Estonia
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:40:00 +0300EDITORIAL ⟩ Europe's protective umbrella must open faster
Europe has woken up after the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine. But more is needed.
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:29:24 +0300Estonia-Finland submarine cable Estlink 1 is offline due to malfunction at Finnish station
The Estonia-Finland electricity connection Estlink 1 is offline due to a malfunction at the Espoo converter station on the Finnish side.
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:31:00 +0300ERKKI KOORT ⟩ Did the drone go off course, get diverted, or was it meant to fly this way?
As of now, there are no answers on whether the drone strayed because of GPS jamming, was diverted from its path, or was actually meant to fly our way, Erkki Koort, security expert at Postimees and the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, writes.
Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:02:00 +0300JÜRI KOTŠINEV ⟩ This is not Putin's war, it's Russia's war – and they're clearly proud of it
Boundless pride outweighs everything else, and Russians are willing to pay to preserve this feeling, military historian Jüri Kotšinev writes.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:59:40 +0300ASF detected at Estonia's largest pig farm, 28,500 animals to be culled
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected at EKSEKO, Estonia’s largest pig farm, and at Piiskopi farm, located in the supervision zone of Nurme farm. As a result, the Agriculture and Food Board is activating its animal disease emergency response ...
Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:57:14 +0300Estonian court sentences woman to 3 years for spying for Russia
The Tartu County Court sentenced on Tuesday Erna Moisejeva, aged 63, to three years in prison for spying on behalf of Russia.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:18:00 +0300MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ What would have been Estonia's ability to repel the attack drone that fell into Lake Peipsi? Lessons from neighbors on the eastern border
The attack drone that fell into Lake Peipsi early Sunday morning and, according to the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), exploded in the process, once again reminds us how close the Russia-Ukraine war is to NATO's eastern border countries...
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:44:00 +0300Tartu County farmer finds pieces of Ukrainian attack drone in field
A local farmer found pieces of a Ukrainian attack drone in Elva rural municipality, Tartu County, on Monday afternoon, and an explosion crater was also identified at the scene.
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:55:00 +0300ANDREY KUZICHKIN ⟩ The Russian community in Estonia rejected President Karis' call to live amicably
Virtually no one on Russian-language social media supported the president's Restoration of Independence Day speech, writes columnist Andrey Kuzichkin.
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0300VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Kiviberg: The patriarch of Moscow is a meritorious KGB officer
President Alar Karis refused to promulgate the Churches and Congregations Act for the second time, citing its inconsistency with the Constitution. What should the Riigikogu do with the law now?
Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:07:42 +0300Drone crashes on Russian territory six kilometers from Estonian border at Lake Peipus
This morning, a drone crashed on Russian territory six kilometers from the Estonian border at Lake Peipus.
Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0300ANDO KIVIBERG ⟩ What we need is not an Estonian Nokia, but a clear vision for the future
Estonia is a whole, where every person, piece of land, house, park, street, forest patch, etc., is directly or indirectly, visibly or invisibly interconnected. It's the beehive for which we shed tears of emotion while singing on the slope of Lasnamä...
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0300VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Madison: Estonia should leave the migration pact
At the end of this year, the government must decide whether Estonia will accept 79 refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (for whom the EU would provide 10,000 euros each for accommodation), send experts to Southern European countries to assi...
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0300EDITORIAL ⟩ A happy day for Estonia
August. 20, 1991, will forever be one of the happiest days in Estonian history, when the coup attempt in Moscow briefly opened a window of opportunity for us. We managed to leap through it and, over the following years, achieve each of our goals one ...
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:40:21 +0300FACE OF THE WEEK ⟩ Estonia's chief veterinary officer won sympathy and then lost it
The director general of the Estonian Agriculture and Food Board (PTA), Raimo Heinam, briefly managed to generate sympathy for himself through bold decision-making in the African swine fever saga that escalated last week.
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:11:33 +0300Government establishes designated spatial plan for defense industry park in two locations
At its meeting on Thursday, the Estonian government decided to approve a national designated spatial plan for a defense industry park on a 204-hectare site in the Ermistu village, Pärnu city, and on a 141-hectare site in Varinurme village, East Viru...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:37:22 +0300Prime Minister: Washington meeting went better than expected
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal participated Tuesday in several European leaders' coordination meetings following Monday's Washington meeting between with US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian Presiden Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders.
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:22:44 +0300Estonian tax authority: Number of violations on border with Russia has decreased.
On Aug. 8, it was one year since the Tax and Customs Board began carrying out full customs checks on the Estonian-Russian border. This involves comprehensive inspections of all people, vehicles, and cargo crossing the border, regardless of the purpos...
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0300ERKKI KOORT ⟩ Putin is not holding very good cards
With the help of the US president, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has already emerged from isolation to a significant extent, and if the meeting in Alaska does indeed take place, the world will also receive strong visual proof of this. The question now...
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:11:08 +0300Estonia expelling first secretary of Russian embassy
The Estonian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the chargé d'affaires of the Russian embassy to present a diplomatic note on declaring the first secretary of the Russian embassy's staff persona non grata.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:59:39 +0300Estonia detains Polish man who tried to join Russian forces in Ukraine
The Viru County Court last week approved custody for a Polish national who had attempted to cross the Narva River illegally from Estonia into Russia, intending to subsequently travel to Ukraine to fight on the Russian side.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:49:50 +0300US Court Hands Lenient Sentence to Estonian Crypto Entrepreneurs
On Tuesday, a court in Seattle, United States, sentenced Estonian crypto entrepreneurs Ivan Turõgin and Sergei Potapenko to 16 months in prison. The men have already been in U.S. custody for 16 months during court proceedings, meaning they have alre...
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:08:00 +0300EDITORIAL ⟩ Enter the age of drone warfare
Postimees has published a multi-part series, «Threat from above», which examines how the advent of drones has changed warfare and whether Estonia is prepared for these changes. In short, the changes have been enormous, and we are not prepared for t...
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:20:50 +0300Baltic speakers: Russia as the aggressor must not be appeased
In a joint declaration published on Tuesday, the speakers of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania reaffirmed their steadfast and unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:42:00 +0300EDITORIAL ⟩ Will Alaska become another Munich?
The meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska must not turn into a new Munich, where the hope of brokering peace instead led to war, merely satisfying the aggressor's appetite for a short while.