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Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:49:04 +0300
Officials disguised their arbitrary action with lies
The proposal for faster employment of Ukrainian doctors and nurses was rejected at the latest sitting of the Riigikogu Social Affairs Committee. Officials described the extension of special treatment to all citizens of third countries a political dec...

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:00:54 +0300
Schools for Ukrainian children were completed in three months
A miracle has been made in three months – Tallinn has created from scratch schools for Ukrainian pupils and found teachers for them, despite the shortage of pedagogues.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:27:43 +0300
Social Insurance Board threatens to deprive hundreds of Ukrainian refugees of shelter
Hundreds of Ukrainian war refugees are threatened with the loss of their hard-established homes in Estonia as the Social Insurance Board (SKA) demands that the already notorious Mäepealse and Kopli apartment buildings in Tallinn must be vacated by t...

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:33:14 +0300
Lawyer: compensation for vaccine damage does not observe the principles of good faith or there is no real understanding of actual situations
People whose severe health damage gas gone uncompensated, whose illness is not associated with the corona vaccine and who consider the interpretation of the law, the content of the evidence used and their collection to be sometimes skewed, are consid...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:50:39 +0300
First Estonian volunteer in Ukraine was decorated for courage
German Barinov, 25, has become the first among Estonian volunteers fighting in Ukraine to receive decoration for courage from the president of Ukraine. German was supposed to receive the order on Ukraine’s Day of Independence, but he had to stay on...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:16:46 +0300
Another drunken driving case cost Indrek Tarand his job
Indrek Tarand, former member of the European Parliament (MEP), who was supposed to start working as the deputy head of the Estonian embassy in Minsk and was driving under the influence of alcohol on Wednesday night, submitted his resignation after be...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:07:40 +0300
Red monument in Riga is coming down despite opposition of some aggressive men
The demolition of the massive Soviet-era column and its accompanying sculptures, which have been spending their final days in Victory Park in the center of Riga, began almost as suddenly as the recent relocation of the T-34 tank and other Red monumen...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:22:00 +0300
According to the FSB, Dugina's killer fled to Estonia through the Pskov region
According to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the killer of Darya Dugina, the daughter of the Russian ideologist Alexander Dugin, escaped to Estonia through the Pskov region. The Police and Border Guard Board do not publish the data of bor...

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:58:54 +0300
«It makes sense to take time out» – construction projects are being frozen in Estonia
Construction projects are being put on hold in Estonia one after the other. One need not look far for the reason: the state sector wanted to spend 47 million for the construction of the Viljandi hospital, but it just became clear that the price will ...

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:16:00 +0300
Rising electricity price hits the enterprises hard
Entrepreneurs are looking forward to autumn with fear, because in addition to the increase in consumer prices, high energy costs can lead to partial production shutdowns and layoffs.

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:44:00 +0300
The tank is gone but grudge remains
I have not seen for a long time such a large concentration of police officers as in Narva on Tuesday. Possibly during a game of the London Arsenal football team at their home field, the Emirates Stadium, years ago. The comparison is a bit inappropria...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:51:25 +0300
Russian students nearing graduation were granted ome relief
The increasing social pressure this week brought a result: the government is extending the residence permit of students who are Russian citizens and are about to finish their studies. Access to Estonia was made even more difficult for other Russian c...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:43:52 +0300
A nearly four-meter sunflower decorates a garden in Jõgeva
Tiia Vare who lives in the town of Jõgeva, planted some seeds in honor of Ukraine a few months ago, which have now grown into a giant sunflower.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:41:49 +0300
How they wanted to hand over Estonia’s LNG terminal to the Russians
In May, desperation struck Estonia: negotiations for the planned construction of the Pakrineeme port berthing pier for a floating LNG terminal, which promised a possible solution to the gas drought, were on the verge of failure. The Paldiski Northern...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:06:48 +0300
Honorary Consul of Estonia in Mozambique: Estonian companies could benefit from Africa's rapid development
Estonian companies have great opportunities in Mozambique, confirms Jose Dai, honorary consul of Estonia in the African country with a population of 31 million people.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:01:04 +0300
Attack against the prime minister continues: Russian ambassador to Estonia accuses Kallas of nationalism
The Russian ambassador to Estonia, Vladimir Lipayev, called Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (RE) statement about tourist visas nationalistic.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:30:00 +0300
Estonia leaves China's European 16+1 cooperation format
Estonia will no longer participate in the cooperation format of Central and Eastern Europe and China. 

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:04:06 +0300
Food in Estonia sometimes more expensive than in Finland
A price comparison of Estonian and Finnish food products made by Helsingin Sanomat revealed that food is already more expensive here than in Finland. At the same time, the wages of Estonians amount to only half of those of the Finns.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:57:58 +0300
Olerex customer service: clients are cheated and employees not cared about
The discount campaign of Olerex, which has tricked many customers who hoped to get a discount of 8.3 cents per liter of fuel, tests the nerves of not only the customers but also those of the customer service representatives who have to deal with the ...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:59:19 +0300
PHOTOS ⟩ Shopping in Sõle Rimi like there was no tomorrow
Since the Rimi store on Sõle Street in Tallinn will be closed for good, the store held a closing sale.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:50:39 +0300
Violations of public procurement surface by accident
It was only recently when the purchase of rapid corona tests resulted in a criminal case against the former minister of education and research. Questionable procurements which have taken place in health care now and then give the impression that part...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:37:09 +0300
Jelena Ostapenko will take part in the Tallinn Open WTA 250 tennis tournament
Latvian number one Jelena Ostapenko (WTA 16) has confirmed her participation in the Tallinn Open WTA 250 tennis tournament.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:27:18 +0300
A resident in conflict with the municipality exposed an official’s lack of education
A resident of Haljala municipality appealed to the local government because the road she used to reach her properties was in a bad condition. Some time later, the municipality repaired the road, but then closed it with signs forbidding entry. A two-y...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:18:03 +0300
PHOTOS ⟩ Large traffic jam of ships near Estonia’s coast
A traffic jam of ships waiting for the opportunity to enter Russian ports has built up in the Gulf of Finland between the Käsmu Peninsula and Finland’s Porvoo. When Postimees flew over the Gulf of Finland in a light aircraft, 21 vessels had anchor...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:04:38 +0300
Krisli Melesk, who conquered K2: this is totally different from Mount Everest
The achievement of Krisli Melesk, who reached the top of the worlds second-highest mountain, the 8,611-meter K2, quickly reached the public through the media, but the world traveler herself remained elusive. The reason was simple: Melesk kept in to...



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