fear of explosion
Taliban fighters came by once and asked what the school was teaching, took a brief look around and left without saying another word, Jamila Hakimi (26), head of a girls’ school in Jalalabad, said. The school has continued teaching as before.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:29:00 +0200
Villages near Osama bin Laden’s hiding place living in the 19th century
Even Eduard Vilde would be hard-pressed to adequately describe the poverty of Pashtun villages near the Pakistani border. But the locals regard their newfound peace as more important than work.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:28:00 +0200
Feminine Afghanistan and the softer side of the Taliban
Let us talk about women. Something that it seems must be talked about, especially in Afghanistan, as it has been the first thing on the minds of Westerners since the Taliban took over, perhaps even more so than the question of whether Afghanistan cou...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:25:41 +0200
Gorbachev called Belovezh Accords signatories striplings
Stanislav Shushkevich, former chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus, tells Postimees about the background of the Belovezh Accords and how he found respect for Boriss Yeltsin’s adviser Gennady Burbulis whom he had until then considered unpleasa...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:33:31 +0200
Man killed in Pääsküla explosion described as ordinary
A powerful explosion was heard near Ilmarise street in Pääsküla between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday. A hiker found a dead body and notified the police soon after.

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:29:00 +0200
Streets of Kabul full of desperately poor people
People’s lives are collapsing in Afghanistan, with everyone dreaming of escaping to the West.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:14:00 +0200
Life under the Taliban regime
Postimees journalists Erik Prozes and Jaanus Piirsalu will be reporting from Afghanistan over the next seven days.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:06:04 +0200
Fines for speeding hiked from March
During a time when electricity and gas prices are breaking records and there is talk of universal food and services price hikes, the Riigikogu has passed an amendment to almost double speed camera fines.

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:10:30 +0200
Eerik-Niiles Kross: Putin’s Plan
The question is not what Russia's goals are, but how and when it intends to achieve them, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Eerik-Niiles Kross (Reform Party) writes.

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:17:22 +0200
Engineer of the year: Green turn pace utopian
Chairman of the energy council of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Engineer of the Year 2021 Arvi Hamburg says in an interview that Estonia and Europe have gotten ahead of themselves when it comes to the green turn and suggests it cannot be done wit...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:28:46 +0200
Shortage of production capacity causing €1,000 per MWh energy prices
The market price of electricity will exceed €600 per megawatt-hour on 11 hours on Tuesday, with the price on the Nord Pool exchange reaching €1,000 per MWh in the morning. But prices are shaped by manufacturers stopping consumption rather than ne...

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:30:00 +0200
Omicron variant arrives in Estonia from Dubai and South Africa
Estonia has identified two positive coronavirus tests that could represent the new Omicron variant of the virus. One passenger suspectedly carrying the new strain arrived in Estonia from Dubai and the other from South Africa via Frankfurt. Both are v...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:48:44 +0200
Cuts to also impact least fortunate members of society
The next round of government cutbacks will result in the dialing back of fire prevention efforts, layoffs in the Tax and Customs Board and reduced agriculture support from the Ministry of Rural Affairs, while the funding of political parties will als...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:26:43 +0200
Former prosecutor general warns against participation in foreign wars
People who decide to fight illegal wars for other countries need to be held responsible, legal expert Lavly Perling says in an interview.

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:30:49 +0200
Defiant café ordered to close doors
The Health Board on Tuesday ordered coronavirus activist Elvis Brauer’s (EKRE) MEM Café to close doors and cease all commercial activity after it repeatedly ignored precepts. Around one hundred people turned up to support the business throughout t...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:42:57 +0200
Opposition leader in support of defiant entrepreneur
Chairman of the Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) Martin Helme voiced support for restauranteur Elvis Brauer who refuses to comply with government orders in his establishments on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Monday.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:43:00 +0200
Omicron variant requires preventive steps
The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has been added to the World Health Organization’s list of worrying strains has been diagnosed in many European countries. The Health Board is set to advise the government on additional measures this w...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:23:10 +0200
Top court finds EDF members’ complaints must be processed
A Supreme Court order from Thursday suggests Estonian courts have been too quick to dismiss vaccination requirement complaints. The top court finds that challenges of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) vaccination obligation need to be processed.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:24:00 +0200
Center to challenge illicit donation ruling in Supreme Court
Yes, we will be turning to the Supreme Court in this matter, Center Party leader Jüri Ratas said. The Tallinn Circuit Court decided in late October that the coalition Center Party needs to return what has been deemed an illicit donation by the party...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:17:04 +0200
Light at the end of Tallinn tram tender tunnel
The city of Tallinn’s new trams tender process that has been going on for three years and failed twice in that time has reached a new milestone. Tallinn City Transport AS is no longer forced to negotiate with just a single manufacturer as three bid...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:22:00 +0200
MPs to distribute €2.8 million in so-called Riigikogu protection money
Parliamentary parties agreed to distribute direct investments or so-called Riigikogu protection money based on a new set of rules this year. The 101 delegates have €3 million to distribute, while every investment needs to be tied to a particular MP...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:08:22 +0200
Confusing news of secret export to Estonia
Russian business news portal RBK reports that data from the Russian customs authority suggests top ten Russian so-called secret export destinations include six NATO countries, Estonia among them.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:24:08 +0200
Estonia to send Poland people and equipment
Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet (Reform) said at the government press conference on Thursday that Poland has turned to Estonia for aid and that it will soon be agreed how many people and equipment will be sent.



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