Estonia
Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:25:10 +0200Another crack in the digital state’s reputation: Estonia has to apologize to the EU
The inability to complete the development of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in time forced Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets to apologize to both the European Union and the member states of the community a few weeks ago.
Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:22:00 +0200Villager from Przewodów on the missile hits: two of my friends were killed
The village of Przewodów in the eastern part of Poland, with about four hundred inhabitants, is deeply shocked after a tragic accident which took place yesterday afternoon – a grain dryer in the settlement ten kilometers from the Ukrainian border ...
Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:32:39 +0200The war in Ukraine is breaking up Russian families in Estonia
The war in Ukraine has caused conflict among the closest people who had always got along well and had no disagreements on any issue. Rus.Postimees contacted two young people, let's call them Alexander and Anna, who were forced to stop communicating w...
Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:19:00 +0200A new law would bring a 34-percent wage rise overnight
In exactly two years, Estonia will have to adopt the European Union's wage law, which will increase the wages of two very opposite groups, i.e. the minimum wage earners and the politicians.
Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:04:00 +0200Rus.Postimees invites: conference «Can free Russian media change Russia?»
On November 17, from 3 to 6 pm, the conference "Can free Russian media change Russia?" will take place in Fotografiska, Tallinn.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:33:06 +0200Voting rights of Russian citizens – Isamaa and the Reform Party would abolish it, the Social Democrats would keep it
The Reform Party would limit the right of citizens of countries which threaten Estonia's security, i.e. Russia, to elect local government councils, the ruling coalition partner Isamaa is willing to negotiate on this issue, but the Social Democrats fa...
Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:28:49 +0200Assigning a British brigade to the division took a lot of persuasion
The forming of the divisional structure agreed at the summer NATO summit is at least reaching legal formalization. Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur (RE) wants to enter the government in the next few weeks by changing the statutes of the defense forces. ...
Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:06:00 +0200The state’s hasty plan might obstruct wind farms’ development
Wind farm developers fear that the state's radical plan to speed up the introduction of wind energy may result in the opposite – slow down the construction of wind farms. The most serious point of contention is the state's desire to start looking f...
Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:13:00 +0200Marko Mihkelson announces decision to step down as head of foreign affairs committee
Reform Party MP Marko Mihkelson, who has been at the center of a scandal following media reports about him having taken inappropriate photos of children, decided to step down from the position of chairman of the Estonian parliament's foreign affairs ...
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:41:00 +0200600 jobs under threat: several Estonian enterprises laying off workers
The Unemployment Insurance Fund received 17 notices of collective redundancies between October 1 and November 4. However, Lauri Kool, the PR adviser of the Fund, emphasizes that this is not the final number, because these statistics do not include th...
Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:13:08 +0200The Finnish LNG terminal will not receive the Estonian taxpayers’ money
Although the Finnish Ministry of Economy saw the Estonians as shareholders of the Inkoo LNG terminal, the government put an end to their hopes and expectations.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:59:41 +0200Strength of territorial defense units will be doubled
Commander of the Defense League, Brigadier General Riho Ühtegi, yesterday quoted the legendary general of the War of Independence, Aleksander Tõnisson: “Every Red must meet the bullet at every corner, every tree, every bush.” It was meant to ex...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:55:00 +0200Financial Supervision Authority: 32,000-euro fine makes the Estonian state a laughing stock
Several law amendments are underway in Estonia, which would subject a number of companies to the control of the Financial Supervision Authority (FSA). The head of the agency, Kilvar Kessler, says, however, that until fines are not increased, the crim...
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:05:27 +0200US diplomat at NATO: all allies could help Ukraine the way Estonia does
More allies could adopt the societal approach as Estonia when helping Ukraine, says Rachel Ellehuus, top representative of the US Department of Defense at the NATO headquarters.
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:01:00 +0200Rent is plummeting; Tallinn has been flooded with apartments
The number of rental apartments in Tallinn has steeply increased and experts explain it with two main factors. Those seeking for an apartment can negotiate significantly lower rent than in the spring and the cost of already closed deals may drop.
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:57:00 +0300MP was caught having taken inappropriate photos of a minor
It happened a few years ago, when a parent, whose name we will not disclose, accidentally discovered pictures on his child's cell phone, the contents of which allegedly made his legs give way. It was that shocking to him.
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:04:25 +0300Estonia’s home Internet speed is lower than in Russia or Moldova
Despite the popular practice of marketing Estonia as a digital state, the speed of home Internet here is lower than that of such “digital giants” as Russia, Moldova, Bulgaria or Serbia.
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:25:36 +0300Deadline brought forward: Estonia bans in December any oil import from Russia
Estonia brings forward the ban on oil products imported from Russia. If the government approves the decision, the ban will come into effect from the beginning of December, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) confirmed to Postimees.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:34:01 +0300Conflict over the new head of police: Läänemets prefers Kommusaar, Kallas Belichev
It came as a surprise to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas that Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets recommended Veiko Kommusaar as the candidate for the position of director general of the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), because she had previously cons...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:22:44 +0300Crime report obstructs professional politician’s path to the Court of Auditors
The timeline of the circumstances leading Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform Party) to the European Court of Auditors suggests that former finance minister Pentus-Rosimannus got fed up with politics and the Court of Auditors was a golden umbrella for her...
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:27:00 +0300POSTIMEES IN UKRAINE ⟩ Commander of a Ukrainian reconnaissance platoon: we work like a McDonald‘s cash register
Reporters of Postimees had the opportunity to spend a day on the southern front to observe the activities of the tactical air reconnaissance platoon, or aerorozvidka, of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The group of a few dozen pilots is led by a 47-year...
Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:19:48 +0300The Riigikogu reached a rare consensus when declaring Russia terrorist
The Riigikogu yesterday condemned the annexation of the territory of Ukraine and declared the Russian regime terrorist.
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:18:13 +0300A dozen minutes between the air raid alert and the first explosions
Russian forces were driven away from Mykolaiv in early April but the frontline is still close to the city. Kherson is less than a hundred kilometers away and therefore life in the region’s capital is anything but peaceful.
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:51:06 +0300Theater in Mykolayiv relieves the pain of war in and brushes away worries
Having arrived in Mykolayiv near the southern front, the Postimees reporters found out that even though the air raid warnings sound in the city every day with short breaks and the Russian troops randomly attack residential districts with rockets and ...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:32:00 +0300The Language Institute is tampering with mother’s tongue but no one understands what is going on
Many language enthusiasts have expressed concern recently - the Institute of the Estonian Language (EKI) is doing something incomprehensible with the written Estonian language. We have heard the signal: the language norms and style assessments taught...