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Two burglars tried to break into a flat in the town of Jõhvi, located in northeastern Estonia, only to be chased off by the resident and his dog, both employed by the Border Guard Board. ...

The Road Administration said the state does not have the means to increase subsidies for public transport, meaning companies will seek to increase ticket prices. ...

Estonia continues to make its mark on the world’s gastronomy stage. Last week in Stockholm, Dimitri Haljukov (CRU Restaurant) placed eighth at the Bocuse d’Or Europe, ensuring Estonia a place to compete in Lyon in January at the finals. ...

The events in Ukraine have sparked a paradigm shift in the world and going back seems highly unlikely, and the security of the Baltic states must be bolstered by the countries themselves as well as allies, the Chief of the Estonian Defense Forces, Major General Riho Terras, said in an interview to ETV on Monday. ...

In a criticism of a system the country has widely touted, an international team of independent experts identified "serious security vulnerabilities" in Estonia's Internet voting system and recommended its immediate withdrawal, but government representatives dismissed the findings as a unconstructive and possibly malicious criticism from relatively little-known researchers.    ...

Estonia's second largest city is in the process of renewing its development plan until 2030, and said two more ministries should move to Tartu, after the Ministry of Education moved there in 2001. ...

University of Tartu macroeconomics professor Raul Eamets said the Estonian economy is yet to feel the effects of the Ukraine crisis. ...

It would be wrong to expect that Estonian laws will be translated into Russian on a massive scale, said Kristen Michal, head of the Reform Party parliamentary faction and former justice minister. ...

Danish F-16 jets were scrambled around noon on Tuesday to address unidentified objects nearing Baltic air space. ...

The head of the University of Tartu's Center for Baltic Studies, Heiko Pääbo, said the Ukrainian government is yet to open talks with the rebels, and this would be the key to the first steps towards peace. ...

Tarmu Tammerk, ERR's media ethics adviser, has been elected the president of the Organization of News Ombudsmen.  ...

The Ministry of Education and Research has sent a bill on language requirements for approval to other ministries, proposing a change in Estonian language requirements that are currently impossible to meet. ...

Estonian attacker Frank Liivak, contracted to Napoli, Italy's third best football team this year, has been called up by new coach Magnus Pehrsson for a friendly game against Gibraltar in Tallinn on May 26. ...

Amendments to the Political Parties Act and Advertising Act passed the first reading in Parliament today. ...

The situation in Europe has changed in light of the events in eastern Ukraine, and Europeans must realize that the period of peace that lasted up to now was not unbreakable, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told ETV in an interview aired Monday night. ...

The EU foreign ministers condemned the so-called referendums in eastern Ukraine as invalid and added 13 people to the list of sanctions, economic sanctions are considered only if OSCE negotiations fail. ...

Parliament's Anti-Corruption Select Committee has send the Tallinn government a note asking them to pull an ad campaign promoting Tallinn in the run-up to the European Parliament elections. ...

As the second week of Estonia's largest military games begin, the Defense League, the nation's home guard, have arrived with 800 troops from southern Estonia. ...

ERR sports website's second “Goal of the Month” poll is here, with 65 goals scored in April narrowed down to six. ...

Following an audit and survey conducted regarding the country's municipal nursing homes, the National Audit Office has expressed concern that there is no national level legislation on provision of nursing home services in Estonia, where the elderly have increased in number even against declining overall population.  ...