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EU sets conversion rate for Bulgaria’s eurozone entry in 2026
Kuwait Times
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July 8, 2025
BRUSSELS: European Union finance ministers completed the final steps on Tuesday for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the eurozone from January 2026, including setting the conversation rate of the Bulgarian lev to the euro. Bulgaria will join...
Azerbaijan, Estonia discuss prospects for agricultural cooperation
Azertag
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June 30, 2025
Rome, June 30, AZERTAC During his visit to Italy, Majnun Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, met with Hendrik Johannes Terras, Estonian Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, on the sidelines of the 44th session of the FAO...
Tallinn mayor: Reform Party bringing Kõlvart back into city government
ERR
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June 26, 2025
The Reform Party has made its decision — to break up the current Tallinn city government and bring the Mihhail Kõlvart-led Center Party back into power in the Estonian capital, Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) said in response to a statement...
SKN Prime Minister Updates Nation on Sustainable Island State Agenda
Win Media SKN
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July 8, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr Terrance Drew, on July 7, 2025, delivered a comprehensive National Address, outlining the significant strides being made under the government’s Sustainable...
Azerbaijan, Estonia hold talks on agricultural cooperation prospects
News.Az
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While visiting Italy, Majnun Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, met with Hendrik Johannes Terras, Estonia’s Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, on the sidelines of the 44th FAO Ministerial Conference. The meeting focused on...
Domestic, foreign tourists increased in spring
ERR
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July 8, 2025
Accommodation establishments served 304,000 tourists in May 2025, which is 4 percent more than in May last year, data from Statistics Estonia shows. 169,300 foreign and 134,900 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in May. Similarly to...
Eleven lighthouses in Estonia to open doors for free on July 1
ERR
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June 30, 2025
July 1 marks the eighth annual celebration of the World Day of Marine Aids to Navigation. In Estonia, visiting 11 lighthouses on this day is traditionally free of charge. Last year, more than 94,000 people visited lighthouses in Estonia — the...
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives to focus on Tartu in local elections
ERR
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June 26, 2025
The Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives (ERK),will focus on making a success of the local elections this fall, especially in Tartu, according to party chair Silver Kuusik. "It's quite clear that Tartu is our priority, both Jaak Valge and...
Estonians postpone expensive dental procedures as cost of living spirals
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment have been a source of complaints for years, but now those queues are disappearing in Tallinn. Dentists are also seeing a decline in workload, as people tend to postpone aesthetic treatments during...
Estonia's Eneli Jefimova wins swimming gold at U-23 Euros in Slovakia
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Eneli Jefimova has won gold for Estonia in the women's 50m breaststroke at the European Under-23 Championships in Šamorin, Slovakia. Eneli Jefimova swam 30.03 seconds in the final to be crowned European Under-23 Champion. "The swim was technically...
Estonia is trying to count bears
Baltic News Network
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June 26, 2025
The Environment Agency and hunters agree that there are many bears in Estonia, but admit that it is difficult to give an exact number due to the problems of counting, writes ERR News. The Environment Agency has installed around 700 trail cameras...
Your Tallinn hit list: the top 5 events – week 27
Estonian World
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June 30, 2025
30 June – 06 July 2025 Not sure where to be this week? Every week in partnership with Gamma, we present a hand-picked selection of the five most compelling events taking place in and around Tallinn – it’s time to plan your week with purpose....
PM Oli meets Estonia's President
The Rising Nepal
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Seville, (Spain), June 30: Prime Minister Oli, who is on an official visit to Spain to attend the United Nations (UN)'s 'Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)' held a bilateral meeting with the President of Estonia...
Estonian football club to charge players infrastructure fee on top of membership charges
ERR
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June 26, 2025
The football club Flora announced that starting August 1, it will introduce a monthly infrastructure fee for all players training at the club and its football school, in order to improve the quality of the training facilities it uses. According to...
Master's thesis: Every third teenage girl in Estonia has thought about suicide
ERR
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June 30, 2025
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Among young people, suicide is one of the leading causes of death. WHO data from 2019 showed that suicide ranked as the third leading cause of...
TalTech invites Estonian universities to establish artificial intelligence consortium
Science|Business
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June 30, 2025
Rector of Tallinn University of Technology, Tiit Land, has called for Estonian universities to join forces in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) collaboration. The aim is to create an inter-university AI consortium to ensure a unified...
Former deputy mayor: Reform's moves in Tallinn depend on Sõõrumaa's decision
ERR
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June 30, 2025
On Monday, Reform Party mayoral candidate Urmas Sõõrumaa will announce whether the party will remain in opposition in Tallinn or begin cooperating with other parties, such as the Center Party, said Pärtel-Peeter Pere, head of the party's Tallinn...
University of Tartu send experimental device to International Space Station
Science|Business
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June 30, 2025
The Axiom Mission 4 was launched from Kennedy Space Center on 25 June at 9:31, delivering volcanic algae to the International Space Station (ISS) for an experiment for which key electronic components were developed at Tartu Observatory. The Space...
Estonia already spending more than 5% on Nato defences as it prepares for possible war with Russia
BNE Intellinews
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Nato members are gathering in the Hague for the annual security conference on June 25, where the US is demanding that countries increase their defence spending to at least 5% of GDP by 2035. Estonia is already there. A frontline state and one of...
Highlights of Estonian National Song and Dance Celebration
Xinhua News Agency
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People pass the torch of the festival flame after its arrival in Narva, Estonia, June 29, 2025. The Estonian National Song and Dance Celebration is one of the largest and most important cultural events in Estonia. It brings together tens of...