Writer and journalist Arkadi Babchenko, who become world-famous in late May 2018 when it was announced that the fierce Putin critic had been killed in Kiev, has been in Estonia since late summer. Some time later, the Ukrainian security service said i...

One should not be fooled by the meek disposition of Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs Heidi Alasepp (49) who took office Wednesday – she is one of only a handful of Estonian women to have visited conflict zones in Afghanist...

The National Audit Office report “Accuracy and legality of transactions in state accounting in 2020” that was published on Tuesday revealed that all summary accounts of costs, expenses, investments and financing transactions in the 2020 state bud...

Former Auditor General, Director of the Estonian National Museum Alar Karis was elected the next president of Estonia with 72 votes of the 68 required on Tuesday. Karis will take office as president in October.

The first round of the 2021 presidential election did not see the 101-member parliament elect former Auditor General, Director of the Estonian National Museum Alar Karis Estonia’s next president.

The Estonian and Latvian prime ministers opened yesterday in Kilingi-Nõmme a high-voltage power line which could be doubtlessly described as the most beautiful in Estonia.

Irja Lutsar, Professor of virology and head of the Science Council, said in the Postimees direct broadcast that the effect of vaccines will weaken over time in case of Covid-19 infections of low and medium severity. “The weakening occurs steadily e...

Yesterday, August 23, was the 32nd anniversary of the Baltic Way human chain which drew attention to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and people gathered again for the occasion. However, the organizers of the Baltic Way could not understand the motive of...

A large number of investments have recently arrived in Estonia from Germany. The best known of these is Volkswagen's intra-group billion-euro investment in the software development business CARIAD. In 2020 Volkswagen chose Estonia as one of its locat...

Perfume creator Tõnu Veiler who brought out his first niche perfume collection last week, hopes to reach the French shops as early as in September. The French were impressed by his packages alone but the aromas definitely convinced them.

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.