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Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:19:36 +0200
Popov: A pandemic was considered unlikely
Postimees’ Person of the Year 2020 Dr. Arkadi Popov said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Tuesday that the Health Board’s crisis center had an activity plan in place for the second wave of COVID-19. “There need to be plans on every leve...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:40:04 +0200
Health Board chief: We are too small to buy vaccines independently
Director of the Health Board Üllar Lanno would like to realign the agency to be able to handle any situation, also during crisis time. Secondly, he deems it important to renew the board’s databases and get an overview of the situation of ambulance...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:21:24 +0200
Helmes’ statements draw flak from EKRE member
The new year’s first episode of the “Räägime asjast” talk show on Tre Raadio did not differ much from the one that cost Mart Helme the post of interior minister in November. This time parliamentary elections in Lithuania were at the heart of ...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:21:52 +0200
Opposition’s cannon loaded
The Riigikogu opposition has loaded its attempt to kill the coalition’s marriage referendum draft resolution with 9,480 motions to amend that were handed over to the Riigikogu Constitutional Committee on Wednesday. Voting on individual motions to a...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:42:38 +0200
Partial remote learning to continue in Harju and Ida-Viru counties
Minister of Education and Research Jaak Aab (Center) has made a proposal to the COVID-19 scientific council and the government to return to contact study in most Estonian schools after the Christmas break. Exceptions will be left in place for Harju a...

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:40:41 +0200
Greater quantities needed to hit vaccination target
Estonia’s COVID-19 immunization target of making vaccination freely available by June is unrealistic considering current vaccine quantities.

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:10:59 +0200
«The adrenaline rush meant I did not even feel the needle»
The first person vaccinated against COVID-19 in Estonia is resident doctor at the Ida-Viru Central Hospital Jelena Rozinko (24) who has been treating coronavirus patients since September and finds that her specialization as an infectious diseases spe...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:33:06 +0200
The Presidents of seven countries expressed their support to the new President of Moldova
The heads of state of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia made a joint statement today expressing their support to Maia Sandu, the new President of the Republic of Moldova and her extensive plan to restructure the countr...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:00:25 +0200
Restrictions similar to Ida-Viru County to come into force in Harju County
The Estonian government will impose extensive COVID-19 restrictions in Harju County and extend the measures already in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Ida-Viru County.

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:07 +0200
Health Board PR chief to lose job after criticizing immunization plan
Head of Communications for the Health Board Simmo Saar will be forced to resign after he was identified to be behind anonymous criticism of Estonia’s inoculation plan.

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:16:58 +0200
Jüri Ratas: I’m the prime minister and I dance to the republic’s tune
I met with Prime Minister Jüri Ratas in Stenbock House on Friday, or the day after the government’s final press conference of 2020, to sum up the outgoing year. Even though the interview had been in the pipeline for some time, the PM’s busy sche...

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:10:55 +0200
Narcotics plan baffles deputy mayor
Tallinn’s Social Democrats are making preparations for local elections in 2021 and working on a nightlife strategy for the capital that should help entertainment and culture establishments find their feet again quickly once Covid measures end.

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:51:24 +0200
First vaccine delivery could be smaller than anticipated
The government unveiled Estonia’s vaccination plan on Tuesday. Even though exact quantities and dates were not provided, the first doses of vaccine should reach Estonia in early January, while inoculation of risk groups might not commence before sp...

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:20:54 +0200
Referendum on its way to be shelved
Following several hours of questions and answers, the Riigikogu on Monday decided to send the marriage referendum draft resolution to its second reading where it might nevertheless stay for good.

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:21:10 +0200
Wolt looking to expand to smaller cities
CEO of Wolt Baltic Liis Ristal says that the company will try to expand as far as profitability will allow in Estonia. The food delivery service has done brilliantly in Tallinn and Tartu and will be setting its sights on smaller cities now.

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:17:42 +0200
CEO: SYNLAB can double number of COVID-19 tests next year
It has been a busy year for SYNLAB laboratories. CEO Rainar Aamisepp says that the company has been working 24/7 in three shifts for the past nine months. SYNLAB laboratories have analyzed over eight million tests around 10 percent of which tied to t...

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:36:29 +0200
Ida-Viru County lockdown and schools closed
The government decided on Wednesday to lay down additional restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19. All Ida-Viru County entertainment establishments will have to close doors from Saturday. Public events will be banned in the county for three week...

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:07:46 +0200
Estonian govt to impose new restrictions Thursday
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said in a social media post on Wednesday that the government, acting on the basis of a recommendation of the Scientific Council and the Health Board to bring contacts between people to a minimum and reduce the movem...

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:56:09 +0200
Talving: Single family Christmas this year
Chief of medicine for the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH), member of the government’s COVID-19 scientific council Peep Talving would put basic schools in Ida-Viru, Harju and Tartu counties on remote learning from next Monday at the latest and c...

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:09:27 +0200
Speaker switches off Sooäär’s microphone
Recent Ministry of Foreign Affairs business diplomacy bureau adviser Imre Sooäär said after a week of mulling it over on Monday that he will join the Riigikogu as the alternate member of Center MP Kalev Kallo who was convicted of corruption offense...

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:46:08 +0200
Estonian intelligence operative: Our special tool is our brain
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS) has allowed an active intelligence officer to give an interview for the first time since Estonia regained its independence. The interview took place following strict secrecy rules and Postimees did not...

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:55:22 +0200
Helme: Referendum bill failing would leave Estonia with a minority government
It is not clear yet whether the first reading of the marriage referendum bill will be concluded and the draft resolution sent to its second reading in the Riigikogu. In favor of scrapping the initiative are the opposition Reform Party and Social Demo...

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:24:00 +0200
Additional restrictions to be established Saturday
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said at the government's press conference on Thursday that supplementary measures are to be introduced from Saturday for the purpose of curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:16:35 +0200
New restrictions seem unavoidable
The government is set to discuss new coronavirus measures on Thursday that include changing the opening hours of restaurants, bars and pubs, tougher social distancing rules and new hobby activity restrictions. Supervision of compliance with the oblig...

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:21:52 +0200
Cybercriminals attack three ministries
The State Information System’s Authority (RIA) discovered three similar attacks against Estonian IT infrastructure in November that also left perpetrators with people’s personal information. The Health Board will notify people whose data was comp...



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