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Estonia declines airBaltic stake offer amid airline's financial challenges

Estonia declines airBaltic stake offer amid airline's financial challenges

Estonia has decided against purchasing a stake in Latvia's flag carrier airBaltic, Infrastructure Minister Kuldar Leis announced on July 3, as the Baltic airline faces ongoing management changes and financial uncertainty, ERR.ee and LSM.lv...

Estonian driver Paul Aron's dream comes true with F1 practice debut at Silverstone

Estonian driver Paul Aron's dream comes true with F1 practice debut at Silverstone

Estonian driver Paul Aron made his F1 debut on Friday when he represented Kick Suber in the first free practice session of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. A delighted Aron thanked team principal Jonathan Wheatley afterwards for helping to...

Tartu Old Town Buzz festival kicks off July 26 with Daniel Levi Band concert

Tartu Old Town Buzz festival kicks off July 26 with Daniel Levi Band concert

The brand-new 2-week-long Old Town Festival "Tartu Buzz" is set to begin on Saturday, July 26. The festival aims to breathe life into the city's historical city center and invite people to discover its hidden corners. On the opening day, there...

Estonia’s Dance Celebration returns as a national family reunion

Estonia’s Dance Celebration returns as a national family reunion

Estonia’s beloved Dance Celebration returns not just as a performance, but as a national family reunion – bringing together 11,000 dancers in a vibrant expression of regional identity, tradition and belonging. From 2 to 4 July, nearly 11,000...

Fifth Estonian volunteer soldier killed in Ukraine

Fifth Estonian volunteer soldier killed in Ukraine

An Estonian volunteer fighting in Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade was killed in action last week near Borova in Kharkiv region, his unit confirmed Thursday. Alo Klaassepp, 25, was killed on June 25 in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the town of...

Sõprus Cinema to show 4 open-air movies a week in Tallinn this summer

Sõprus Cinema to show 4 open-air movies a week in Tallinn this summer

Throughout July and August, there will be four outdoor movie screenings in the central square of Tallinn's Rotermann Quarter. The program begins with the premiere of U.S. filmmaker Mike Flanagan's "Life of Chuck" on July 10. "The film program...

Estonia Gives Green Light To Tallinn Airport Expansion Plans

Estonia Gives Green Light To Tallinn Airport Expansion Plans

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 4. In a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, the Government of Estonia discussed the country's air connectivity strategy and approved key measures to advance the development of Tallinn Airport, Trend...

Estonia Industrial Output Growth Slows To 0.9%

Estonia Industrial Output Growth Slows To 0.9%

Estonia's industrial production growth moderated in May amid a sharp contraction in the mining and quarrying segment, data from Statistics Estonia showed on Friday. The volume of industrial production rose a calendar-adjusted 0.9 percent...

Rise: Moldovan Nationals Recruited by Kremlin Agents to Carry Out Arson Attacks in Estonia

Rise: Moldovan Nationals Recruited by Kremlin Agents to Carry Out Arson Attacks in Estonia

Two Moldovan nationals with criminal backgrounds in ATM theft and organized crime in Russia were recruited by Russian secret services to carry out arson attacks in Estonia, according to an investigation published by RISE Moldova. The first...

Estonia turns down airBaltic investment proposal

Estonia turns down airBaltic investment proposal

The government of Estonia declined to buy a minority stake in airBaltic (BT, Riga), after the government of Latvia, the carrier's majority shareholder, sent a formal offer with terms identical to those previously offered to Lufthansa Group. "We...

Estonia’s cyber ambassador on digitalization, punching upwards and outing GRU spies

Estonia’s cyber ambassador on digitalization, punching upwards and outing GRU spies

Over the best part of the last four years, Tanel Sepp, Estonia’s inaugural ambassador-at-large for cyber diplomacy, has helmed a surprisingly effective diplomatic enterprise. Estonia has an outsized footprint among international efforts to address...

Kaimo Kuusk, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia

Kaimo Kuusk, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia

Kaimo Kuusk assumed the role of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia in September 2024, bringing a wealth of experience from both the diplomatic and intelligence sectors. In 2019-2023, he served in Ukraine as an Ambassador,...

Not electing a mayor could cause Tallinn City Council to disband

Not electing a mayor could cause Tallinn City Council to disband

Toomas Kruusimägi, the chair of the Tallinn City Council and a member of the Reform Party, has called an extraordinary council meeting for next Tuesday, July 8, to hold a vote of no confidence in the mayor. The next regular council meeting is...

Estonia to host a Ukraine reconstruction conference in 2027

Estonia to host a Ukraine reconstruction conference in 2027

Estonia is planning to host an international conference dedicated to the reconstruction of Ukraine in 2027. On 3 July, the Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, presented a memorandum on Ukraine’s reconstruction to the government. The...

Unity and strength: The history of Estonia's Song Festival

Unity and strength: The history of Estonia's Song Festival

Laulupidu is not just one of the largest choral events in the world. It's a more than 150-year-old Estonian tradition born out of an aspiration to attain national self-determination after centuries of being ruled over by foreign powers. "It is...

Ministries not rushing to end Belarusian tourism to Estonia

Ministries not rushing to end Belarusian tourism to Estonia

It took nearly a month for Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna to respond to a written inquiry from MP Raimond Kaljulaid regarding the continued tourism trips to Tallinn by Belarusian nationals. The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign...

Liquid gas from Russia reaching Estonian market despite sanctions

Liquid gas from Russia reaching Estonian market despite sanctions

Since December of last year, the import of propane, butane and their mixture — liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — from Russia into the European Union has been under sanction. Nevertheless, these goods continue to reach the Estonian market through...

Minister: Estonia cannot adopt unfeasible obligations with new climate targets

Minister: Estonia cannot adopt unfeasible obligations with new climate targets

The European Union wants to reduce carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. Estonia agrees with the plan only if the necessary technology exists and interim assessments are realistic, Minister of Energy and the Environment...

Estonian band Duo Ruut's Denmark show canceled after airport mishap

Estonian band Duo Ruut's Denmark show canceled after airport mishap

Estonian folk band Duo Ruut were forced to cancel their appearance at the Roskilde festival in Denmark after their signature instrument – the kannel – did not make it to the venue in time. Estonian folk band Duo Ruut were forced to cancel their...

Estonia to host a global Ukraine reconstruction conference in 2027

Estonia to host a global Ukraine reconstruction conference in 2027

On Thursday, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) presented a memorandum on Ukraine's reconstruction to the cabinet, which will be the basis for Estonia's reconstruction and development cooperation with Ukraine over the...

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