24.07.25 NEWS ... Wednesday saw the 85th anniversary of the publication of the Welles Declaration, which the United States used to condemn the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

22.07.25 NEWS ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on Monday ending Ambassador Maksym Kononenko's mission to Estonia and appointed a new diplomat to the post.

21.07.25 NEWS ... Estonia has slapped entry bans on 19 high-ranking Georgian officials responsible for the persecution of peaceful protesters, journalists, and opposition representatives.

20.07.25 NEWS ... Estonia is ending its largest military operation abroad and personnel will return home from Iraq in September. Troops told ERR during a visit to the base that they are ready to focus on defending Estonia.

18.07.25 NEWS ... An Estonian Center for International Development (ESTDEV) program is training Moldovan police officers to prepare for hybrid security threats and collaborating on reforms to the police education system. Tracking hybrid threats is about building habits, sharing experience and establishing a common ground to prevent them in the first place, writes Iurie Gandrabura.

16.07.25 NEWS ... U.S. President Donald Trump's recent criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin and additional aid to Ukraine show that he feels he has been made a fool of by Russia, said security expert Rainer Saks.

15.07.25 NEWS ... The Palestine solidarity group in Estonia held a demonstration in Tallinn on Tuesday to express support for Palestinians.

15.07.25 NEWS ... The recent shift in United States President Donald Trump's stance toward Russia and pledges of military aid to Ukraine as well as fresh sanctions on Russia, while welcome, should be tempered by the unpredictability demonstrated by the current administration, Estonia's Ambassador to the United States Kristjan Prikk said.

15.07.25 NEWS ... President of the United States Donald Trump has finally come to see that goodwill declarations alone can have no effect when dealing with Russia, and that if Russia, as embodied in its leader Vladimir Putin, does not wish to negotiate on Ukraine, it will not do so, U.S. policy expert Andreas Kaju said.

14.07.25 NEWS ... Estonian senior citizens in Canada can be surrounded by the language and culture of their homeland every day at the Ehatare center in Toronto. ETV went to find out more.

11.07.25 NEWS ... Attacking Russia's shadow fleet, which transports fossil fuels while dodging sanctions, around the world could become a new tactic in the war, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces' Intelligence Center.

11.07.25 NEWS ... A hobby education hub, coding school, and retraining medics are just some of the dozens of projects the Estonian Center for International Development (ESTDEV) is working on in Ukraine. ERR News spoke to Margus Gering, head of cooperation and development, to find out more.

09.07.25 NEWS ... Belarusians in Estonia celebrated midsummer, known as Kupalle, on Sunday (July 6) with a concert at Paavli Culture Factory in Tallinn.

09.07.25 NEWS ... Estonia may block the adoption of the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Russia if the price cap on Russian oil is not dropped to $45, Minister of Foreign Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) has indicated.

08.07.25 NEWS ... Although it is very difficult to justify rationally, normalizing relations with Russia seems to be a long-term priority for U.S. President Donald Trump, said Kristi Raik, director of the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS).

07.07.25 NEWS ... In a longer interview with ERR, Deutsche Bundesbank (DBB) President Joachim Nagel said Germany's €1 trillion fiscal package — with €500 billion each for investments and defense — will bring "good spillovers" to the rest of Europe, including Estonia. He added that while Europe has a strong economy, it still needs to improve its investment appeal.

04.07.25 NEWS ... The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has allocated €295.5 million for the construction of Rail Baltica, with €47.1 million of that amount earmarked for Estonia.

02.07.25 NEWS ... During an official visit to Estonia on Wednesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced that Israel will open an embassy in Tallinn.

02.07.25 NEWS ... The U.S. Army awarded medals and certificates to the Police and Border Guard Board officers and their search dogs for their role in the mission to find four missing soldiers in Lithuania in March.

01.07.25 NEWS ... This August, diplomat Tanel Sepp will take up a new post as Estonian Ambassador to South Korea. Sepp told ERR he hopes to expand business relations, learn Korean and sing karaoke as a way to engage with the local culture.

01.07.25 NEWS ... The Washington Post reported that U.S. authorities have foiled a €8.5 billion healthcare fraud scheme. U.S. officials announced that, in cooperation with local law enforcement, four suspects were apprehended in Estonia.

30.06.25 NEWS ... This Tuesday (July 1), Estonia will hand over the Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) to Poland, ending its one-year leadership of the organization. On the same day, Estonia will also take over the presidency of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) from Poland, which will run until June 30, 2026.

27.06.25 NEWS ... European Union member states need to put more pressure on Hungary over Ukraine and Moldova's future accession to the bloc, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said after a European Council meeting in Brussels.

25.06.25 NEWS ... After this week's NATO summit in The Hague, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said Estonia can be satisfied with the outcome.

25.06.25 NEWS ... Kristi Raik, director of the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS), told ERR that more work is needed to ensure all NATO member states understand the necessity of increasing defense spending. She advised against overdramatizing U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial statements regarding NATO's collective defense clause.

25.06.25 NEWS ... NATO member state leaders are gathering in The Hague for a NATO summit. At the meeting, taking place June 24–25, the allies hope to agree on committing 5 percent of their gross domestic product to defense spending. Disagreements have arisen due to Spain's belief that it can meet its NATO obligations while spending significantly less.

24.06.25 NEWS ... Several factors point to the fact that Qatar was prepared for a missle strike by Iran targeting the U.S. air base located within the country, Middle East expert Peeter Raudsik told ETV's "Aktuaalne kaamera" on Monday night.

23.06.25 NEWS ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday imposed sanctions on a number of businesses and entrepreneurs, including Hillar Teder, Rauno Teder and Lauri Reinberg. According to the businessmen's real estate company, they have not violated Ukrainian laws and the move is an attempt to seize Estonian investors' assets.

23.06.25 NEWS ... According to Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur, the United States' plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities had been in preparation for quite some time. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, however, emphasized the importance of bringing Tehran back to the negotiating table and reaching an agreement for Iran to abandon its plans to develop nuclear weapons.

22.06.25 NEWS ... Nearly 20 Estonian citizens have been evacuated from Israel with the help of Estonia and its allies since the recent escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said Friday, highlighting a landmark evacuation mission coordinated with Ukraine.

22.06.25 NEWS ... The United States signaled to Iran with its strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that it is capable of carrying out such attacks; what happens next will depend on the tactics Iran chooses in the coming weeks, security expert Rainer Saks said in an interview with ERR.

22.06.25 NEWS ... The Elisha Training Center and the Estonian branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, also known as the Israel Center, organized a demonstration in support of Israel on Toompea Hill on Saturday.

22.06.25 NEWS ... Allan Roio, an Estonian citizen who was freed from a Belarusian prison on Saturday with the help of U.S. diplomatic efforts, said upon arriving in Estonia that no one should be held in conditions like those in Belarusian prisons in the 21st century.

22.06.25 NEWS ... The United Kingdom's resurgent Liberal Democrat party has been led by Sir Ed Davey MP since 2020. Davey recently visited Estonia to champion NATO unity, a stronger defense and deeper European ties in the face of Russian aggression and hybrid threats. While here, he gave an interview to ERR News which follows.

21.06.25 NEWS ... An Estonian political prisoner detained in Belarus was freed alongside 13 others in a U.S.-backed deal on Saturday and arrived back in Estonia the same evening.

21.06.25 NEWS ... During his nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Roman Pipko, President Donald Trump's nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to Estonia, praised Estonia's defense spending, noting that the country has been called a "megaphone for American requests" in urging other NATO members to follow suit.

20.06.25 NEWS ... Fuel prices at Estonian gas stations jumped sharply, largely the result of the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, according to one expert.

20.06.25 NEWS ... Neither the United States nor Israel seem to be clear on the end goal in the latter's strikes on Iran, political observer Andrei Hvostov said.

20.06.25 NEWS ... Iceland is one of NATO's 12 founding members — but it doesn't have an army, an air force or a navy. It contributes one civil expert to each of the Baltic battlegroups on a rotating basis. But what do they do?

18.06.25 NEWS ... The conflict which has broken out between Israel and Iran is clearly a war, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov said, and is unpredictable and concerning for the whole world.

17.06.25 NEWS ... Three buses carrying Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian citizens left Israel for Jordan Tuesday morning, heading for an evacuation flight from Amman to Vilnius, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported.

17.06.25 NEWS ... While the Israel-Iran conflict which reached a new degree of intensity from last Friday may mean Russia's ongoing Ukraine war will receive less media attention, Ukraine might actually benefit from this new conflict, Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee chair Marko Mihkelson (Reform) said.

17.06.25 NEWS ... A two-state solution is the best way to resolve the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis, whose solution can only be diplomatic, President Alar Karis said Monday, adding this is the official Estonian line on the issue.

16.06.25 NEWS ... Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Japan has shifted its focus away from Western Europe to the east and Scandinavia, says Bart Gaens, Japan chair at the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) in Tallinn.

13.06.25 NEWS ... Following Israel's latest attack on Iran on Friday, Estonian Middle East analyst Hille Hanso says Iran will now continue developing on its nuclear program in secret. Security expert and Reform MP Eerik-Niiles Kross adds that Russia is currently unable to assist Iran.

13.06.25 NEWS ... According to Merili Arjakas, researcher at the Tallinn-based International Centre for Defense and Security (ICDS), Iran is in a difficult position against Israel, and has no allies in the region.

13.06.25 NEWS ... The situation after strikes by Israel on Iran overnight Thursday to Friday may so far primarily manifest for Europe as price rises driven by increasing energy and oil prices, Peeter Koppel, Head of Investments at Redgate Wealth.

13.06.25 NEWS ... Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee chair and MP Marko Mihkelson (Reform) doubts Iran has the strength or drive to launch a full-scale war in response to Israel's latest attacks, as the regime's survival is at risk. Security expert Rainer Saks says major Iranian retaliation is unlikely in the short term, but could occur over a longer timeframe.

13.06.25 NEWS ... A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Israel following attacks on Iran on Friday morning, and retaliatory strikes from Iran are expected, said Estonia's ambassador to Israel, Veikko Kala.

13.06.25 NEWS ... Last week, Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) sent a second unit to assist on the Latvian-Belarusian border, after a surge in illegal crossings. ERR News spoke to Raimonds Kublickis, head of the Daugavpils Border Guard in Latvia, to find out more about the situation on the ground.