Estonia's Office of the Prosecutor General has filed a criminal case based on evidence suggesting that over 35 million euros obtained from a crime in Ukraine were laundered through an Estonian-registered company and integrated into the legal financia...

A bill in the Riigikogu aims to end the influence of the Moscow Patriarchate in Estonia, which operates in symbiosis with the Kremlin, while ensuring freedom of religion is upheld. However, today, the abbess of the Kuremäe Convent released a stateme...

Compared to other countries, the power system of Estonia and the Baltic states as a whole is relatively small and, moreover, in deficit. The region's own electricity generation does not cover its consumption, and the share of imported electricity in ...

On Sunday evening, a Lux Express coach bus was involved in a serious traffic accident in Russia, in which two passengers were killed, according to Ingmar Roos, a member of the company’s management board.

The Tallinn Administrative Court on Thursday rejected a complaint by pro-Kremlin activist Zoja Paljamar, expelled from Estonia in the summer of 2023, in which she sought the restoration of her residence permit.

A strong economy, good defense capabilities, and expensive energy produced in an unreasonable manner don't fit together in the same equation, electrical engineer Priit Tammeraid writes.

In my previous overview of the Russian food market, I focused on the prices of vegetables and dairy products. However, price hikes were comprehensive: in 2024, all prices rose, from gasoline to bread. In January 2025, inflation accelerated, and annua...

The Estonian defense forces have received their first batch of CAESAR MK1 155mm self-propelled howitzers, mounted on a 6×6 chassis, which will be deployed in the newly established third self-propelled artillery battalion under the direct command of ...

In a phone call on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas agreed on the need to exert strong pressure on Russia to resolv...

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna had his first phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, in which he congratulated his US counterpart on his appointment and said he is looking forward to working together on advancing the i...

We are not mentally or practically prepared for the possible changes that will accompany the change in worldview, Heido Vitsur, economic analyst at LHV Pank, writes.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced last Monday in Strasbourg, at the beginning of the parliamentary plenary session, that the Parliament has received a request to revoke the immunity of Estonian MEP Jaak Madison (Center Party)).

A special mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is coming to Estonia in February with the aim of forming a legal assessment of the Estonian e-election system along with recommendations, Andres Aule, a member of the...

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on three staffers of Russia's military intelligence agency GRU, who conducted a cyberattack against Estonia in May 2020.

Many drone pilots in Estonia received a letter from the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) this week, notifying them that due to the unstable situation at the border, drone flights are prohibited.

Postimees agrees with Prime Minister Kristen Michal, who believes that the country should aim for 5 percent of the GDP in defense spending. However, we also agree with Meelis Oidsalu, editor of our «Power and Security» segment of Fookus, who argues...

The past year of 2024 brought many unpleasant surprises to Russians, the main one being a significant increase in food prices, Andrey Kuzichkin, columnist and expert on Russia, writes.

Estonian Minister of the Interior Lauri Läänemets is to present a draft order to the government on Thursday, involving the Kaitseliit (Defense League) volunteer corps in the protection of critical energy infrastructure.

When it comes to raising Estonia's defense spending to 5 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), money collected from taxes in Estonia is not enough and help should also come from the European Union, Prime Minister Kristen Michal said on Thursda...

Fermi Energia has taken a significant step towards Estonia's energy future by submitting an application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications to initiate a national designated spatial plan for a 600-megawatt nuclear power plant, Kale...

The government has so far hardly considered electricity supply an integral part of security and national defense, Kristjan Järvan, deputy mayor of Tallinn (Isamaa), writes.

On December 7, 2023, police responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment in the Kopli district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Upon arrival, they identified a man in his 30s, Sergei, and his partner, both of whom appeared to be extremely...

Demographer Mare Ainsaar said on the ETV program «Esimene stuudio» («First Studio») that it is bad when politicians talk too much about birth rate issues. The problem is not talking about the birth rate, but associating it with indirect and extra...

Meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh in Tallinn on Friday, President Alar Karis stressed the long-standing and strong friendship between Estonia and the United Kingdom, which dates back to the beginning of the last century.

Ukraine launched an extensive attack on Russian military targets on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 15. Over the course of the three-year war, Ukraine's capabilities and approach have evolved, and the only way forward now is t...