Riho Terras, a member of the European Parliament and retired general, rightly pointed out that the presence of the United States in Europe is indispensable. Those representing Estonia internationally must do everything they can to ensure this message...

In a video interview with Postimees, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mignon Houston said that the United States sees Estonia as a model for other countries and plans to continue close cooperation with NATO.

It seems that the 1944 defensive battles at the Sinimäed Hills are finally starting to receive the recognition they deserve in Estonian history. For years, fearing Russian propaganda and misunderstanding from Western partners, we have been ashamed o...

AS LHV Pank has submitted a notice of intent to claim a contractual penalty of 247 million euros from the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), alleging that the FIU unlawfully accessed the bank's clients' account statements and balance data ov...

Due to the activation of a new jammer in Russia, the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) and the Transport Administration are drawing attention to increased GPS interference, particularly affecting drone operations.

With the assistance of the Estonian Transport Administration, the captain and the owning company of the tanker Jaguar, which was escorted out of Estonia's economic waters this spring, have been sanctioned, the Estonian Transport Administration announ...

The Viru County Court has sentenced Pavel Kapustin, a Russian citizen residing in Narva, to prison for intelligence activities against the Republic of Estonia and support thereof, as well as providing false information to an administrative body and v...

The Estonian National Opera is ending its cooperation with the director José Cura due to Cura's ties with Russia, which means that the premiere of the opera «Peter Grimes,» scheduled for Sept. 26, will not take place.

This week, streamer Speed, who visited Tallinn and live-streamed the trip to his tens of millions of YouTube followers, sparked a real storm of opinions in the media. Some opined he is a pointless and lame guy, that the 30,000 euros spent on him was ...

Since 2014, more than 25,000 people, including nearly 3,500 children, have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean. For the past ten years, almost every day a child has been lost to the sea. These people did not die in war or natural disasters. The...

Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has signed a directive adding 19 more high-ranking Georgian officials to Estonia's sanctions list, with the entry ban including, among others, Georgia's minister of justice, prosecutor general, members of parliament, p...

The US Embassy in Estonia has announced the death of former US ambassador to Estonia Melissa Foelsch Wells.

The exclusion of women from active service demonstrates outdated thinking and it is time to change it, former Supreme Court chief justice Rait Maruste (RE) believes.

I am simply using the opportunity to express thanks. To express thanks to the person or, more broadly, those people whose work has resulted in Tallinn becoming aviation periphery. Today, one low-cost airline flies from here to barely one destination ...

Putin’s Russia is not standing still. It is moving. The president is of the opinion that Russia does not like peace and quiet – it likes «commotion» (движуха). Russia’s main «commotion,» to use the president’s prison slang, is, o...

President Alar Karis refused to promulgate the Churches and Congregations Act for the second time because he did not consider the amendments made by the Riigikogu to be sufficient. Should the Riigikogu now amend the law again, or would it be better f...

According to calculations by the Ukrainian armed forces, the use of robotics has helped them prevent nearly a third of frontline casualties. Considering the small population and armies of the Baltic states, the policy of preventing casualties against...

When a few weeks ago we hosted the interior ministers of our neighboring countries and took them on a windy boat ride from Narva to Narva-Jõesuu, it was a proud moment to show them: look, this is where one of the EU's external border firewalls will ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev stated bluntly in early June that Russia is not seeking compromise or peace, but victory, MP Kalev Stoicescu (Estonia 200) writes.

The Dance and Song Celebration «Iseoma» has once again shown that the heart of Estonia keeps beating, even when the weather tests us. Under the arch of the Song Festival Grounds and across the field, in a sea of raincoats, we have felt nothing but ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has occupied Tibet against the will of the Tibetan people for more than seven decades now.

The current Weapons Act is heavily affected by outdated thinking that only the police and professional army defend the country, and that the public neither needs to own nor handle firearms – in other words, the fewer weapons in the hands of civilia...

The office of Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise has found that through the enforcement register, Estonian authorities have been investigating the contents of thousands of bank accounts. This has gone on for years, on a massive scale, and without the...

I made a quick trip to Ukraine, and among other things, I heard the buzzing of Shaheds. In connection with that, I first need to report how Estonia's drone development is progressing, security expert Ilmar Raag (The Right) writes.

The Reform Party is attempting to maneuver itself into a much better position for the October local elections through ousting its partners in Tallinn, and additionally, to secure power in both Tallinn and at Toompea in the long term, Tõnis Saarts, a...