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TALLINN - The Estonian government on Thursday approved a one-off increase in the size of the budget of Film Estonia by five million euros in con...

Problems deepen for largest bank in Baltics as internal investigation widens.

The Estonian government is reviewing a request from film director Christopher Nolan, renown for Hollywood thriller blockbusters, to support with five million ...

How resilience and gratitude became the foundation of Estonia's prized IRONMAN events.

TALLINN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid Tuesday met here with her Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic to discuss bilateral ...

Data on the annual inflation rate in the European Union showed that price rise in Latvia was 3.5%, followed by Estonia with 3.1%, Eurostat reports.

TALLINN - Estonia's participation in the education ministers meeting of the G7 in Paris on July 4 will mark the first time that the country is taking part in a G7 ...

One of the earliest rumors that circulated about Christopher Nolan's 2020 movie “Tenet” referred to the project as a “massive, innovative, action blockbuster,” ...

According to Finance Minister Martin Helme (EKRE), the shoot in Tallinn for Christopher Nolan's upcoming movie "Tenet" will have a broader positive impact on ...

ALL OVER Tallinn, people are sporting the same strange accessory: a pink blob the consistency of used chewing gum. It dangles from lapels in libraries, ...

After a final almost 24 hours of uninterrupted work, the Estonian end of the Balticconnector undersea gas pipeline reached land at Pakrineeme on Pakri ...

From robot bartenders, AI judges and delivery bots to tech giants like Skype and TransferWise — in less than 30 years Estonia has made the transformation from ...

The RAF has two of its jets deployed in Estonia have been scrambled twice in recent days to intercept Russian aircraft.

Celtic will face Nomme Kalju of Estonia or North Macedonians Shkendija if they reach the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

TALLINN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid Saturday welcomed here the Queen of Denmark who is on a two-day visit to Estonia to ...

June 15 marks the 800th anniversary of the date when, according to legend, the Dannebrog, the red and white flag of Denmark, fell from the heavens during the ...

TALLINN - Estonian parliament speaker Henn Polluaas and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic acknowledged at their meeting on Tuesday tha...

Estonia's national football team lost 8-0 to Germany at the Opel Stadium in Mainz on Tuesday evening, in its group C qualifying match for the 2020 European ...

If Estonia has broken a deal with Latvia on alcohol excise tax, then Latvia is left to no choice, but to respond with a corresponding cut in excise, said Latvian ...

TALLINN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas met here on Friday with his Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne to discuss bilateral cooperation, ...

Every year, Estonia commemorates the anniversary of the June 1941 deportation with a national day of mourning. Seventy-eight years ago, Soviet security ...

Growing online poker network GGNetwork (GGN) has expanded its European footprint with the announcement that its new partner Enlabs has gone live in ...

Average gross monthly incomes were highest in central Tallinn, principally in Kadriorg and the adjacent district of Pirita and lowest in Lasnamäe, according to ...

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited Estonia from 15-16 June, in conjunction with the 800th anniversary of the Danish flag that has a mythical connection to ...

England C suffered a late defeat in Tallinn as Estonia U23s hit two quick-fire goals in the final minutes. It was tough on non-League's Three Lions, who had ...

Estonia has been ranked as one of Europe's strong innovators despite a score that puts the country below the European average, the 2019 EU innovation ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Spanish marines on Wednesday conducted an amphibious landing drill on the Estonian coast as part of this year's BALTOPS ...

Northern Ireland found themselves behind when Konstantin Vassiljev fired in a free-kick on 25 minutes. But substitute Josh Magennis' quickfire double in the ...

TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonian police said they held three employees of local bank Tallinna Aripank for questioning this week for 48 hours as part of.

Mart Laar, board chair at the Bank of Estonia, and a former prime minister, has said that he does not expect the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) ...

TALLINN - Estonian Minister of Foreign Trade and IT Kert Kingo visited the Tartu Observatory in Toravere on Friday and met with researchers...

The Latvian parliament (Saeima) is set to respond rapidly to recent moves in neighboring Estonia by dramatically reducing the excise tax payable on alcoholic ...

TALLINN - The board of the Estonian parliament decided to admit to handling a collective address submitted by Jaanus Nurmoja requesting a s...

Why Finland is losing graduates, alcohol prices drop in Estonia, serious car crash near Jämsä, and an angry bar customer.

Estonia's producer price inflation slowed in May, data from Statistics Estonia showed on Thursday. Producer prices advanced 1.1 percent year-on-year in May, ...

As Estonia tries to recover its alcohol customers lost to neighbouring Latvia due to high excise duty, the parliament in Tallinn has passed a 25% cut in excise ...

Estonia has become the last of the Baltic nations to sign a defense agreement with the Pentagon.

NEW YORK, 13 June 2019 – Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Estonia and Portugal offer the best family-friendly policies among 31 rich countries with available data, ...

Estonia offers the best maternity leave package out of the 41 countries across the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development and the EU.

Estonia jumped to use the euro currency, has low unemployment, a thriving start-up scene and few immigrants. So why is it flirting with right-wing nationalism?

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas at NATO Headquarters on Monday (27 May 2019) to discuss the Alliance's ...

The Estonian Students' Society adopted blue, black and white as the colours of their fraternity on 4 June 1884; the date is now celebrated as Flag Day in Estonia ...

Taavet Hinrikus, one of the founders of TransferWise, the most successful Estonian-founded startup, said in an interview that Estonia's new populist and far-right ...

Kersti Kaljulaid prefers to focus less on what the U.S. president says and more on what his administration does.

Next Wednesday and Thursday, June 19-20, the Command Surgeon of the United States Air Force in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA), the ...

Celtic will face Shkendija of Macedonia or Nomme Kalju of Estonia in the Champions League second qualifying round if they defeat Sarajevo.

Danske Bank, which is trying to recover from a major money laundering scandal, has agreed to sell its portfolio of Estonian private loans to LHV Pank in a deal ...

When Estonia launched its e-Residency scheme five years ago, it was a leap in the dark. But as its managing director Ott Vatter tells Matt Ross, nowadays the ...

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu believes that sanctions continue to be one of the most effective tools for responding to Russia's gross violation of ...

Estonia will find out late on Friday, or early Saturday morning, local time, if it has been successful in its bid to get a non-permanent seat on the UN Security ...

The coalition government is currently seemingly split on whether finance minister Martin Helme (EKRE) acted unilaterally on a vote on European Stability ...

Estonia's energy policy needs to be disassembled, as wind energy does not ensure stability, and thus cannot be Estonia's long-term plan, Minister of Finance ...

Estonia is one of the most family-friendly countries in the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ...

Estonia has gained a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2020-2021, following a vote at the international body's headquarters in New York.

Speaking during Question Time in the Riigikogu on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said that there is nothing wrong with ...

The Finnish Grocery Trade Association and alcohol producers said that Estonia's plan to lower the excise duties on beer, cider and spirits, ostensibly to curb ...

Sting, an English rock music legend currently on a concert tour that took him also to Tallinn, visited Estonian composer Arvo Pärt at the maestro's namesake ...

Danske Bank and its former leadership fired back at an investor suit on Tuesday, saying the European money-laundering scandal miring the Danish bank has ...

Enterprises can learn from Estonia's just-do-it approach to AI and investment in skills development.

It would be a very serious loss if Transferwise left Estonia, but it would an even bigger loss if our current actions and lack thereof ended up being the reason why ...

Following a meeting with one of the heads of a consortium in charge of developing an undersea tunnel connecting Tallinn and Helsinki, Tallinn City Council ...

Military, intelligence and diplomatic leaders from 47 countries and five continents gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, for the 11th International Conference on Cyber ...

Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday that Estonia ...

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu was given an overview on Monday of last Friday's elections of non-permanent members of the UN Security ...

The number of seats in the European Parliament is to be reduced from 751 to 705, after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, ...

After a 2007 cyberattack that disabled its government, banking and media, Estonia warned other countries to watch out for Russia. As a new threat emerges, ...

The Germans are looking to rebuild after their woeful World Cup first round exit last year along with their Nations League relegation.

Ott Veslberg, Estonia's chief data officer, wants a government AI to work in the country's public services, and healthcare is next.

U.S. and Estonia defense leaders signed a five-year roadmap of defense cooperation at the Pentagon.,

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Estonia, Mart Laar, has submitted a request to the Riigikogu to replace board members Kalev Kallo (Centre) ...

The debate as to whether international law applies in cyberspace is fading away, for widespread agreement now exists that the rights, obligations and limitations ...

Yet another fiasco has hit the new Estonian populist and far-right government as Kert Kingo, the new minister of foreign trade and information technology, insists ...

Ott Velsberg, Estonia's *fresh*-faced, 28-year-old chief data officer, is on a mission put AI into every part of the country's public services, from healthcare to ...

Modern Estonia seeks not to keep up with the world, but to become a global leader. The first order of business, says WTOP national security correspondent J.J. ...

The Bank of Estonia has unveiled last 14 June the design that has been approved to mark the bicentenary anniversary of the first discovery of Antarctica, which ...

Estonia's travelling exhibition, Masters of Our Own Homes: Estonia at 100, opened in Chicago on 1 June at Daley plaza in front of the city hall.

Small states, especially those in close proximity to potentially threatening regional powers, tend to seek reassurance in collective arrangements often in the form ...

A Ukrainian delegation has visited Estonia to get an expert evaluation of their e-government concept, according to a statement one the website of the ...

Consumption of alcohol in Estonia has decreased to the lowest level seen in a decade, it appears from an analysis entitled "Estonia's alcohol market, ...

On Friday 7 June, emotions ran high among Estonian foreign-policy makers in Tallinn and in New York, where Estonia was elected a non-permanent member of ...

What are the concerns of people in the Estonian border city of Narva? And how much significance does the EU election really have in a "Russian city"?

Take one Audi, add a bit of wood panelling and a big chimney, and you end up with a sauna that drives.

Finnish Customs reported that it ordered eight mixed-breed puppies to be euthanised, after the young dogs were brought to Finland from Estonia without any ...

On 11 June 2019, AS Merko Infra, part of AS Merko Ehitus group, and Elering AS entered into a contract for the construction of Jäneda 110 kV substation.

Less than a week from now, Estonia may end up at the center of world politics and start participating in decision-making that we previously had no business ...

Discover St Nicholas Church Danse Macabre in Tallinn, Estonia: Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

According to its latest economic growth forecast, the Bank of Estonia expects the Estonian economy to grow by 3.3 percent in 2019 and 2.1 percent in 2020.

The forecasts of Estonian pollsters Turu-uuringute AS, Emor, and Norstat for the 2019 Estonian EU election are identical: all three predict that the Social ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) was in Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday, where he met with counterpart Margot Wallström (Social ...

The United States' Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Kathryn L. Wheelbarger and Ministry of Defence Undersecretary for ...

Following its state budget strategy discussions, the coalition government announced Monday a bill, which is already at the Riigikogu, to reduce alcohol excise ...

Marco Reus leads the line once again as Germany look to make it a perfect three wins from three in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying against Estonia in Mainz on ...

TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said that reforming the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is a necessary measure, and Estonia will support it at ...

As a political scientist and Estonia 200 candidate in this week's elections, Kristina Kallas is concerned that if right wing populists win more seats in the European ...

RUKLA, Estonia - There was a Transfer of Authority at the UK-led enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group Estonia on Thursday, May 16, 2019 when the ...

The Ukrainian-Estonian Chamber of Commerce (UECC) was founded on 31 May in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, to help with cooperation between the Estonian ...

Chef Artur Kazaritski, who works at Copenhagen's three-star Michelin restaurant "Geranium", is to represent Estonia in the prestigious European Bocuse d'Or ...

According to an analysis by the Tax and Customs Board (MTA), the Estonian state suffered €86.4 million in lost tax revenue last year, up from €84.1 million in ...

The e-Estonia council on 5 June approved the action plan for implementing artificial intelligence, or the so-called “kratt” strategy.

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets based at Ämari Air Base in Estonia launched to intercept Russian aircraft for the third time this month.