19.06.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu Anti-Corruption Select Committee has initiated a bill that would impose a ban of up to one year on senior public officials taking jobs with companies linked to the sectors they previously oversaw.

19.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia plans to spend up to €7 million overhauling a digital platform that gives healthcare workers a more complete and accessible view of patients' medical info.

19.06.26 NEWS ... The Data Protection Inspectorate (AKI) is demanding that the website ettevaatust.ee remove criminals' names, photos and references to court rulings. The agency finds that the site amounts to an unauthorized privately run criminal records database.

19.06.26 NEWS ... Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise says Viru Prison violated the law by opening an official letter she had sent to an inmate.

19.06.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EIS) has updated Estonia's brand system, including tweaks to the Aino typeface, the boulder symbol and the brand's color palette.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Fermi Energia's investment decision is contingent on the state guaranteeing a price difference compensation mechanism for the nuclear plant, similar to the one used for wind farms.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Attorney-at-law Kristjan Tuul has asked the Ministry of the Interior to initiate an oversight procedure into the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) over its alleged practice of obtaining the contents of email inboxes without a legal basis or court authorization.

18.06.26 NEWS ... While the total number of injuries fell by 7 percent compared with the previous year, cases of intentional self-harm are on the rise, particularly among young people.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Allied French troops ending a three-month deployment to Estonia marked the conclusion of their rotation with a ceremony not in Tapa, but in Pärnu.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia ranks among the more conservative countries in Europe when it comes to views on family life, with relatively cautious attitudes toward divorce among parents of young children and mothers returning to work, according to a new international study.

18.06.26 NEWS ... This year, Midsummer Eve in Estonia will be dry across most of the country and the evening moderately warm, forecaster Ele Pedassaar says.

18.06.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn Circuit Court found Tervise Paradiis and Gert Kuusik, who worked there as a lifeguard instructor, guilty of causing death by negligence and overturned in full an earlier ruling by Pärnu District Court.

18.06.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu on Wednesday passed amendments to the law that will require police to warn drivers about mobile speed cameras in the future.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Making threats of sexual violence, including threatening to upload intimate photos, will become punishable in the future under new legislation, as the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs looks to update existing laws.

17.06.26 NEWS ... A salmonella outbreak is gaining momentum across Europe and has now reached Estonia. The outbreak has been traced to Reeva instant noodles from Ukraine and is spreading primarily among children.

17.06.26 NEWS ... While concerns have been raised about young people's steadily declining physical fitness for a long time, physical abilities testing will not happen during the current government's term and, under the most optimistic timeline, could be implemented in 2028.

17.06.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Librarians' Association has sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture, saying that insufficient funding for public libraries is hampering their ability to acquire enough books and other library materials.

16.06.26 OPINION ... In the background series, this time the focus is on Nicholas Wade's views on politics and evolution. The rules of evolution are aimed at ensuring the survival of human groups and do not care about happiness or freedom, Tiido notes.

16.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia is consolidating its core IT services under a single agency, first by merging the State IT Center (RIT) with the Information System Authority (RIA) and then, no later than three years from now, by also incorporating the State Infocommunication Foundation (RIKS).

15.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia has granted temporary protection to 1,805 Ukrainian war refugees this year, while 295 people applied for international protection in the first five months, with the vast majority of applicants coming from Ukraine, according to officials.

15.06.26 NEWS ... Starting Sunday, new honey labeling requirements will take effect and Estonian beekeepers hope the change will lead to fairer competition.

15.06.26 NEWS ... Opposition parties are heading into the elections promising to cut taxes if they come to power. At the same time, Estonia's state budget faces a steadily widening deficit and economic analysts say closing the gap will instead require tax increases.

15.06.26 NEWS ... The Emergency Response Center wants to introduce video calls to help better understand the situation at the scene of an incident, and the Ministry of the Interior is looking for technological solutions.

14.06.26 OPINION ... History teaches us that crimes left unpunished give rise to new crimes, Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said on the 85th anniversary of the June deportation of Estonians to Siberia by the USSR.

14.06.26 NEWS ... A new observation tower was opened earlier this week in Meriküla, Harku Municipality, which connects the clifftop and the seaside area.

14.06.26 NEWS ... The Complaints Choir project is back in Estonia, debuting a seven-minute collaborative lament led by alternative artist Florian Wahl at Tallinn's Balti jaama turg on Friday.

13.06.26 NEWS ... Police say most stolen bicycles in Estonia are quickly resold, often online or through pawn shops, making them difficult to trace and leaving little chance of recovery.

13.06.26 NEWS ... Fresh off the passage of Estonia's consent law, Social Democrats (SDE) are pushing to criminalize the nonconsensual creation and spread of sexually explicit deepfake images.

13.06.26 NEWS ... Banks in Estonia are rolling out a more secure version of the Smart-ID authentication system designed to better block common scam tactics with small extra steps for users.

13.06.26 NEWS ... At the Sõru Maritime School on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, children gain their first knowledge of sailing, behavior at sea, and safety. Around 20 students are currently enrolled, but interest in the school is high, with more applicants than places available.

13.06.26 NEWS ... As Estonia heads into a busy summer event season, consumer protection officials are reminding ticket holders of their rights if an event is canceled or postponed.

13.06.26 NEWS ... Estonian officials removed hundreds of abandoned fishing nets from Lake Peipus during a four-day cleanup effort aimed at clearing long-lost and illegal gear.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Eighteen cattle recently died in a bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) outbreak on a Pärnu County farm, Pärnu Postimees reported.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Two people were killed in a collision between a truck and a passenger vehicle in Kehtna, Rapla County, on Friday afternoon.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Despite a new law requiring local governments to provide kindergarten placements before a parent returns to work, some Estonian families have still been left waiting.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Eesti 200 leader Kristina Kallas said that the party does not agree with the governing coalition backing away from the goal of making family benefits means-tested and thereby saving €100 million annually.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Fast-moving thunderstorms brought heavy rain, lightning and strong winds to Southern Estonia Thursday evening, with unconfirmed reports of a possible tornado in Võru County.

12.06.26 NEWS ... According to data from Statistics Estonia, residents of Estonia entered into 5,998 marriages in 2025, 363 fewer than in 2024. This included 139 marriages between same-sex couples.

12.06.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn is commissioning street art to transform an underpass on Pärnu maantee, with a committee set to review designs for the large-scale project.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Next week, the Riigikogu will hold the second and third readings of amendments to the Prosecutor's Office Act that, among other changes, would limit the prosecutor general's term in office to a single consecutive seven-year period.

11.06.26 NEWS ... A wave of spa and spa hotel projects is spreading across Estonia's tourism and hospitality sectors as developers respond to cautious consumers and changing travel habits.

11.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) has proposed terminating its contract with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM) to develop online courses for occupational health and safety specialists, citing significant differences between the parties' views on the scope and methodology of the courses.

11.06.26 NEWS ... In a remote lake in Southern Estonia's Emajõe-Suursooo marshland, a small bog island is covered in blooming Siberian irises, rewarding visitors up for making the watery trek.

11.06.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs has circulated a proposal to amend the Code of Enforcement Procedure that would allow debtors to keep more of their income than they do currently, thereby encouraging them to work in the formal economy.

10.06.26 NEWS ... The Riigikogu on Wednesday approved amendments to the law allowing prisoners from foreign countries to be housed in Estonian prisons. Estonia also ratified a prison leasing contract with Sweden.

11.06.26 NEWS ... The Education and Youth Board (Harno) wants to reach troubled young people through social media, online games and forum platforms and offer them support. The agency plans to spend nearly €1 million on providing such online youth work.

11.06.26 NEWS ... The Rescue Service is asking Estonian residents to submit feedback by the end of the week about the impact of the nationwide EE-ALARM test that took place on Wednesday.

10.06.26 NEWS ... A memorial ceremony took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to mark the 85th anniversary of the USSR's mass deportations, which sent tens of thousands of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to Siberia and Kazakhstan.

10.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn would face serious problems if tens of thousands of people suddenly had to look for shelter, architect Toivo Tammik warns.

10.06.26 NEWS ... The agricultural sector is struggling to fill workplaces both for seasonal berry-picking jobs and for more tech-skilled agricultural work.