In the public sector, institutions have steadily taken root that do not create new value; their sole purpose is to fulfil the orders of public-law funds. Their work does not make society stronger or more prosperous, writes Elva municipal council memb...

Due to border incidents originating from Russia, the government today made a principled decision to close night-time traffic at the Luhamaa and Koidula road border crossing points for three months. Closing the border crossings at night will make it p...

On Wednesday, Israel’s senior diplomat Nina Ben Ami visited Estonia for the first time. She serves in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as deputy to the director-general for the UN and international organizations. Postimees spoke with her on s...

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA) completed its inspection of the cargo ship Baltic Spirit overnight into Thursday, clearing the vessel to depart from Muuga Harbour. A search of the ship, en route from Ecuador to Russia, based on a tip from in...

Estonian President Alar Karis and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa have said, simultaneously but in separate interviews to Euronews, that the European Union should appoint a special envoy for direct talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine ...

Värske statistika kinnitas üle, et sündimus tegi viimase aastaga taas kukkumise – möödunud aasta oli teine kord ajaloos, kui aastane sündide arv jäi alla kümne tuhande. Lisaks negatiivsele loomulikule iibele pöördus esialgsetel andmetel n...

The Investigation Department of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board, in a joint operation with the police and the navy, detained a container ship sailing under the Bahamian flag in Estonia’s internal waters, which may be linked to smuggling from Ecu...

The scandals over the files of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are only beginning to gather momentum around the world, and their links to security‑related decisions may be significantly greater than initially expected, writes Postimees and Academy of ...

At the end of January this year, the international public was shaken by an announcement that simultaneously sparked both hope and deep scepticism. US President Donald Trump declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt air strikes...

One might sigh «it happens in the best of families» after the dismissal of Henrik Hololei from the European Commission following the conclusion of the internal investigation. Leaving aside the Estonian commissioners who have served as vice-presiden...

Bolt, the ride-hailing unicorn that expanded from Estonia to dozens of countries worldwide, is facing a mounting crisis in its home country. Over the past six months, a growing wave of labour unrest has swept through Estonia’s ride-hailing sector.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that Europe is not capable of defending itself without the United States and criticised EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius’ proposal to create a European army. Should Europe nevertheless reduce...

Classical music website Bachtrack today released its overview of classical music concerts held worldwide in 2025, once again naming Arvo Pärt as the world's most performed contemporary composer.

Estonian parliament passed with 80 votes in favour a statement expressing support to the people of Iran, condemning the systematic and extensive human rights violations of the Iranian authorities, and calling democratic countries to increase their po...

In Estonia’s security debate there is a strange and stubbornly persistent assumption: every idea that comes from the private sector is by default suspicious. If not directly anti-state, then at least driven by a hidden and devious business interest...

Your Majesties King Frederik X of Denmark and Queen Mary, dear friends of Estonia and Denmark! Welcome to Estonia and welcome to Tallinn – the Danish city. The place where, according to legend, the Danish flag Dannebrog fell from the sky in 1219.

Russia’s shadow fleet continues operating calmly in the Baltic Sea despite Western sanctions, while coastal states limit themselves to monitoring and escort, and interventions have mostly taken place only in cases of direct damage to subsea infrast...

Tekin Ağacık, a resident of Tallinn, was convicted in a plea bargain of supporting a terrorist organization and given a two-year suspended prison sentence after sharing on social media content supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which ...

In the «War & Politics» episode «Putin’s Clock Is Ticking! The Kremlin Goes All‑In», Scott Lucas, a professor of international relations at University College Dublin’s Clinton Institute, outlined a scheme that makes it easy to see the real ...

Over the past year, several articles have appeared in which German officials and politicians describe the threat of a Russian attack on Estonia; most recently, this was done by a German general. Behind such statements lies a desire to justify their o...

On Saturday, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that he would impose additional tariffs on eight European countries as punishment for taking part in exercises in Greenland. Should the European Union respond with tariffs of it...

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive Greenland policy has cranked up tensions that, in experts’ assessment, could end with the breakup of NATO’s internal unity. For now the alliance is still holding together, and it is in our interest to keep...

Vyacheslav Yefimov, a security guard at the waiting area of the Koidula border crossing who lives in Pechory, passed information to Russia on behalf of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for at least three years about activities at the border...

It seems that a harsh joke may – at least initially – come true: that Rail Baltic will turn into a high-speed train from Tallinn to Ikla for Estonia, and not to Warsaw. At Monday’s sitting of the Riigikogu’s special anti-corruption committee,...

Tensions between the US and its European allies over the status of Greenland have sharpened in recent days, and it will likely be impossible to avoid a trade war at a time when Western unity should be directed toward supporting both the Iranian oppos...