Estonia

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:58:47 +0300
ILMAR RAAG ⟩ How to organize wartime evacuation in Estonia?
Ukraine, February 24, 2022. The war started in the morning, and by midday, a lane of congestion roughly 300 kilometers long had formed in western Ukraine, stretching from the crossing on the Polish border into the interior of Ukraine. Some people aba...

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:43:13 +0300
Estonian government approves withdrawal from anti-personnel mines ban
The Estonian government on Thursday approved a draft proposal to be submitted to the Riigikogu, recommending that Estonia withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of anti-personnel landmines.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:42:00 +0300
INTERVIEW ⟩ Bishop Philippe Jourdan: Pope Francis gave Estonia his last gift and then he died…
On the morning of April 21, Pope Francis, the 266th bishop of Rome, passed away. In this interview, Bishop Philippe Jourdan of the Catholic Church in Estonia recalls his meetings with the pope and reveals the final gift Pope Francis gave to the Eston...

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:21:56 +0300
Homeland Security orders Estonian crypto millionaires to leave US immediately
The US Department of Homeland Security sent a confusing letter last week to Estonian crypto millionaires Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, who are awaiting judgment in Washington state, ordering them to leave the country immediately.

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:30:50 +0300
Estonian formin: Hungary would hurt EU taxpayers by lifting Russia sanctions
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is once again threatening to block the extension of European Union sanctions, jeopardizing the ability to retain frozen Russian central bank assets, which could result in billions of euros in additional obligati...

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:17:00 +0300
EDITORIAL ⟩ An ever less likely truce
The short-term truce declared by Putin once again turned out to be a mirage. Even the US mediators have now begun to doubt that a ceasefire is possible.

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:47:07 +0300
MIKK SALU ⟩ Several mistakes in a row: voting rights of gray passport holders, the SALK foundation, and the Urmas Reinsalu case
I am probably one of the few Postimees writers who thinks that the Riigikogu's decision on the issue of the voting rights of gray passport holders and Russian citizens in local elections was a mistake. Not because they somehow deserve the right to vo...

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:17:36 +0300
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane undergoing maintenance in Estonia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane is undergoing maintenance in Estonia under the care of Magnetic MRO specialists.

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:36:00 +0300
ANDREY KUZICHKIN ⟩ The Putin regime once again revealed its ungodly nature
The rocket attack on Sumy during the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, on the bright Palm Sunday, only confirmed the ungodly nature of the Putin regime, Andrey Kuzichkin, columnist and expert on Russia, writes.

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:20:00 +0300
VIKTORIA LADÕNSKAJA-KUBITS ⟩ I probably won't become a professional armed defender, but...
While there's a high demand in society for the publication of threat assessments, the question «why join the Kaitseliit?» is still one that many would naturally ask. After all, you were never involved in security?! You are a woman?! You are not so ...

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:36:57 +0300
Woman sentenced for using Kremlin money to fund treason suspect's defense
The Estonian Harju County Court has found Tatjana Sokolova guilty of violating international sanctions after she used Kremlin-linked funds to finance the legal defense of Andrey Andronov, who is on trial alongside treason suspect Aivo Peterson.

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:51:39 +0300
ISS says Kremlin's influence activities increasingly targeting young people
In its annual review published on Monday, the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) notes that the threat to Estonia's constitutional order continues to stem mainly from the Russian Federation's pursuit of aggressive foreign policy objectives, as ...

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:31:00 +0300
EDITORIAL ⟩ Estonia's successful test of strength
The detention of the tanker Kiwala by the Estonian Navy on Friday demonstrates our credibility both in terms of sanctions enforcement and maritime safety. In addition, the detention increases Estonia's weight in the eyes of our allies.

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0300
MART KULDKEPP ⟩ In troubled times, this is what the Baltic states can rely on
In a changed security environment, where the United States can no longer be regarded as an unconditionally reliable ally, the success story of the Baltic states has begun to waver, historian and columnist Mart Kuldkepp writes.

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0300
VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Hanah Lahe: We are paying a fine because the state has not taken climate policy seriously enough
The Estonian people must start paying from their own pockets for the "carbon fine," ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of euros annually, due to unrestrained overlogging. Who do you think should be responsible for such a fine?

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:48:45 +0300
PHOTOS AND VIDEO ⟩ Estonian Navy detains tanker bound for Russia in Gulf of Finland
The Estonian Navy detained an oil tanker, the Kiwala, in the Gulf of Finland early Friday morning while it was en route to the Russian port of Ust-Luga.

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:34:54 +0300
Estonian ForMin refutes Russia’s allegations of damage to war graves
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday delivered a démarche to the chargé d’affaires of Russia in connection with the baseless allegations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian embassy in Estonia about damage to...

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:47:00 +0300
Estonian parlt adopts amendments to Churches, Congregations Act
The Estonian parliament on Wednesday passed government-initiated amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act, which aim to ensure that religious organizations operating in Estonia cannot be used to incite hatred or violence.

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:12:00 +0300
EDITORIAL ⟩ Epilogue to «the great onion war»*
On Wednesday, the Riigikogu will hold the third reading of a bill of amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act, intended to break the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) free from Moscow's sphere of influence. MPEÕK s...

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:03:12 +0300
KARIS AT MEETING WITH DUDA ⟩ We must pull ourselves together in NATO and Europe
Estonian President Alar Karis said at a meeting with Polish head of state Andrzej Duda, who is currently on a state visit to Estonia, in Kadriorg on Tuesday that we need to get our security in order and pull ourselves together in NATO and Europe.

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:43:00 +0300
ÜLLE HARJU ⟩ Officials bringing million-euro fines upon the people enjoy impunity
The public is left wondering why the Estonian people are expected to pay a so-called «carbon fine» of tens or even hundreds of millions of euros a year from their own pockets. The answer is practically staring us in the face, but the public is bein...

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:02:00 +0300
MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ Politicians' missile defense obsession could end up being unreasonably expensive
With the increase in defense spending, the defense minister's appetite seems to have increased as well: last week he spoke about the acquisition of ballistic missile defense systems, which were previously considered impossibly expensive, for Estonia....

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:40:59 +0300
Estonia and Lithuania denied EU funding for drone wall to protect border
Estonia and Lithuania have been denied European Union funding for their proposed drone wall project to protect their borders, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry has said.

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0300
VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Sven Mikser: US messages regarding Greenland bear alarmingly close resemblance to Putin's rhetoric
VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES. US President Donald Trump continues to put pressure on Greenland and says the US must have the island. This has angered Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who said this was not the way to talk to a close a...

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:02:51 +0300
Study shows location in Pärnu County as most suitable for defense industry park
The Estonian Defense Ministry found, as a result of an analysis, that the most suitable location for the production of ammunition in Estonia is an area near the village of Ermistu in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia.

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