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The Chief of the Estonian Defense Forces, Major General Riho Terras, welcomed the last Estonian infantry company returning from Afghanistan on Saturday, saying it is thanks to their service that NATO fighters are policing the Estonian air space today. ...

The commercial bank with the most pessimistic outlook on the country's economic growth for 2014, SEB, says even its figure may be too high.   ...

All political parties know that security and the Russian threat are their main fare in these elections. Yet they are at a loss as to which fork and knife to use and how to serve it up to the voters. Sadly, some parties have forsaken all table manners that have applied in Estonian political campaigns up to now, political scientist Tõnis Saarts writes in uudised.err.ee's election blog.   ...

The political parties are more likely to succeed in the European elections than the independent candidates because they lack a strong message, political scientist Tõnis Saarts said. ...

The choice between creating a new Russian-language channel and enhancing the existing ones must be made after careful analysis, and the funds will be found if necessary, Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas says.   ...

The Estonian top football league is rounding into a pecking order, with FC Infonet in Tallinn on course to mix up the usual cast of actors. ...

Stuart Garlick looks at reasons for Estonia's failure at Eurovision 2014, and ways the country could improve its standing at future editions of the contest. ...

Political scientist and former presidential candidate Rein Taagepera says Russia is increasingly encircled by the West, but this is the result of President Vladimir Putin’s steps. ...

Kalev/Cramo has defeated rival TÜ/Rock 75-72 in the first game of the Estonian basketball championships. ...

When it comes to the survival of the Estonian nation, the responsibility cannot be put on the shoulders of women alone, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in his Mother’s Day speech on Sunday. ...

Estonia's two largest media companies, Ekspress Grupp (Delfi) and Eesti Meedia (Postimees) have agreed on the value of co-owned daily Õhtuleht and magazine publisher Ajakirjade Kirjastus, marking a huge step forward in the sale of the two media units to Ekspress Grupp. ...

According to the flash estimates of Statistics Estonia, the gross domestic product of Estonia contracted 1.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014 ...

Estonia's Eurovision entry, Tanja's "Amazing", picked up 36 points in the first semifinal last Tuesday in Cophenhagen, Eurovision announced Sunday. ...

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 Internal Security Service (ISS, or KaPo) has detained Galina Vologdina, the head of the Social Services Department in Estonia's third-largest town, accusing her of defrauding the state. ...

The Ministry of Justice launched an initiative to translate around 50 of the most important laws into Russian, which should be completed by the end of the year. ...

After an unofficial meeting of EU transport ministers, Urve Palo, the Estonian minister, said her Lithuanian colleague said Vilnius can be joined to the Rail Baltic project at a later stage, removing the biggest obstacle to moving forward with the Baltic high-speed rail link. ...

Danish NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, speaking at Tallinn University on Friday afternoon, said that like the Dannebrog banner that legend holds fell to ground from heaven on Toompea in Tallinn's Old Town and allowed King Valdemar II to rally his troops in 1219, he was "happy to land in Estonia" during his two-day visit to the country. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an ukase on Thursday, ensuring lifelong benefits to certain categories of veterans of World War II living in the Baltic states. ...

Low early spring-like temperatures may have passed, but the warm weather will come at a price – a weekend of non-stop rain. ...