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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:03:00 +0300
Residents of Hiiumaa opposed to using older ferry
This Wednesday saw ferry Tõll ram the slip at the Port of Kuivastu, leaving the residents of Estonia’s largest island Saaremaa with one fewer ferry. Operator TS Laevad decided to pull the Hiiumaa ferry Tiiu that carries 150 cars and have it servic...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:45:14 +0300
Nurses’ union mulling strike
The collective labor dispute between the Estonian Nurses’ Union (EÕL) and employers is showing no signs of nearing a solution as even the public conciliator failed to bring about a compromise. Negotiations between nurses and employers were held be...

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:43:51 +0300
Reps playing hide and seek with the people of Estonia
The Center Party on Tuesday discussed the investigation into misuse of official resources by former Education Minister Mailis Reps and decided that the party will need to elect a new Riigikogu group head. Reps will also not continue as Center’s dep...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:44:49 +0300
Raidla turns down presidential offer
Even though the first justice minister of re-independent Estonia Jüri Raidla was the ruling coalition’s favorite for president, the former politician turned down the offer.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:41:56 +0300
Center looking to cushion Reps’ blow
The next chapter in former Education Minister Mailis Reps’ (Center) official benefits scandal has seen more than a few people ask whether Reps should leave behind not only the position of Center’s Riigikogu group head but politics altogether.

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:15:41 +0300
Luik: Defense of small countries remains a NATO principle
Diplomat Jüri Luik, who has also held several prominent political positions in the last 30 years, is being considered for president. Our conversation did not linger on the topic long, however, as Luik said that to the best of his knowledge, correspo...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:24:00 +0300
Jakob Olszewski, who dove to the wreck of Estonia: someone has moved the ramp
The experienced diver, who has been to the wreck of M/S Estonia for six times, says that Finland should know if anyone has visited the wreck in 2019–2021.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:46:00 +0300
Entrepreneurs of Tallinn Old Town trying to get rid of ballast
A large share of rent and commercial space of the Tallinn Old Town is for sale since there are no tourists and the entrepreneurs are trying to get rid of excessive burden. It is estimated that there are five times less visitors in the Old Town than b...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:34:00 +0300
Bow ramp of M/S Estonia is completely open
The sixth day of investigation of the wreck of the ferry Estonia saw an amazing discovery: the ramp, which was closed in the 2019 Norwegian documentary as well as the official diving videos of 1994, was now found to be fully open.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:02:57 +0300
New cracks discovered in the wreck of M/S Estonia
The ongoing investigation reveals that there are further cracks in the hull of the ferry Estonia. The Swedish have long been aware of it but decided to share the knowledge only now.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:58:32 +0300
Hot weather scorching the farmers
The heat is oppressing both plant and animal farmers but the situation in different ends of Estonia may look like night and day.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:00 +0300
Main organizer of Rally Estonia: it may sound funny, but the situation is quite perfect
Urmo Aava, director of Rally Estonia competitions and one of the three main organizers, assures that their motivation is still strong, although they have been arranging the high-level event for more than a decade.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:51:28 +0300
Countries violate Schengen agreement with impunity
The Schengen area is under threat and the European Commission tends to be toothless in stopping countries from re-establishing border control, a European Parliament report warns.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:42:00 +0300
Editorial: Estonia has found its Nokia
The listing of the technology firm Wise on the London stock exchange is a testimony of an Estonian success story and proves the necessity of innovation in economy.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:57:01 +0300
Belarus is an unpredictable opponent
Estonian Ambassador to Lithuania Kai Kaarelson says that despite its extraordinary challenge, Lithuania will not collapse.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:50:36 +0300
Founders of Wise showed how to become billionaires
Documents about the founding of Wise differ from the real story. According to the documents submitted by Wise, Kristo Käärmann entered in the England and Wales registry of enterprises on March 31, 2010 the enterprise Exchange Solutions with a share...

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:48:31 +0300
Lithuania is creative in handling migrants
Lithuania’s first and last king Mindaugas was crowned approximately thirty years after the end of Estonia’s ancient struggle for freedom, in 1253. This day, July 6, is celebrated as the day of Lithuania’s statehood since the 1990s. The migrants...

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 16:46:54 +0300
Health Board is tracking down administrator who changed the storage settings
While all Health Board officials initially knew that their alarm system should report temperature changes in the cold storage facility all the time, a super-administrator had reset the warning to only off-duty hours in 2019 without their knowledge. W...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:57:58 +0300
Jobs are there but the people do not want to work
Labor shortage is on the rise in Estonia and an increasing number of sectors have trouble finding workforce, the Unemployment Insurance Fund labor barometer and the CVKeskus labor market survey showed yesterday. The corona crisis support measures hav...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:48:00 +0300
Estonia must prepare for migration pressure
The migration pressure from Belarus, which has been increasingly affecting Lithuania in recent days, provokes the question about Estonia’s opportunities to help Lithuania cope with the increasingly critical situation. And should Estonia also increa...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:25:55 +0300
Kilograms of narcotics were ordered from the dark web
Forget about suitcases with double bottoms, swallowing of capsules with narcotics or packs taped to the body – drug trafficking is much less complicated these days. A few clicks with the computer mouse and a courier will bring a package containing ...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:10:00 +0300
Travel from Russia to Estonia to become complicated soon
Minister of Justice Maris Lauri has ordered her staff to complete the bill of border crossing regulations by Thursday. The toughest entry rules will concern Russia, hit hard by the Indian (Delta) strain. According to the upcoming bill, border crossin...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:30:19 +0300
Põlluaas’ presidential road reaches first milestone
Even though the stars are not aligned for the Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) and Henn Põlluaas – the opposition party lacks the votes needed to set up his candidacy in the Riigikogu – the national conservatives delivered the symbolic and c...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:13:20 +0300
MS Estonia investigation chief: Sticking to March schedule unfeasible
Even though surveys of the wreck of passenger ferry MS Estonia are set to begin next week, head of the international preliminary assessment committee Rene Arikas received authorization to use millions allocated for the investigation just two weeks ag...

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:23:40 +0300
100,000 vaccine doses perish after Health Board warehouse malfunction
Last week saw around 100,000 doses of Covid vaccine and other medicines perish after a temperature surge in a Health Board warehouse. Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik (Center Party) and Director of the Health Board Üllar Lanno had no answers ...



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