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President Karis at ESTO Youth Congress: Estonians abroad are our spiritual beacons
ERR
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June 30, 2025
This weekend, young people with Estonian heritage from all over the world gathered for the 2025 ESTO Youth Congress took place in Narva. Speaking at the event, President Alar Karis said Estonians living abroad are the country's spiritual outposts...
Master's thesis: Every third teenage girl in Estonia has thought about suicide
ERR
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June 30, 2025
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Among young people, suicide is one of the leading causes of death. WHO data from 2019 showed that suicide ranked as the third leading cause of...
Preparations underway for creation of new Narva-Jõesuu cultural quarter
ERR
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June 30, 2025
Preparations for the creation of a new seaside cultural quarter are well underway in Narva-Jõesuu, Ida-Viru County. The development is expected to be an important tourist attraction for the town in the future. On the morning of Friday, June 27, a...
TalTech invites Estonian universities to establish artificial intelligence consortium
Science|Business
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June 30, 2025
Rector of Tallinn University of Technology, Tiit Land, has called for Estonian universities to join forces in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) collaboration. The aim is to create an inter-university AI consortium to ensure a unified...
Highlights of Estonian National Song and Dance Celebration
Xinhua News Agency
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People pass the torch of the festival flame after its arrival in Narva, Estonia, June 29, 2025. The Estonian National Song and Dance Celebration is one of the largest and most important cultural events in Estonia. It brings together tens of...
Paper: Former deputy mayor urges Reform to work with Center in Tallinn
ERR
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June 29, 2025
Pärtel-Peeter Pere, head of the Reform Party's Tallinn chapter, sent a message to the party's internal mailing list urging fellow Reform Party members to cooperate with the Center Party, Õhtuleht reports. Pere warned fellow party members about the...
It’s Time To Change The Math Calculus: How The US Can Finally Get Math Education Right
Forbes
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Four schoolboys watch as their teacher points to a lesson on the blackboard. Bettmann Archive Julie Fitz, Researcher at the Learning Policy Institute, contributed to this story In recent years, a much publicized “reading crisis” has been a hot...
Estonian’s Parliament resumes efforts to cut ties between Church and Moscow Patriarchate
Church Times
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June 26, 2025
ESTONIA’s Parliament has adopted a revised Churches and Congregations Act, in a fresh legislative effort to cut ties between the Estonian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate. The amended law was adopted last week; 68 members of parliament...
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives to focus on Tartu in local elections
ERR
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June 26, 2025
The Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives (ERK),will focus on making a success of the local elections this fall, especially in Tartu, according to party chair Silver Kuusik. "It's quite clear that Tartu is our priority, both Jaak Valge and...
Estonians postpone expensive dental procedures as cost of living spirals
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment have been a source of complaints for years, but now those queues are disappearing in Tallinn. Dentists are also seeing a decline in workload, as people tend to postpone aesthetic treatments during...
Tallinn mayor: Reform Party bringing Kõlvart back into city government
ERR
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June 26, 2025
The Reform Party has made its decision — to break up the current Tallinn city government and bring the Mihhail Kõlvart-led Center Party back into power in the Estonian capital, Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) said in response to a statement...
Ukrainian nurses graduate from Tallinn Health Care College after relocating due to war
ERR
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June 27, 2025
Ukrainian nurses Oleksanda Pysarenko and Ljubov Boiko, who graduated from Tallinn Health Care College last week, were unanimous in saying that although the Estonian language is difficult, they knew from the start that they would have to learn it...
Estonia already spending more than 5% on Nato defences as it prepares for possible war with Russia
BNE Intellinews
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Nato members are gathering in the Hague for the annual security conference on June 25, where the US is demanding that countries increase their defence spending to at least 5% of GDP by 2035. Estonia is already there. A frontline state and one of...
Former Reform minister says party offered her mayoral candidacy in Tallinn
ERR
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June 27, 2025
Amid tensions in the ruling coalition, Reform politician Maris Lauri says the party has offered to put her forward as its candidate for mayor of Tallinn — while dismissing talk of a deal with Center as political spin. "That opportunity has been...
Reform Party taps businessman Urmas Sõõrumaa as candidate for Tallinn mayor
ERR
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June 27, 2025
On Friday, the leadership of the Reform Party's Tallinn chapter nominated businessman Urmas Sõõrumaa as its candidate for mayor of Tallinn. The coalition Reform Party no longer supports Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) remaining in office. Tallinn...
No plans to scrap kindergarten fees in Reform-led Rae Municipality or Tartu
ERR
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June 27, 2025
While the coalition Reform Party is fighting to scrap kindergarten fees in Tallinn, the idea hasn't even been raised in other Reform-led local governments, including the City of Tartu and Rae Municipality. In recent weeks, members of Tallinn's...
‘We can crack Russia with sanctions’ – Estonian foreign minister says Putin far from victory in Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent
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June 27, 2025
As Russia continues to intensify its onslaught on Ukraine more than three years into the full-scale invasion, Kyiv faces a new challenge – keeping its Western allies, namely the new U.S. administration, engaged in the struggle. This became clear...
Estonia Debuts AI Chatbots for High School Classrooms
IEEE Spectrum
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June 25, 2025
Estonia has a reputation as one of the most digitally advanced nations in the world, thanks to its efficient digital platforms for government services and its startup-friendly culture. Its citizens’ digital prowess is largely due to the...
Center chair denies plans to take office in Tallinn before local elections
ERR
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June 27, 2025
Center Party chair Mihhail Kõlvart on Friday ruled out becoming mayor or taking any other political post in Tallinn ahead of this fall's local elections. Responding in a statement issued Friday to a claim by incumbent Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni...
Three Months of Elections Sketch Dos and Don’ts for EU Democracy Shield
Visegrad Insight
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June 30, 2025
Democratic forces are struggling to win elections convincingly. FIMI/DIMI operations continue to affect results, and build polarisation and political disillusionment, preying on poor leadership. Recent elections in Central and Eastern Europe, most...