Estonia >>

Juri Merzljakov, the Russian ambassador to Estonia, said the heirs of the ideology of fascism have began to materialize in Ukraine. ...

Due to a serious traffic accident involving a truck, the bridge on the Tallinn-Narva road will be closed for up to three months, and a reroute will lengthen the journey by around 15 kilometers. ...

Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas said the 7.2 million euros worth of tenders to purchase printers and copy machines is necessary for such a large organization as the Defense Force and many 2014 procurements will last for years. ...

Fifty Estonian soldiers set off this morning from the Ämari airbase to the Central African Republic to join the EU's EUFOR RCA mission. ...

Two-thirds of shops have banked on an increase in turnover this year, a poll by Swedbank reveals. ...

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is in Estonia for a two-day visit, and dropped by the ERR offices Thursday night for an interview with Astrid Kannel on ETV's evening news. ...

The book on the war in Afghanistan “Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Defining Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan” by Toby Harnden caused indignation three years ago in Estonia, because it mentioned dead and injured Estonian soldiers by name. One of the soldiers went to court against the book's Estonian publisher and in March this year, the court decided that he has a right to compensation,...

Today, the conference "Socialist And Post-Socialist Urbanizations: Architecture, Land And Property Rights", organized by the Estonian Academy of Arts, kicks off with panels in Tallinn, featuring presentations from an array of scholars and also offering urban tours. ...

The state collected 438 million euros in tax in April this year, 12 percent more than during the same month in 2013. ...

Twenty Estonian cities and towns held charity relay races on Thursday to raise awareness of disabled children and to encourage people to make donations for their treatment.  ...

On the same day that Estonian troops head to Africa, the last infantry company serving in Afghanistan's notorious Helmand province packs its bags. ...

The European Parliament election campaign does not focus on issues where the parliament actually carries weight, a Foreign Ministry diplomat said.  ...

Several hundred Jews were deported from France in 1944 to Estonia, with only a handful returning.  ...

A statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday suggesting Ukraine's separatists should postpone their independence referendum was unexpected for all parties in Russia, said ERR's Moscow correspondent Anton Aleksejev. ...

The Tallinn Council opposition party IRL said it will seek to close Stolitsa, the city-funded Russia-language website and newspaper, for "supporting Russian activities in Ukraine." ...

A startup that offers an app for measuring timber won his year's Ajujaht (Brain Hunt), a competition for innovative entrepreneurs with a 50,000-euro award. ...

Ex-Levadia footballer Aleksei Jahhimovitš said a few days after the Football Association banned him and two others, that he did participate in match-fixing. ...

A NATO exercise began this week in Spain with the scenario of a naval response to the invasion of an allied country, with ERR reporting that the exercise around the fictitious invasion of Estonia's second largest island, Hiiumaa, by the foreign country of "Bothnia." ...

The military is preparing public procurements worth 7.2 million euros to purchase, maintain and rent printers and copy machines. ...

Tallinn City Property Department announced a new auction for the sale of real estate in the Kopli district because the only bidder pulled out of the sale. ...