18.06.26 NEWS ... Midsummer's Eve (Jaanipäev) is fast approaching, but events marking Estonia's most important holiday will take place across the capital this weekend as well.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Ahead of the Midsummer holidays, Tallinn is changing traffic arrangements in several locations to make traffic clearer and calmer and improve road safety, said Deputy Mayor Joel Jesse.

17.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is moving ahead with a series of education investments, with two school buildings set to open this August and several new schools, extensions and other educational facilities currently in the design or construction phase.

17.06.26 NEWS ... The capital is in talks with state real estate manager RKAS to exchange one of the city's properties for the former Ministry of Rural Affairs building on Lai tänav for the use of Old Town Educational College.

17.06.26 NEWS ... World-famous U.S. band Black Eyed Peas wowed the audience at Tallinn Old City's cruise area as part of their European tour.

17.06.26 NEWS ... Few domestically grown strawberries are on sale at Tallinn's market due to the cold and rainy spring, and larger quantities are not expected to reach stalls until next week.

17.06.26 NEWS ... A new tramline connecting Tallinn's Kopli and Suur-Paala will launch later this summer and the connection to Tallinn Airport will reopen in August, as the construction of the Rail Baltica terminal progresses.

16.06.26 NEWS ... A new tunnel will be built to connect Tallinn's Lasnamäe and Ülemiste City as part of the Rail Baltica project for €9.8 million and the first phase will be completed next autumn.

15.06.26 NEWS ... A building next to the Swan Pond in Tallinn's Kadriorg has been cordoned off with hazard tape since early May because its windows could fall onto the street. MUPO launched proceedings Monday after the owner failed to eliminate the danger for more than a month.

15.06.26 NEWS ... While Tallinn Mayor Peeter Raudsepp recently lamented a cabinet in the teachers' lounge costing €27,000, architect Johan Tali talks about why the Tallinn Secondary School of Science's new building now costs €30 million to build instead of the initial €22 million.

14.06.26 NEWS ... An international immersive exhibition dedicated to the works of Van Gogh will open at Telliskivi Creative City in Tallinn on June 18.

14.06.26 NEWS ... The "Wagon of Tears" public installation is on display in Tallinn this weekend to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Soviet deportation of Estonians in 1941.

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.

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 ... 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.

11.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn on Thursday installed a modular shelter in the green area at Juhkentali 10, the first shelter of its kind to be placed in public urban space in Estonia.

12.06.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn City Council's final regular session before the summer recess lasted 14 hours and 17 minutes, likely making it the longest session in the council's history.

11.06.26 NEWS ... Due to upcoming renovation work, the City of Tallinn will move the Estonian and Ukrainian flags displayed on the building at Freedom Square 10 onto scaffolding. If the war has not ended by the time the renovations are completed, the flags will be returned to the building's façade.

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 ... Using architects in the construction of buildings and other facilities in Tallinn creates excessive costs for the city and standardized solutions need to be adopted, Tallinn Mayor Peeter Raudsepp said.

10.06.26 NEWS ... At 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the Emergency Response Center received a report that a large quantity of sodium hypochlorite had leaked from a truck on Õismäe tee in Tallinn's Haabersti district, Delfi reports.

10.06.26 NEWS ... The inaugural Paavli Festival in Tallinn at the weekend attracted close to 1,000 visitors and more than 40 artists.

10.06.26 NEWS ... Swedish power metal band Sabaton will be in concert in Tallinn next year, the band has announced.

10.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn Social Democrats want to make city museums free for children and teens 18 and under, with the proposal up for city council debate Thursday.

09.06.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn is hiking school lunch funding starting this fall, increasing the daily lunch rate to €2.10 to help maintain meal quality amid rising costs.

09.06.26 NEWS ... Kadriorg Tennis Center has begun reconstructing its old courts and will replace them with four upgraded clay courts, which are expected to be completed later this summer. The center is also in talks with the City of Tallinn about building a new tennis hall.

09.06.26 NEWS ... Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska and Estonian First Lady Sirje Karis met education and research leaders in Tallinn on Tuesday, with a focus on academic cooperation.

09.06.26 NEWS ... Prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder following an explosion which took place at the Ülemiste keskus mall in Tallinn just before Christmas last year.

08.06.26 NEWS ... A completely new residential and commercial quarter, traversed by a new pedestrian and bicycle street, is planned for the site of Estonian Public Broadcasting's (ERR) current deteriorated buildings on Faehlmanni and Gonsiori streets in Tallinn.

08.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is planning to build separate and safe bicycle paths along the entire length of Tehnika tänav and to fully reconstruct the Endla tänav and Paldiski maantee intersections.

08.06.26 NEWS ... Estonia's police chief has said "teeth flash often" during recent attacks on police, following a high-profile incident involving a judge who allegedly bit an officer after being asked to leave a nightclub in Tallinn.

06.06.26 NEWS ... Crowds, flags and banners filled the streets of Tallinn for the Baltic Pride march on Saturday, capping off a weeklong celebration of LGBT+ visibility, community and support.

06.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn's Pirita District expects to spend up to €20,000 this spring and summer fighting invasive Spanish slugs as local governments step up efforts to slow the pest's spread.

06.06.26 NEWS ... Traffic restrictions and a no-fly zone will be in effect in central Tallinn on June 8 and 9 during the Nordic-Baltic cooperation meeting, which is hosted by Estonia this year.

06.06.26 NEWS ... A major Tallinn hospital says it fired longtime women's clinic head Piret Veerus over a serious patient safety breach and false statements. Veerus denies wrongdoing.

05.06.26 NEWS ... The firing of a respected and long-serving gynecologist has brought in focus issues including staff overwork and critical shortages at a Tallinn hospital, Eesti Ekspress wrote.

04.06.26 NEWS ... An attack drill took place on Thursday (June 4) at Estonian Public Broadcasting's (ERR) as part of the large-scale security exercise Ilves 2026.

04.06.26 NEWS ... The Baltic Pride 2026 March takes place in Tallinn this Saturday, but attendance by representatives of official organizations and institutions is expected to be quite light.

04.06.26 NEWS ... Design work on the planned Lasnamäe medical campus has been terminated at a cost of almost €3 million, with a lack of clear funding from the state cited as the reason.

03.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn is offering a free sports program for children and teens this summer, with coaches leading outdoor practices across the city from June through mid-August.

02.06.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn says its business incubator is expected to operate more effectively after moving into newly refurbished offices that cost several million euros.

02.06.26 NEWS ... Last week, Tallinn hosted the HeadRead literary festival, featuring author talks, literary walking tours of the capital, plus special music events.

02.06.26 NEWS ... Tallinn has approved a detailed plan for the Central Market and its surrounding area, under which a new market building as well as new mixed-use buildings with commercial space and apartments will be constructed on the site.

02.06.26 NEWS ... Thousands of rubber ducks filled the Kadriorg Park canal in Tallinn Monday as the annual Duck Race returned to raise funds for children with cancer and their families.

02.06.26 NEWS ... An attempt by two opposition factions in the Tallinn City Council — the Social Democrats and Parempoolsed — to pass a no-confidence motion failed on Tuesday.

01.06.26 NEWS ... Music fans of all ages flocked to Tallinn's Proto Invention Factory on Sunday as the two-day Children's Jazz Festival Kräsh returned for its fourth edition.

01.06.26 NEWS ... The official beach season begins in Tallinn on Monday (June 1) and Forus security company will be responsible for safety and public order at the capital's beaches

31.05.26 NEWS ... While Estonia has plenty of parks and green areas, there is no public indoor space where people can spend their free time during the winter, National Library interior architect Ville Lausmäe has said.

30.05.26 NEWS ... Despite the June 9 deadline for publishing admissions lists, school leaders have warned that uncertainty and long waits for high school places may persist.

30.05.26 NEWS ... Planned changes to the major Tallinn traffic junction, including a proposed pedestrian bridge, have sparked debate.