In 2013–2016, more precisely for two years and three months, with the regimen of two months at work and two weeks at home, Tarmo Miilits worked as the deputy head of the European Union Afghan police mission (EUPOL).

The Taliban Islamic movement announced its victory over the Afghan government in the presidential palace on Sunday evening. The chaos and fear in the country keep increasing every moment. Estonia’s ambassador to NATO Jüri Luik believes that the ne...

The Taliban forces reconquered Afghanistan very quickly. Once it became clear that the USA and its allies will irreversibly withdraw, the Afghan army lost all combat capability and the two decades of struggle which also saw the Estonians’ participa...

The Alarm Center received a call at 1.44 p.m. on Thursday according to which the smell of gas could be felt coming from a locked apartment door. Because initial information suggested a man under the influence of alcohol was in the apartment, police o...

Tallinn Emergency Medical Service (TEMS) terminated the contracts of around 22 employees who refused to get vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in early August. Some former employees have decided to sue TEMS Chief of Medicine Raul Adlas.

The first rotation of ESTPOL5 Estonian border guard officers returned on Saturday after spending a month helping to guard the Lithuanian border. Team leader Teili Piiskoppel said that migrants coming from Belarus were mostly calm when detained, while...

More and more countries are opting for third vaccine shots. People belonging to risk groups will get their third vaccine shots in Germany and France in September. Israel recently announced as much. Estonia sees no need for third jabs yet.

Riigikogu parties said on Friday that they will not nominate President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Tarmo Soomere (63) as their common presidential candidate as he does not have enough support in the parliament. Soomere can run again in the El...

Less than a month separates us from the start of the school year. Teachers’ associations on Thursday urged students and parents to vaccinate themselves against the coronavirus to make sure the academic year succeeds.

Former commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, MEP Riho Terras (Isamaa) urges the PM and foreign minister to raise the alarm over what he describes as a hybrid campaign against Lithuania.

Head of the Reform Party Riigikogu group Mart Võrklaev told the “Otse Postimehest” webcast that while more vocal members of the government may make it seem like the cabinet is wracked by major differences, that is not the atmosphere in Stenbock ...

Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik (Center) and Minister of Social Protection Signe Riisalo (Reform) on Monday made a proposal to the government to remove from office Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs Marika Priske. “We have ...

Postimees meets Tarmo Soomere at the Taltech Cybernetics Institute at 11 a.m. on Friday – the same time heads of parliamentary parties are holding an online meeting to discuss the presidential election. Soomere is unaware.

The government decided on Thursday to restore the obligation of wearing a mask on public transport and introduce tougher event participant ceilings for venues that do not have infection control measures. The government wants to avoid additional restr...

A vulnerability in the images service of Estonia's personal identification documents database allowed a hacker to download the photos of nearly 300,000 Estonians whose names and personal identification codes they already had.

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform Party) tells Postimees in an interview that she does not know whether Minister of Culture Anneli Ott (Center Party) is vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Estonia is looking at a fine warning of €100,000 a day similarly to Poland unless it stops destroying protected forests. The Ministry of the Environment allows protected areas to be raided and Deputy Secretary General Marku Lamp and State Forest Ma...

Like most airlines, Estonia’s Nordica has also taken a beating in the crisis. Passenger figures fell manyfold last year, with the company generating a loss of over €10 million. State aid in the volume of €30 million was secured to stay in the a...

This Wednesday saw ferry Tõll ram the slip at the Port of Kuivastu, leaving the residents of Estonia’s largest island Saaremaa with one fewer ferry. Operator TS Laevad decided to pull the Hiiumaa ferry Tiiu that carries 150 cars and have it servic...

The collective labor dispute between the Estonian Nurses’ Union (EÕL) and employers is showing no signs of nearing a solution as even the public conciliator failed to bring about a compromise. Negotiations between nurses and employers were held be...

The Center Party on Tuesday discussed the investigation into misuse of official resources by former Education Minister Mailis Reps and decided that the party will need to elect a new Riigikogu group head. Reps will also not continue as Center’s dep...

Even though the first justice minister of re-independent Estonia Jüri Raidla was the ruling coalition’s favorite for president, the former politician turned down the offer.

The next chapter in former Education Minister Mailis Reps’ (Center) official benefits scandal has seen more than a few people ask whether Reps should leave behind not only the position of Center’s Riigikogu group head but politics altogether.

Diplomat Jüri Luik, who has also held several prominent political positions in the last 30 years, is being considered for president. Our conversation did not linger on the topic long, however, as Luik said that to the best of his knowledge, correspo...

The experienced diver, who has been to the wreck of M/S Estonia for six times, says that Finland should know if anyone has visited the wreck in 2019–2021.