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Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:12:17 +0200
There are dozens of foreign citizens in Estonia with cabinets full of guns
Olexandr Milyukov, head of the Ukrainian Federation of Tactical Shooting sent a letter to his European colleagues early morning on February 24: Russia has started a war against Ukraine; Russia should be expelled from the world organization of practic...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:21:08 +0200
War in Ukraine speeds up defense plans
Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet (Reform Party) yesterday submitted to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) a package of recommendations for strengthening the military defense of the country. It is desirable that all procurements be completed within t...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:10:00 +0200
We should not hope that Putin’s Russia will compensate for war damage
The restoration of houses, hospitals, schools and thousands of other objects of civilian infrastructure destroyed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine will probably cost dozens and dozens of billions of euros which, according to Estonian experts of...

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:37:46 +0200
Jews of Odessa: Russia is acting like Nazi Germany
Members of the Jewish community of Odessa suffer from the terror of war like all other Ukrainians. Out of approximately four thousand Jews, only barely five hundred, mostly elderly, have stayed behind in the port city.

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:50:00 +0200
Mothers in Kharkiv maternity hospital hide babies under blankets during bombardment
Thirteen infants who were born immediately before the war or during it are spending their first days of life in the bomb shelter of the Kharkiv regional hospital’s maternity center.

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:30:00 +0200
We are strong if we stick together
The Russian Embassy is warning against acts of violence, which never happened, but a whole bunch of comrades considers it necessary to spread that message. There are enough of those still willing to justify Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. And t...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:10:00 +0200
If I still had my leg, I would be at the front
Journalists of Postimees spent one day in Ukraine’s capital with the members of the right-wing organization “Pravyi Sektor” (Right Sector) to see how they are helping Kyiv’s residents in their homes, in shelters, hospitals or at defense posit...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:56:19 +0200
Injured Russian prisoner: Mother, I want home!
Postimees had an opportunity yesterday to interview a 37-year-old Russian prisoner-of war (POW). “I do not ant the war. I want home. Please take me back home!” he said on a quiet and shaking voice.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:59:17 +0200
Additional defense funding will wait for the lessons of the war in Ukraine
Estonia’s political parties, largely due to the war in Ukraine, have reached an agreement about the need to increase defense spending and the minister of defense says that the ongoing war in Ukraine will have to show whether the national defense de...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:42:48 +0200
Missile strike against TV tower, hail of bullets in churchyard
A missile strike in Babyn Yar a few kilometers away from central Kyiv caused some damage to the city TV transmission tower and a couple of nearby buildings. Five people were killed.

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:22:00 +0200
POSTIMEES IN UKRAINE: Soldiers defend Kyiv next to its residents
The commander of the Ukrainian infantry company on positions in the outskirts of North Kyiv was full of fighting spirit yesterday: “I am totally confident of my men. Even if the Russians reach here, they will either die or become prisoners of war....

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:59:30 +0200
War in Ukraine is getting ever closer to children
The largest children’s hospital in Kiev has removed nearly all of its little patients to a bomb shelter, where the parents have no space for sleeping.

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:41:00 +0200
Kiev’s will to resist grows with every attack on the city and its buildings
Fierce battles took place near the outskirts of Ukrainian capital Kiev for the third day yesterday, but the Ukrainian army resists with great courage. The Russian forces had failed to enter the city anywhere by yesterday evening. The Ukrainians’ wi...

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:06:00 +0200
Radiation level at the Chornobyl nuclear power station increased steeply
After Russian forces invaded the territory of the Chornobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine in the evening of February 24, radiation level spreading from the site increased twenty times.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:23:00 +0200
Alar Karis: a smart person would not be afraid
President Alar Karis has held his post for approximately five months. He will make his first speech on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia tomorrow (February 24). This anniversary will be again celebrated in a more modest manner due to the cor...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:22:17 +0200
Criticism of compulsory climate package overshadows the debate of opportunities
The positions of Estonia’s climate agreement, approved by the Riigikogu, are criticized for insufficient involvement of the parliament and non-existent analyses of impact.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:39:00 +0200
President Karis in Kyiv: Estonia standing by Ukraine in solidarity
Estonian President Alar Karis, who is currently on a working visit to Kyiv, said on Tuesday after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Estonia stands by Ukraine in solidarity.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:44:25 +0200
People cannot pay for expensive Internet offered by the state
The state is building in the rural areas the most expensive possible Internet connection, but people do not access it because the price is too high and the already existing network is therefore underused, says the National Audit Office report publish...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:20:56 +0200
Which flag should fly on Tall Hermann tower?
Tuesday’s statement of Varro Vooglaid, the head of Foundation for the Protection of Family and Tradition (SAPTK) regarding the Estonian flag and Estonia’s statehood brought along widespread condemnation.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:09:00 +0200
Construction of hospital brings a quarry to the green capital
The latest sitting of the Tallinn City Council spelled out a fact which the officials have been stubbornly ignoring so far: the construction of the Tallinn Hospital in Lasnamägi district requires the removal of limestone in an amount equal to two ye...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:06:02 +0200
Eesti Energia asked Brussels’ help against the government
Eesti Energia, the state-owned energy company, sent a letter to the European Commission asking whether the government’s plan to change the procedure of appointing supervisory board members of Elektrilevi is justified.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:57:00 +0200
Russia has not enough forces to occupy Ukraine, Estonian intelligence says
According to the Estonian Foreign Intelligence service information, Russia has currently insufficient forces for a full-scale occupation Ukraine and if President Vladimir Putin should decide to attack, the likely moves include seizing a smaller area ...

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:04:00 +0200
Estonia’s message to Ukraine is not bringing its diplomats home
Unlike a number of Western nations, Estonia has not recommended or ordered its diplomats to leave Ukraine. According to Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet (Reform Party), this is primarily a message to Ukraine that we keep supporting them not only in p...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:24:00 +0200
Reclaiming compensations from bailiffs is no easy matter
Although the Riigikogu passed a law amendment past Wednesday (February 9) preventing bailiffs from seizing electricity compensations, the applicants had already received the compensations which were then seized.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:43:14 +0200
Pension delivery failure shakes the position of Social Insurance Board head
At the time when price rise is setting new records and old age pensioners can barely make their money last until the next pension payment day, some 5,000 of them who had their pensions delivered home had an unpleasant surprise – their pensions were...



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