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Around half of the people called in for cancer screenings come in for tests, and reaching uninsured people is also a problem, according to Kersti Kukk, a gynaecologist at the North Estonia Medical Center. ...

Kalev/Cramo beat its rival University of Tartu/Rock in the fourth game in the finals of the Estonian League on Wednesday evening, clinching their fourth straight championship. ...

Figure skater Jelena Glebova, who has been one of the most successful winter sport athletes in Estonia in recent years, announced her retirement from the sport on Wednesday. ...

It was a wild ride. For those who missed it, last night was the ERR-hosted independent candidates' debate  - 13 individuals with extremely divergent views and agendas.  ...

Instead of a weekly Wall of Shame, the election watchdog "Valimiste Valvurid" has come up with a monthly list of offenders and role models, indicating a calmer nature of the current election cycle.  ...

The Internal Security Service (ISS) and the Prosecutor's Office have opened a criminal investigation, suspecting four Information Board staff of embezzlement. ...

Rivo Saarna, current head of a PR company and a former ERR journalist, has been handed the task of leading ERR's sports department after Marko Kaljuveer was sacked at the end of March. ...

Estonia finished 30th in the annual index of the most competive economies, up six spots in the IMD World Competitiveness Center's ranking system released today.   ...

The football World Cup, due to start in less than a month, has polarized Brazil. ...

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra will embark on a series of concerts in the US, performing the music of Arvo Pärt, who will be in the US himself to receive an academic distinction. ...

Russian representatives were in Estonia and Latvia in March probing the possibility of repeating the Crimea events in the two Baltic nations, but did not come back with positive news for the regime, says Moscow political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin. ...

Lithuania is waiting for a decision by the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) for a green light in switching to the Euro at the beginning of 2015. ...

Justice Minister Andres Anvelt has vowed that more stringent restrictions on instant loans are on the way, probably beginning in January.  ...

EU Commissioner Siim Kallas said EU aid to Ukraine will go towards solving problems with gas price increases, and reforming and increasing the efficiency of the state. ...

A nine-member Estonian rescue team is on the way to Bosnia as part of a larger Baltic team specializing in pumping water from flood-hit areas. ...

The job site CV Keskus looked at salaries in the most popular positions. ...

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves today began a working visit to the United States, where he will give a speech at the World Bank on Estonia's e-success. ...

Police will not open an investigation into emails sent by an unknown source claiming to represent the four parliamentary parties in Estonia and asking for donations. ...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh visited Estonia on May 20-21.  ...

The business daily - the only Estonian media publication to endorse parties prior to elections - said in an editorial today that the right-of-center IRL was the best choice, being "capitalistic in worldview and supporting a prosperous, industrious society." ...