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.

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.

01.05.26 NEWS ... Vaulted cellars dating to the 19th century, discovered during the development of a residential property in Tartu, will be preserved.

28.04.26 NEWS ... A demonstration took place outside the Ministry of Education in Tartu on Tuesday, highlighting the need to fund school field trips.

28.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's first ever pig squealing competition was held in Tartu at the weekend, and attracted the international media, even making it on to CNN.

25.04.26 NEWS ... A central Tartu street is soon to be converted to a pedestrian-friendly summer hub.

24.04.26 NEWS ... Tartu's Stencibility Street Art Festival returns June 11–14 with nearly 20 artists from around the world, putting a spotlight on youth creativity across Estonia's second city.

20.04.26 NEWS ... The University of Tartu has launched a "large-scale" study into sexual harassment, workplace bullying and discrimination at the higher education facility.

20.04.26 NEWS ... Preparations are underway in Estonia's second biggest city Tartu to create a controlled airspace for drones, which could open the way for new services. But how much do we know who or what is flying above our heads?

18.04.26 NEWS ... Web mapping application Google Maps now displays cycle routes in Estonia.

15.04.26 NEWS ... Estonia's first cloned foal was born on Saturday, making the country the second in Europe to develop the capability to clone horses.

14.04.26 NEWS ... Residents in Tartu got hands-on building birdhouses Monday, just in time for nesting season, at an event at Maarjavälja open to all skill levels.

14.04.26 NEWS ... A ninth grader in Tartu has launched a doorstep pickup service for deposit bottles, turning a simple idea into a growing small business.

10.04.26 NEWS ... The growth in drone use has prompted Tartu to consider stricter airspace regulations for the city and its surrounding area.

10.04.26 NEWS ... The Tartu city government has granted a construction permit for the historic Yeast Factory (Pärmivabrik) quarter to bring the area back to life as a residential and commercial district.

09.04.26 NEWS ... Estonian basketball team Tartu University (Tartu Ülikool) Maks & Moorits went down in agonizing style at home against Latvian club Valmiera in the culmination of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League 2025-2026 season Wednesday.

08.04.26 NEWS ... Long before women could officially enroll, thousands were already auditing classes or taking exams and earning degrees at the University of Tartu, Estonia's oldest university.

01.04.26 NEWS ... Residents who live close to where a Ukrainian drone was found in Tartu County on Tuesday said they had ignored or slept through the warnings. Others said they heard an explosion before the first alert was sent.

31.03.26 NEWS ... Parts of a drone were found in Tartu County, in southern Estonia, on Tuesday morning after a night of alarms about "potential air threats" as Ukraine continues its attacks on Russia's Baltic ports.

30.03.26 NEWS ... Residents in Tartu's Supilinn are concerned about the development of a new public swimming area on the Emajõgi River and say the area may lose some of its characteristic nature-oriented environment.

27.03.26 NEWS ... The City of Tartu will raise school lunch prices next school year, with most of the increase falling on parents as costs continue to climb.

26.03.26 NEWS ... Long-abandoned buildings that have stood for decades at the foot of Toomemägi in downtown Tartu will be demolished and within two years three apartment buildings will rise in their place.

25.03.26 NEWS ... One person died and another was seriously injured after a collision between an ambulance and a passenger vehicle in Tartu on Tuesday, Delfi reported.

23.03.26 NEWS ... Tartu's first electric city bus took its maiden trip Friday, and the theme was the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics.

22.03.26 NEWS ... A new residential development near a riding school in Vana-Ihaste has locals worried over clashing buildings and area roads not keeping pace with the growing population.

22.03.26 NEWS ... A cockroach found in a dormitory in Tartu has never been previously recorded in the Baltic states and probably arrived in a resident's luggage, Estonian University of Life Sciences researchers say.

20.03.26 NEWS ... Falling birth rates are prompting Tartu to cut kindergarten enrollment by 260 this fall and lay off about 40 teachers, with Annelinn the hardest hit.

15.03.26 NEWS ... Families across Estonia will start applying for first-grade school places for their children this month, but data from Estonia's two biggest cities show that the number of new starters will be considerably smaller this year.

12.03.26 NEWS ... Tartu is testing new electric bikes from two companies to replace aging models in its bike-share system as the city plans further purchases and upgrades this season.

10.03.26 NEWS ... "Oh! ma waene Tardo Liin," a landmark 18th-century lament by Puhja teacher and clergyman Käsu Hans, was recently set to music and performed in a Tartu church.

10.03.26 NEWS ... "Hungry again, just like in the old days", Estonian naïve artist Kairo is back with a brand-new exhibition in Tartu. Kairo told ERR News about "Black Butterfly Bread" and what it means to be an artist two years on from her hometown's year as European Capital of Culture.

10.03.26 NEWS ... An opposition politician in Tartu has hit out at the city's planned €16 million road construction projects for this year, particularly regarding the deprioritizing of cycle lanes and pedestrian walkways.

09.03.26 NEWS ... On Sunday, two students decided to don wetsuits and ride an ice "raft" down the Emajõgi River, reports Tartu Postimees. The Rescue Center warned of the danger of such "stunts," highlighting the risk of drowning and hypothermia, as well as the bad example they set for children.

09.03.26 NEWS ... With the arrival of the spring weather, Tartu's electric bikes have also returned to the city's streets. The first set of bikes was brought out on Monday morning.

09.03.26 NEWS ... While Iranians do not want war, if it changes the regime in Iran, they are ready to face it, an expat Iranian couple in Estonia told ERR.

05.03.26 NEWS ... A large-scale archaeological dig is due to start by May at the latest, at the site of a major cultural center planned for central Tartu.

04.03.26 NEWS ... As winter comes to an end and warmer weather begins to arrive in Tartu, the ice rink on Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats) has closed for the season.

03.03.26 NEWS ... This summer, Tartu Song Festival Grounds (Laululava) will host the first ever "Tartu Punch," a new pop music festival from the same organizers as the nomadic Võnge festival.

03.03.26 NEWS ... A Tartu-based academic and modeling enthusiast has created a collective farm in miniature, which is now open to the viewing public at the national agricultural museum.

28.02.26 NEWS ... The perils of going out on the ice now the spring thaw has arrived were vividly demonstrated Friday when a Rescue Board official checking ice conditions took a cold plunge in Tartu's Emajõgi River.

27.02.26 NEWS ... Tartu has launched a new online advertising campaign in Latvia, highlighting places in the city to visit with children, and the convenience of the recently launched train connection to Riga.

27.02.26 NEWS ... Tartu city council chair Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) has rejoined Isamaa's Tartu faction.

27.02.26 NEWS ... An apartment block in Tartu dogged by subsidence issues was knocked down, only to be rebuilt to exactly the same specifications.

26.02.26 NEWS ... An 'ice carousel' was set up in Tartu earlier this week to mark Estonian Independence Day.

25.02.26 NEWS ... Tartu Elektriteater is celebrating its 15th anniversary on March 1. To mark the occasion, the favorite films of Elektriteater's employees will be shown as part of a year-long film festival.

25.02.26 NEWS ... At 86 years old, Heino Jaanus has spent a lifetime working with buses. Heino still spends his days restoring old vehicles in Tartu and says he loves buses as much now as he always has.

25.02.26 NEWS ... The Rescue Board is urging Tartu residents to stay off the Emajõgi River ice as the spring thaw is just around the corner and the surface is prone to breaking.

23.02.26 NEWS ... The only intestinal simulator in Estonia has arrived at the Estonian University of Life Sciences and researchers plan to use it to test health-beneficial compounds from food by-products.

21.02.26 NEWS ... Tartu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Sherbrooke in Québec. The agreement establishes a structured framework for long-term cooperation in entrepreneurship, education, science and innovation between the two cities.

19.02.26 NEWS ... Corner stores are fading from the Tartu cityscape, as high energy bills and dwindling customer numbers force even longtime neighborhood fixtures to close.