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Estonia opens 4th honorary consulate in Greece

Estonia opened its first honorary consulate on Rhodes last week, allowing Estonians visiting the Greek island to receive assistance locally if needed.

ERR News · 15 min ago

Estonian women's basketball team scores victory against North Macedonia

The Estonian women's national basketball team won its first victory since 2024 on Saturday in the opening round of the EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualifiers.

ERR News · 54 min ago

Pavel Talankin: How a cage of Putinist propaganda was built on top of the Soviet cage in schools

Teacher Pavel Talankin from the small Ural town of Karabash jokes that he has become the first film director in the world whose films have a 100 percent Oscar success rate.…

ERR News · 1 hr ago

Political parties looking to reduce Riigikogu members' salaries

Political parties are discussing MPs' salaries, with both the coalition and opposition looking to make cuts in the next Riigikogu after the 2027 election.

ERR News · 2 hrs ago

Shift changes at Tallinn hospitals may lead to staff shortages

The decision by two Tallinn hospitals to abandon 24-hour shifts is unpopular with nurses and care workers. The Estonian Nurses Union said the new rules make it difficult to work…

ERR News · 3 hrs ago

Tallinn's Reaalkool opens €32.7 million building, €10 million over budget

A prestigious central Tallinn school formally opened its new teaching building Saturday, marking the school's 145th anniversary.

ERR News · 18 hrs ago

Prime minister: We have nothing to discuss with Russia on European security

Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants to distract Europe with a sort of "bucket list" of his wants, rather than a lasting peace in Ukraine, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform)…

ERR News · 19 hrs ago

Retired general: Without women, Estonia may run out of conscripts, reservists

Estonia will not find enough conscripts in future because of demographics, meaning conscription should be extended to women, a retired general said.

ERR News · 20 hrs ago

Mari-Liis Jakobson: Will AI turn voters into livestock?

Artificial intelligence is a native of bureaucracy, but humans must retain control over political decision-making and the ability to conduct reality checks, writes Mari-Liis…

ERR News · 20 hrs ago

Estonia's Saatse 'boot' bypass opens, ending drive through Russia

The Saatse boot bypasses have opened, ending the need for drivers in southeastern Estonia to pass through a roughly 400-meter stretch of Russian territory.

ERR News · 21 hrs ago

SDE prime minister candidate: Don't despair over Russia's demands — act instead

While Russia has dominated the Abu Dhabi talks and shaped the agenda, there is no need to despair, Social Democratic Party (SDE) prime ministerial candidate Jonatan Vseviov said.

ERR News · 22 hrs ago

Two Estonian journalists ran the New York City Marathon on two continents

Thousands of miles apart, two Estonian journalists ran the New York City Marathon together — one through all five boroughs, the other on a 42.2-kilometer route around Tallinn.

ERR News · 22 hrs ago

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