Even Eduard Vilde would be hard-pressed to adequately describe the poverty of Pashtun villages near the Pakistani border. But the locals regard their newfound peace as more important than work.

Let us talk about women. Something that it seems must be talked about, especially in Afghanistan, as it has been the first thing on the minds of Westerners since the Taliban took over, perhaps even more so than the question of whether Afghanistan cou...

Stanislav Shushkevich, former chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus, tells Postimees about the background of the Belovezh Accords and how he found respect for Boriss Yeltsin’s adviser Gennady Burbulis whom he had until then considered unpleasa...

A powerful explosion was heard near Ilmarise street in Pääsküla between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday. A hiker found a dead body and notified the police soon after.

People’s lives are collapsing in Afghanistan, with everyone dreaming of escaping to the West.

Postimees journalists Erik Prozes and Jaanus Piirsalu will be reporting from Afghanistan over the next seven days.

During a time when electricity and gas prices are breaking records and there is talk of universal food and services price hikes, the Riigikogu has passed an amendment to almost double speed camera fines.

The question is not what Russia's goals are, but how and when it intends to achieve them, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Eerik-Niiles Kross (Reform Party) writes.

Chairman of the energy council of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Engineer of the Year 2021 Arvi Hamburg says in an interview that Estonia and Europe have gotten ahead of themselves when it comes to the green turn and suggests it cannot be done wit...

The market price of electricity will exceed €600 per megawatt-hour on 11 hours on Tuesday, with the price on the Nord Pool exchange reaching €1,000 per MWh in the morning. But prices are shaped by manufacturers stopping consumption rather than ne...

Estonia has identified two positive coronavirus tests that could represent the new Omicron variant of the virus. One passenger suspectedly carrying the new strain arrived in Estonia from Dubai and the other from South Africa via Frankfurt. Both are v...

The next round of government cutbacks will result in the dialing back of fire prevention efforts, layoffs in the Tax and Customs Board and reduced agriculture support from the Ministry of Rural Affairs, while the funding of political parties will als...

People who decide to fight illegal wars for other countries need to be held responsible, legal expert Lavly Perling says in an interview.

The Health Board on Tuesday ordered coronavirus activist Elvis Brauer’s (EKRE) MEM Café to close doors and cease all commercial activity after it repeatedly ignored precepts. Around one hundred people turned up to support the business throughout t...

Chairman of the Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) Martin Helme voiced support for restauranteur Elvis Brauer who refuses to comply with government orders in his establishments on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Monday.

The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has been added to the World Health Organization’s list of worrying strains has been diagnosed in many European countries. The Health Board is set to advise the government on additional measures this w...

A Supreme Court order from Thursday suggests Estonian courts have been too quick to dismiss vaccination requirement complaints. The top court finds that challenges of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) vaccination obligation need to be processed.

Yes, we will be turning to the Supreme Court in this matter, Center Party leader Jüri Ratas said. The Tallinn Circuit Court decided in late October that the coalition Center Party needs to return what has been deemed an illicit donation by the party...

The city of Tallinn’s new trams tender process that has been going on for three years and failed twice in that time has reached a new milestone. Tallinn City Transport AS is no longer forced to negotiate with just a single manufacturer as three bid...

Parliamentary parties agreed to distribute direct investments or so-called Riigikogu protection money based on a new set of rules this year. The 101 delegates have €3 million to distribute, while every investment needs to be tied to a particular MP...

Russian business news portal RBK reports that data from the Russian customs authority suggests top ten Russian so-called secret export destinations include six NATO countries, Estonia among them.

Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet (Reform) said at the government press conference on Thursday that Poland has turned to Estonia for aid and that it will soon be agreed how many people and equipment will be sent.

University of Tartu professor emeritus of criminology Jüri Saar says that those who feel tempted to help people illegally crossing the border by offering them food, warm clothes or a place to lie low are risking tough punishments that can take them ...

Minister of the Environment Tõnis Mölder (Center Party) said at a press conference on Tuesday that the reasons for his resignation concern his health and family and that he has come to the conclusion that self-preservation requires taking a time-ou...

Even though the possibility of Poland evoking NATO Article 4 in connection with the Belarus border situation has been widely discussed in recent days, Estonian Ambassador to NATO Jüri Luik had not heard about relevant plans on Monday.