Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said at a public sitting of the Riigikogu Social Affairs Committee on Monday that Estonia is now in a code red situation regarding the coronavirus, with 21.5 percent of all tests returning positive and hospitals tr...

The Estonian government has imposed stricter coronavirus related restrictions from Monday, according to which a negative coronavirus test is no longer sufficient to enter various public venues.

Several members of the opposition Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) said on Sunday that they will quit the party following an anti-vaccination rally held in Tallinn’s Freedom Square on Saturday and the party leaders' statements there.

After several days of waiting and still waters, the Center Party has approached the Social Democratic Party (SDE) for coalition talks in the capital.

Estonia has an exception for coronavirus vaccine booster doses. They have been made available to medical workers, teachers, social workers and people 65 or older for whom six months have passed from their second shot. At the same time, those administ...

The government on Monday decided to order additional coronavirus restrictions. For example, a negative test result will no longer replace a Covid certificate in some establishments. A simplified quarantine procedure will enter into force after the Oc...

The 2021 local elections saw more than a few key developments. The Center Party lost its absolute majority in Tallinn, with Katri Raik’s Election Coalition winning Narva and premise created for a so-called Süku coalition in Tartu. Tallinn’s Must...

Sunday marked polling day of the 2021 local government council elections in Estonia. Preliminary results put voter turnout at 54.7 percent, with record 275,587 votes cast electronically between Monday and Saturday. People supported election coalition...

Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said that confirmation from the Competition Authority means it is virtually certain Estonia will pay part of the electricity transmission fee for all consumers and offer less fortunate households additional ...

President Alar Karis’ meetings with President of Latvia Egils Levits and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö were postponed due to Covid.

The police will be paying more attention to companies’ obligation to ask patrons to produce Covid certificates in order to contain the spread of the virus.

The Estonian National Museum will be run by the outgoing head of the Estonian Cultural Endowment Kertu Saks who takes a deep and personal interest in cultural history and especially folklore and considers museums and visitors’ centers her specialty...

A major political storm is brewing in Lithuania concerning a barbed wire tender from Estonia.

Estonia’s COVID-19 scientific advisory committee recommends ramping up control over compliance with coronavirus measures – masks and the digital Covid certificate. Another proposal concerns issuing short-term certificates of having recovered from...

In his first speech to the Riigikogu, President Alar Karis said that an intelligent people had been one of his ideals before he became president.

Kersti Kaljulaid gave her last interview as president in a room that used to be the office of a chief militia constable in Soviet days. The venue, while chosen quite incidentally, illustrates one of Kaljulaid’s theses: it took someone making decisi...

Mayoral candidates for the Tallinn opposition want to contrast to the Center Party despite sporting similar visions for the capital’s future.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Tallinn on Tuesday to give Estonia’s recovery and resilience plan, pledging around one billion euros for investments and reforms by 2026, the green light.

Monday will mark the start of local government council elections in Estonia. There are no direct restrictions or obligations at the first elections to be held in Estonia in the conditions of COVID-19.

Postimees visited the border of Afghanistan on the Pyandzh River and joined local men in observing the Taliban on the opposite bank who have promised not to attack their compatriots in Tajikistan.

While recent years have revealed two holes in the starboard side of the hull of sunken passenger ferry MS Estonia, the private Mare Liberum expedition discovered a third opening on Thursday morning.

Today the expedition organized by the SA Mare Liberum completed the underwater and exploration works at the site of the Estonia ferry disaster and began its return journey to the port of Eemshaven.

Hydrographer Peeter Ude, working as part of the private MS Estonia expedition, has not yet found the shipping containers he believes lie next to the wreck of MS Estonia. However, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) piloted by Ude happened upon thr...

The rebels in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley are taking advantage of discord between groups inside Taliban and paying its members to keep supply routes open, former Afghanistan soldier Abdul Mateen Farhang tells Postimees.

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) sent to the car deck of the sunken ferry MS Estonia on Sunday managed to film car deck doors leading to lower passenger decks two of which are intact and closed.