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Flags of the three Baltic States, from left, Estonia, Latvia and LIthuania.

Estonia joins other 2 Baltic states in protest over Russian airspace claims

Cows in a barn (photo is illustrative).

New Estonian state fleet vessel runs on Saaremaa cow manure

Day 3 of 2025's I Land Sound festival on Saaremaa.

Saaremaa's I Land Sound summer festival program announced

The XVI Pärnu Music Festival's opening day, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Brainchild of the Järvi conducting dynasty, the festival runs to July 18.

Pärnu Music Festival opens with world premieres and international stars

3 minors assaulted by adults in Pärnu, criminal investigation launched

Attendees of last year's Pärnu Beach Grind festival.

Estonia's 'Night Fairies' help keep Beach Grind festival-goers safe

A nightlife safety group whose main aim is to warn revelers of the dangers of drug use and to aid them where needed is on hand at the ongoing Pärnu Beach Grind festival this weekend.

Reusable beakers at a venue.

Bill would require venues to offer reusable packaging by 2028

Tõrva flooding earlier this week.

Tõrva starts recovering as officials explain what caused floods

Heisl Vaher.

Sleep doctor urges caution with smart device sleep and health data

Kertu Saks

Kertu Saks: 35 years from restoration of independence and the absence of fear

The remaining FIFA World Cup games will be shown on the big screen in Tallinn's Vabaduse väljak (Freedom Square) from tonight, Friday, July 10. Entry is free.

Where to watch the climax of the FIFA world cup

The Estonian men have made the final for the first time ever.

WATCH LIVE: Estonia meets Ireland in European Amateur Team golf championship final

Estonia is to face Ireland in the European Amateur Team Championship final today, and ERR News is live-linking events.

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Tallinn's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, used by the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (EKÕK), visible from behind an Estonian flag.

Estonia gives Orthodox church 6 months to choose between God and the Kremlin

Mart Parind.

Attorney on Kerr Kriisa case: He could be looking at a decades-long prison sentence

The alcohol section of a supermarket (Photo is illustrative).

Government looking to hike alcohol excise duty, shorten selling hours

Tourists in Tallinn's Old Town.

Estonia avoids marketing cooler weather to foreign tourists

An American soldier at Camp Reedo in Võru County.

US troops have left Estonia for an unknown period of time

Soviet monument in Sillamäe.

A number of Soviet monuments still remain in Estonia because of legal limbo

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Mirjam Mõttus.

Mirjam Mõttus: Normalizing normalcy

Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Tallinn.

New Estonian ambassador to Japan highlights strategic security ties

Gallery: Film, art and music festival Kikumu begins in Jäneda

The most effective methods of pain relief are neither complicated nor expensive.

Medical professionals underestimate parents' role in alleviating newborns' pain

Power station chimneys.

Climate law update: no obligations for private sector, only for the state

Standing on a scale.

Obesity rise slows in wealthier nations, Estonia faces growing challenges

russia's war in ukraine: latest from estonia

Col. Ants Kiviselg.

Defense Intelligence: Russia may face air force fuel problems after Ukrainian strikes

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tallinn.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs rebukes Russia over disinformation aimed at Estonia

Rainer Saks.

Security expert: Russia lacks capacity to expand war westward amid crippling air‑defense failures

Signing of the Estonia–Ukraine drone agreement in Ankara.

Estonia and Ukraine sign drone agreement

A protester calls to ban Russian athletes from the Olympics in 2023.

Estonia slams 'disgraceful' decision to provisionally lift Russia's Olympic Games ban

politics

Crest of the Prosecutor's Office.

Prosecutors appeal justice minister expenses acquittal to Supreme Court

Riigikogu main chamber.

Ratings: Social Democrats gaining in support

European Parliament plenary session.

Reform Party withholds support for ending EU foreign policy veto

Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform).

Support for Prime Minister Kristen Michal drops to record low in recent poll

Ballots being counted at the first round of the 2021 presidential election.

Experts: Chances of electing Estonia's next president in the Riigikogu good

presidential election 2026

Alar Karis at the Estonian Defense League's Victory Day parade in Rapla on June 23, 2026.

President Alar Karis will not run for second presidential term

Riigikogu main building.

Estonia's parliament to vote for new president on September 2

Riho Ühtegi.

Presidential hopeful Ühtegi: 'Ideologically, I am a conservative'

Lauri Hussar.

Estonian parliament not rushing next steps in search for presidential candidate

Riho Ühtegi.

Group of prominent Estonians backs Riho Ühtegi for president

economy

Cranes at the oat harvest in Estonia.

Estonian farmers have been hit hard by rising fertilizer prices

Man working with wood (photo is illustrative).

Exports rise 9 percent in May as trade deficit narrows

The European Commission’s headquarters (the Berlaymont) in Brussels.

EU opens infringement case against Estonia over work‑conditions directive

Evecon inaugurated a Hertz 2 battery storage park in Harju County on July 7, 2026.

Estonian firm proposes 200 MW gas plant in Viljandi County

Due to the rain, cherry harvest at the University of Life Sciences' (Maaülikool) Polli horticultural research center has this year not been of great quality, even as there has been plenty of volume.

Rain threatens Estonian cherry harvest quality despite bumper crop

Defense and security

Peeter Kaldre.

Peeter Kaldre: The time of Europe began in Ankara

Estonia's first Medium-range air defense missile system IRIS-T SLM unit arrived in Estonia on June 21, 2026

Estonian conscripts learning to use cutting-edge air defense systems

An Estonian soldier wearing US and Estonian flag patches.

New US unit will arrive in Estonia this summer, defense minister confirms

Kristen Michal at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026.

Estonia spending 'almost 7%' of GDP on defense, prime minister says

The German Air Force at Estonia's Ämari Air Base.

NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission upgrades to air defense mission

society

e-Business Register

Estonia's regulation to hide beneficial owners postponed

An apartment building being renovated.

Scientists say dependence on support hindering Estonia's housing fund renovation

A Tallinn tram and pedestrians (photo is illustrative).

Pedestrian killed after Tallinn tram driver used phone on duty

The revolver presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Belgian Prime MInister Bart De Wever. Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal was gifted a similar sidearm while in Ankara for the NATO summit.

NATO Ankara summit gift leaves Estonian prime minister with revolver dilemma

Dentist's tools.

Dentists who do not speak Estonian causing problems for healthcare system

opinion

Viktor Turkin.

Viktor Turkin: Children neglected when equal parenting becomes a goal in itself

Raul Aron.

Raul Aron: The most important issue has been forgotten in the tax debate

Irja Lutsar.

Irja Lutsar: Tallinn hospitals reorganization should avoid half-baked solutions

Erik Gamzejev.

Erik Gamzejev: The political hodgepodge of Kohtla-Järve's June coup

Ingrit Malleus.

Ingrit Malleus: Estonia's music culture could be much more innovative

sports

Estonia's Ingrid Neel's Wimbledon run comes to an end in quarterfinals

Kerr Kriisa.

Estonian basketballer Kerr Kriisa pleads not guilty in the US

Kristjan Ilves, here in competition in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria, is one of Estonia's top Nordic Combined skiers.

Estonia slams removal of Nordic combined from Winter Olympics

Kerr Kriisa.

Estonian basketball player charged with large-scale internet fraud in the US

Estonian Gymnastics Festival.

Photos: Estonian Gymnastics Festival kicks off at Kalevi Stadium

foreign affairs

Minister of Culture Heidy Purga (Reform) with Glenn Micallef, the European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport.

Estonia seeks EU funding ban for IOC over Russia decision

Russian flag outside the embassy in Tallinn.

Security officials: Russia has 'no concrete plan' to attack Baltic states, Poland

July 4 reception at the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, marking 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

Gallery: US Embassy marks America's 250th birthday

Russia temporarily closes rail border crossings with Estonia, Latvia and Finland

Marina Laikjõe

Estonian in Paris says heat wave has pushed France into crisis

science and research

Students in Tallinn. Photo is illustrative.

Nearly 3,000 basic‑school graduates still without a confirmed study place

Norway spruce.

Moister climate negatively affecting spruce's ability to withstand weather extremes

Rain.

July weather: Floods, waterspouts and giant hailstones

A view of Tallinn's old and new towns.

Tallinn's heritage protection zone to be cut by a third

The fungus Venturioscypha nigropila, discovered by Ave Suija at the Kaberneeme observation site.

Nature observation marathon yields 2 new species for Estonia

culture

Singer John Legend takes Tartu fans through his musical journey

Tallinn's Linnahall is a monumental Soviet-era building.

Tallinn eyes EU funds and investors for €150–200 million Linnahall project

A board game.

Board‑game enthusiast says players' personalities emerge clearly at the table

Baltoscandal 2026

Photos: Baltoscandal festival breaks attendance records in Rakvere

Genialistide Klubi in Tartu, also known as Genklubi.

Cult Tartu venue spends renovation crowdfunding to stay afloat

features and interviews

Tiit Meren.

War surgeon: Estonia should spread out hospitals to reduce wartime risk

The island of Ruhnu.

Ruhnu residents sought to join Sweden after Estonia regained independence

Kaidi Ruusalepp.

Adventure hotel developer: Estonian entrepreneurs do not take risks and choose lemonade over champagne

Exercise Vigorous Warrior 2026

NATO medics training for 'high-intensity battles' and mass casualties in Estonia

Rein Taagepera.

Researcher: The future will resemble the feudal age if recent trends persist

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Thomas Piketty.

Thomas Piketty: Estonia would have been better off without the Soviet experiment

Satu Rämö at HeadRead 2026.

Satu Rämö: Iceland's landscape writes the crime stories itself

This year's LMC takes place September 3-5 (photo from the 2019 event).

Lennart Meri Defense and Security Conference 2026

Interview with Alexander Stubb, the President of Finland.

Finland's President Stubb: We were too soft on Russia before 2022

Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaking to ETV's "Esimene stuudio."

Former Ukrainian PM: The only way to get real peace is to fight like hell

tallinn

A purple flag at a beach indicating the presence of cyanobacteria or blue-green algae.

Blue-green algae still a problem at several Harju County swimming sites

Tallinn Old Town.

Tallinn Old Town is sinking

Matvei Melnikov, aka MOT. Concerts due to take place in Tallinn featuring a local artist who covers MOT's material have been banned by the city government.

Tallinn bars concerts by covers artist linked to pro-Russian rapper

Construction (photo is illustrative).

Commercial land increasingly used for residential developments in Tallinn

Chelsea Wolfe

US gothic musician Chelsea Wolfe set for Tallinn concert in November

tartu

Tartu city government.

City of Tartu continues to demand compensation for national care reform expenses

The new recreational ground in Tartu's Karlova district.

New recreation area to open soon on Tartu's Emajõgi River bank

Opening of the Genialistide Klubi in Tartu in 2006.

Tartu looking to ban sale of bottled alcohol after 10 p.m.

Protesters rallied against an agreement struck between Sweden and Estonia which will bring hundreds of Swedish prisoners to Tartu Prison in the second half of 2026.

Tartu protesters rally against Swedish 'trash' in Estonian jails

Tartu city bus on Narva maantee.

Tartu city bus, bikeshare fares go up July 1

narva

Friday's marathon Narva City Council Meeting. June 26, 2026.

Marathon Narva council meeting latest standoff as power struggle continues

Estonia-Russia pedestrian crossings remain open at the Narva 1 border checkpoint.

Estonia reduces opening hours at border crossings with Russia over summer

Ukrainian flag with an Estonian flag in the background.

Ukraine to open honorary consuls in Estonia's Narva and Tartu

The Narva City Run half marathon was canceled after a suspicious bag was found along the route. June 6, 2026.in Narva on Saturday. June 6, 2026.

Gallery: Narva half marathon canceled after suspicious bag found along route

Narva City Council chair Mihhail Stalnuhhin and Mayor Katri Raik.

Land deal for Narva EDF base caught in local political standoff

galleries

The Hertz 2 battery storage park was inaugurated in Harju County, on July 7, 2026.

100 megawatt battery park opened in Harju County

Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs meets with Estonian President Alar Karis on the island of Ruhnu, Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

Gallery: Alar Karis hosts Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs on Ruhnu

Conceptual designer Marit Ilison's

Gallery: Estonian designer turns museum space into immersive 'LIVING/ROOM'

The Estonian Defense League's Victory Day parade in Rapla on June 23, 2026.

Gallery: Estonia's Victory Day marked with annual parade in Rapla

Van Gogh Immersive Experience in Tallinn.

Gallery: Van Gogh immersive exhibition opens in Tallinn's Telliskivi

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Ari Matti Mustonen has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience and been warm up act at his live show as well.

Feature | Estonia's English-language podcasts, all in the one place

Tallinn Airport.

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Estonia Explained part six: The language has issues

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