04.12.25 NEWS ... Music fans can lsiten to all 12 songs that have made the the final of Eesti Laul 2026 on ERR's Jupiter service by following the links in this article.

03.12.25 NEWS ... On Monday, December 1, a new permanent exhibition entitled "Vaimulained/vaimupained" ("Spiritual Waves/Spiritual Pain") opened at the Juhan Liiv Museum in Rupsi, Tartu County, revealing the poet's inner world.

02.12.25 NEWS ... On Tuesday, the Narva City Council elected Mihhail Stalnuhhin as its chair, with Jana Kondrašova chosen as deputy chair.

02.12.25 NEWS ... French soldiers deployed to Estonia put on a display of live-fire and practiced an anti-tank ambush with the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF), as part of their training last week.

27.11.25 NEWS ... After more than a year in Estonia, Elron's new Škoda passenger trains made their official debut Saturday, ahead of their launch on the Tapa–Tallinn route in early 2026.

29.11.25 NEWS ... Skeleton Technologies has opened a €220 million supercapacitor plant in Leipzig, Germany, expanding production for Europe's grid and fast-growing U.S. AI data centers.

26.11.25 NEWS ... This Friday (November 28), "Art of the Brick," an exhibition by U.S. artist Nathan Sawaya featuring over 70 works created using LEGO, opens at M-hoone in Tallinn's Telliskivi Creative City.

28.11.25 NEWS ... The exhibition "Gingerbread Mania" opens on Saturday (November 29) at the Tallinn Design and Architecture Gallery and is themed around love.

27.11.25 NEWS ... Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) who is on an official visit to Germany, said at a meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz that pressure must be kept on Russia in order to achieve a just and lasting peace.

26.11.25 NEWS ... The new U.S. ambassador to Estonia has arrived in Tallinn and met with President Alar Karis and Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) on Wednesday.

24.11.25 NEWS ... Reconstruction of Tallinn's Lastekodu tänav, which had been ongoing for over a year, has been completed and the street has reopened to traffic.

22.11.25 NEWS ... The Tallinn City Life Museum reopened Saturday, debuting new exhibitions spotlighting the Brotherhood of Blackheads and centuries of city life in what's now Estonia's capital.

22.11.25 NEWS ... The cornerstone of Estonian Public Broadcasting's new TV House was laid Friday, and despite earlier hiccups, construction of the new Tallinn complex remains right on schedule.

21.11.25 NEWS ... Artist Kirke Kangro's solo show "The Scream of Kalevipoeg: Dream of a Monument" opened at Draakon Gallery in Tallinn, bringing Estonia's folk hero and his myth to life.

21.11.25 NEWS ... Tallinn's Town Hall Square is alive once again with the sights and smells of Estonia's most famous Christmas market, which kicks off with the city tree lighting Friday night.

18.11.25 NEWS ... For the first time in Estonia, El Greco masterpieces are on view at Tallinn's Niguliste Museum — in a sweeping exhibition of treasures from Spain's gothic Toledo Cathedral.

21.11.25 NEWS ... Estonian craftsmanship is on full display in Astana, where President Alar Karis was on hand to open the Estonian National Museum's colorful mitten exhibition.

20.11.25 NEWS ... On Thursday, November 20, the first of two official Christmas trees was installed in Narva – on Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats).

20.11.25 NEWS ... Finnish director Jalmari Helander's new action movie "Sisu: Road to Revenge," which was filmed predominantly in Estonia and is the sequel to cult hit "Sisu," premiered in Tallinn on Tuesday.

18.11.25 NEWS ... German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk performed live at the Alexela Concert Hall in Tallinn on Tuesday, November 18.

18.11.25 NEWS ... Estonian cooperation with Kazakhstan will help advance economic, educational and cultural relations and can be an interface with the European Union, President Alar Karis said during an official visit.

18.11.25 NEWS ... More than 20 centimeters of snow fell overnight in some parts of Estonia, with the highest amounts recorded in Lääne-Viru County and Ida-Viru County.

17.11.25 NEWS ... A new solo exhibition by Estonian artist Alo Valge has opened at the Pop and Contemporary Art Museum (PoCo) in Tallinn. "9 Figures," brings together portraits of artists from around the world, whose works have sold for more than $100 million.

14.11.25 NEWS ... Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said balloons launched over the Belarusian border into Lithuania are a "hybrid attack" and added that Estonia stands with Vilnius.

13.11.25 NEWS ... This year's Christmas tree for Tallinn's Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats) traveled from Rapla County to the Old Town on Thursday.

11.11.25 NEWS ... Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar opened the country's newest embassy in Tallinn on Tuesday during an official visit to Estonia.

08.11.25 NEWS ... Actor James McAvoy is in Tallinn for the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), where a press Q&A prefaced Saturday's screening of his directorial debut "California Schemin'."

05.11.25 NEWS ... Harju County Court has remanded Oleg Bessedin in custody for a period of two months. Bessedin is suspected of committing a crime against the Estonian state.

25.10.25 NEWS ... On Friday, two new exhibitions opened at the Estonian Museum of Architecture in Tallinn. Both focus on architecture as an art form.

24.10.25 NEWS ... Nearly 200 Estonians on a weeklong pilgrimage got a private audience with Pope Leo XIV on Friday, the highlight of their visit to the Vatican.

23.10.25 NEWS ... Joint exercises involving NATO allied forces are taking place at Estonia's Central Training Area. For many participants, it is not only a chance to improve coordination but also to familiarize themselves with Estonia's unique terrain.

23.10.25 NEWS ... An Estonian-German exhibition that marked the largest show of Estonian art ever held in Germany this spring has arrived at Tallinn's Kumu Art Museum.

22.10.25 NEWS ... The sculptures that formed part of Estonian artist Edith Karlson's exhibition "Hora Lupi" at the 2024 Venice Art Biennale are now on display at the Kumu atrium in Tallinn.

19.10.25 NEWS ... On Sunday evening, Estonia's political parties met in bars and restaurants across Tallinn to await the election results – both good and bad.

19.10.25 NEWS ... Sunday is election day and voters went to the polls to elect councils to Estonia's 79 municipalities across the country.

18.10.25 NEWS ... "Zoom," a new exhibition at Tallinn's Temnikova & Kasela Gallery features a creative dialogue between French duo the Quistrebert Brothers and Estonian artist Sirja-Liisa Eelma.

18.10.25 NEWS ... Ahead of Reading Aloud Day, this time part of the Year of the Estonian Book, actors brought children's classics to life as illustrators created new art for them in real time.

17.10.25 NEWS ... The Estonian Festival Orchestra opened its "Arvo Pärt 90" jubilee tour in Tallinn Wednesday, with stops next in Vienna, Zurich, Hamburg and New York's Carnegie Hall.

16.10.25 NEWS ... Ida-Viru County could soon become Estonia's answer to Hollywood, with construction work on the new multi-million euro film studio complex in Jõhvi already past the halfway mark.

14.10.25 NEWS ... Last weekend, the seventh Open House Tallinn architecture festival took place. More than 490 events were held as part of the festival, attracting over 9,100 people.

14.10.25 NEWS ... The Juhan Kuus Documentary Photo Center opened two exhibitions this weekend at Bucharest Photofest, spotlighting Estonian and international documentary photography.

11.10.25 NEWS ... Restoration work on Narva's much-loved lion sculptures has been completed and they are now back in their rightful home on the city's riverside promenade.

14.10.25 NEWS ... A €30 million spa and conference hotel is taking shape by Lake Viljandi, where the cornerstone was laid this week after work was paused in a brief summer setback.

13.10.25 NEWS ... A U.S. Army tank unit has arrived in Estonia to replace the HIMARS training unit, which has been redeployed to Lithuania.

11.10.25 NEWS ... On Saturday, protestors held a peaceful demonstration in Tallinn in support of Palestine, calling on the Estonian government to recognize that the violence being perpetrated in Gaza constitutes a genocide.

11.10.25 NEWS ... A new exhibition by Maria Kapajeva exploring identity politics, womanhood and life in a queer body through her recent physical transformation and ongoing healing process, has opened at the Kogo Gallery in Tartu.

11.10.25 NEWS ... A new football museum detailing the history of the sport in Estonia opened at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn on Thursday. Football fans can visit the museum ahead of Estonia's World Cup qualifier against Italy.

11.10.25 NEWS ... A new military and disaster medical center opened at the Raadi military base in Tartu on Friday, where Estonian Defense Forces' (EDF) personnel, reserve medics and medical students will receive training.

08.10.25 NEWS ... President Alar Karis met with the heir to the British throne, Prince William, the Prince of Wales, on Wednesday at Windsor Castle during his official visit to the United Kingdom.

05.10.25 NEWS ... Tens of thousands of volunteers planted tulip bulbs at Kirna Manor in Järva County on Saturday in preparation for next spring.