05.05.26 NEWS ... Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi has rejected a proposal by business organizations to temporarily lower the tax on diesel.

05.05.26 NEWS ... German cruise tourists visiting Kuressaare this week had only good things to say about Saaremaa, offering a promising start to the summer high season.

05.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia has postponed moving its basic school Estonian language exam online by a year after trial feedback flagged usability issues.

05.05.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu on Monday passed a bill which will make bringing skilled foreign labor into Estonia easier.

05.05.26 NEWS ... Authorities in the Russian border town of Ivangorod are preparing to hold another concert on May 9 for the residents of Narva across the river.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Instead of the initially projected €137 million, the vehicle registration fee brought in only €64.2 million for the Estonian state in 2025 — more than 50 percent less than expected. Revenue from the annual vehicle tax, however, was close to forecasts and totaled €87 million.

05.05.26 NEWS ... Although the European Union has welcomed new member states generously in the past, that happened at a time when the global political situation was clearer. Now it is being demanded by war and the geopolitical situation, said Klen Jäärats, adviser at the Foreign Ministry's Europe Department.

05.05.26 NEWS ... Russia could restore its combat readiness as early as 2027, and Estonia's own level of preparedness must increase rapidly, the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) said in its annual report.

05.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia is seeking fresh solutions for upgrading aging Soviet-era school buildings, aiming to develop an open-access toolkit to make future renovations easier.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Nearly 4,000 fewer children will start kindergarten in Estonia this year compared to 2025, data from the Ministry of Education and Research shows.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise says completely banning new buildings near roads and railways to protect the public from noise pollution goes too far.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Vanilla Ninja reached Vienna and got straight to work this weekend, rehearsing an all-new stage show as the band prepares to compete for Estonia with "Too Epic to Be True."

04.05.26 NEWS ... A study covering the Baltic states shows that schoolchildren's attitudes toward wolves, bears, and lynx have become more favorable over the past couple of decades.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Narva Museum will display a poster declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal again on the wall of Narva Castle on May 9.

04.05.26 NEWS ... A locally built solar park has opened in Obinitsa, Setomaa, making it Estonia's first community co-op renewable energy project.

04.05.26 OPINION ... Employers must make pay-setting transparent, justifiable, and verifiable, and employees and the trade unions representing them must have the opportunity to examine the causes of pay gaps, challenge them, and eliminate them from the pay system, writes Kaia Vask.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Kai Art Center's cinema will be independently run in the future after several years of cooperation with Kino Sõprus comes to an end.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is planning to install 42 e-cigarette waste collection containers across the capital to simplify separate collection and reduce the environmental risks associated with e-cigarettes

04.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia's car tax burden is modest in the European context and remains below the level of car taxation in most Western and Northern European countries, according to an analysis by the Ministry of Finance.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Regular ferry services between Tallinn and Aegna island relaunched last week and will run until September 30.

04.05.26 OPINION ... Hugo Rait Mei attempts, in his opinion piece "A dangerous anti‑capitalism is spreading among students," to portray any criticism of consumption or advocacy of frugality as left‑wing ideology or even neo‑Marxism. In reality, what he presents as national conservatism is instead neoliberalism and global corporate capitalism. That cannot be left unanswered, writes Ruuben Kaalep.

04.05.26 OPINION ... The University of Tartu's Delta Centre of Economics is the pinnacle of Estonian economic thought, yet within its walls a picture emerges that is oddly at odds with the building's modern façade. Instead of discussing how to grow Estonia's economy, students — who are expected to become the country's future economic leaders and analysts — are promoting a narrative in which humanity is a burden on the planet, consumption is a sin, and salvation lies in austerity, writes Hugo Rait Mei.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Large-scale military exercise Spring Storm 2026 started on Monday for the 20th time and will take place throughout the month. At its peak, it will involve over 12,000 soldiers from Estonia and allied nations.

23.04.26 NEWS ... A Tallinn filming location from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi film "Stalker" became the first in Estonia chosen for inclusion on a heritage list by the European Film Academy.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia's new medical liability insurance system shows a wide gap between premiums and payouts, with hospitals paying in far more than patients receive in compensation.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Russia once marked May 9 with great pomp, but now that grandstanding has been replaced by fear, said Reserve Major General Neeme Väli. Hundreds of air‑defense systems have been concentrated in Moscow to protect the parade from Ukrainian drones.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia's population is falling and the birthrate is at a record low. But how will this affect the country's housing market in the coming decades?

04.05.26 NEWS ... Universities have said they are ready to admit more students if the state provides additional funding. Over the next four years, approximately 15,000 new students will take up places at higher education facilities.

04.05.26 NEWS ... Drivers should expect delays from Tuesday until the end of the month when road works at the Hipodroom intersection in Tallinn officially starts.

03.05.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already found premises for three of the five embassies to be opened this year and negotiations are still ongoing in Moldova and Kenya.

03.05.26 NEWS ... Estonian swimmer Ralf Tribuntsov won the 50-meter freestyle and came close to the Estonian record on the final day of the Fort Lauderdale Open swimming competition in the USA.

03.05.26 NEWS ... The emergency services on Saturday were called to 16 grass and forest fires, mostly caused by campfires or grilling. No one was injured.

03.05.26 NEWS ... The Turkish defense company ARCA, which will open a factory in Ida-Viru County, initially plans to start producing ammunition for export only. The Ministry of Defense said it will also make ammunition for the Estonian Defence Forces in the future.

03.05.26 NEWS ... A possible drone warning threat was issued in Võru and Ida-Viru counties on Sunday morning as Russian authorities reported attacks on the Leningrad region. The alert ended at 5:30 a.m.

03.05.26 NEWS ... An extraordinary sight captured on video unfolded in Tallinn as a moose became stuck atop a metal fence while another waited nearby, Postimees reported.

03.05.26 NEWS ... The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) warned on Sunday morning that a bear had been seen in the western Haabersti area of Tallinn and asked residents to be cautious.

02.05.26 NEWS ... Estonia's top chess player Mai Narva saw her International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating given a boost after a strong performance in Iceland last month, rising to 32nd in the world.

02.05.26 NEWS ... The opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) nominated founding member Mart Helme as its presidential candidate for this autumn's elections.

02.05.26 NEWS ... A part of downtown Tartu was converted into a student mud wrestling zone Friday, part of the annual student days spring festival in the university town, Tartu Postimees reported.

02.05.26 NEWS ... State-owned postal service Eesti Post reported revenues were up 9 percent last year, to €154.7 million, while net profit reached €5.9 million.

02.05.26 NEWS ... With the recent arrival of warmer temperatures, over 10,000 daffodils are expected to flower over the next few days at a park in Järva County.

02.05.26 NEWS ... A more than a decade-old action plan for southeastern Estonia exists mainly on paper, and has become almost an 'opium for the people', Auditor General Janar Holm said.

02.05.26 NEWS ... Swimmer Eneli Jefimova placed third in the 100m breaststroke at the Fort Lauderdale Open in Florida Thursday.

29.04.26 NEWS ... Preparations are underway at Tallinn Zoo for the reintroduction of garden dormice into the wild in Estonia after a 40-year absence.

02.05.26 NEWS ... A free trade deal between the European Union and several major South American nations entered into force Friday.

01.05.26 NEWS ... While Russian interference with global satellite navigation (GNSS) has been on the rise in recent years, aviation safety in Estonia has not been negatively impacted, authorities say.

01.05.26 NEWS ... A trail cam in Viljandi County provided a rare glimpse into the dynamics between wild animals in showing a bear chasing after an elk, Postimees reported.

01.05.26 SPORTS ... Estonia's curling duo Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill's world championships have come to an end despite beating the Netherlands in Geneva.

01.05.26 NEWS ... President Alar Karis topped the public sector pay table in 2025, taking in €115,118 gross.

01.05.26 NEWS ... The opposition Social Democratic Party's (SDE) Riigikogu faction has proposed an amendment to give parliament and not the government the final say on any potential nuclear power plant in Estonia.