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Residents of Estonia crossing into Russia might be coerced into spying against their country, the foreign ministry has warned. Recent cases show the FSB preying on travellers to build networks in European countries.
The Parliament Magazine
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August 26, 2025
Estonia has tightened its travel advice for Russia due to growing fears that Russian intelligence officers might threaten or attempt to recruit Estonian residents, putting pressure on the thousands of people each week who travel between the two...
Historian: Exhuming Estonian statesman's remains 'absurd'
ERR
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August 28, 2025
Vilms' remains are buried in the Pilistvere Andrease church cemetery in Viljandi County. However, due to the unclear circumstances surrounding his death — he was executed in Finland in spring 1918 but there is at least one alternative theory to...
Restored 17th century Tallinn bastion to include school sports facilities
ERR
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August 28, 2025
Restoration works of the seventeenth-century Skoone Bastion in central Tallinn are reaching their final stages, ending four years of work. The area is to be set aside for sports and physical education for schools located in the nearby Old Town...
From Mukesh Ambani to Bill Gates: Why are billionaires picking Estonia for their e-residency?
Financial Express
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Among the most notable personalities in the world are Mukesh Ambani, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama. And they all have something in common. Apart from their hefty net worth, be it Ambani or Obama, they all have an e-residency of Estonia. But it is...
Tallinn's Suur-Sõjamäe area looked at for possible new large sports arena
ERR
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August 27, 2025
The Estonian Olympic Committee (EOK) is investigating sites for a potential new large sports arena in Estonia, with the Suur-Sõjamäe rail freight yard in the Ülemiste district of Tallinn being one possibility. The Reform-Eesti 200 coalition...
Estonia's average salary rises by over 13% in second quarter of 2025
ERR
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August 27, 2025
Salaries rose by an average of 13.8 percent on year in the second quarter to over €2,200, newly released data from Statistics Estonia shows. One economist has questioned whether the calculations contain a statistical error. The average salary for...
Austria's Public Education Expenditure in the Lower Middle Range of the EU
Vindobona
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In total, EU countries spent €806 billion on education in 2023. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2023, EU countries spent a total of €806 billion on education, which corresponds to an EU average of 9.6 percent of...
Tallinn greenlights detailed plan for new US embassy complex
ERR
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August 26, 2025
Tallinn City Government has set up the detailed plan which grants the building rights for a new United States embassy complex, with building likely to start within the next two years. The plot at Suur-Ameerika 3 and Väike-Ameerika 4 in central...
Estonian's distant cousin languages invaluable but not always accessible
ERR
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August 26, 2025
Some of the best clues to evolution of the Estonian language come from its Finno-Ugric and Uralic cousins. Researchers face challenges from dwindling speaker numbers to restricted access in Russia, but studying these distant linguistic relatives...
Rising NEET Rates And The Countries Where Gen Z Is Being Left Behind
24/7 Wall St.
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August 29, 2025
Key Points NEET is an acronym referring to young people “not in education, employment or training.” While NEET rates have fallen since cresting in 2020, dozens of countries have reported rises in the share of youth not employed or in education....
Gallery: Latvia's 'Flow' brings its Oscar to Estonia for Baltic Film Days
ERR
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August 26, 2025
The Baltics' first Oscar is in Estonia this week as the acclaimed Latvian animated feature "Flow" opens the ninth Baltic Film Days in Tallinn on Tuesday, offering moviegoers a rare chance to see the statuette up close. "What makes this year's...
Bank of Estonia expert: Cause for concern over Estonia's fiscal situation
ERR
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August 27, 2025
The Ministry of Finance presented its summer economic forecast on Tuesday, giving both the Reform Party and Eesti 200 the basis to consider scrapping several previously planned tax hikes. Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) has said the...
Refugee aid chief: Estonians should pressure politicians over genocide in Gaza
ERR
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August 27, 2025
We know the situation there has been complicated since the conflict flared up about two years ago. Just how bad is it right now in the Gaza Strip specifically, including Gaza City? Is famine the main problem? Just last week, the Integrated Food...
Estonians want fewer children and later in life, study shows
ERR
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August 26, 2025
In addition to crisis-related factors and demographic changes exerting a downward effect on the birth rate in Estonia, people are also tending to desire fewer children, if at all, and are also having them later, Tallinn University professor of...
Bishop honored for his 35 years in ministry
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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WARREN — The Ohio Central East Jurisdiction, along with Monument of Faith Church of God in Christ and the local churches throughout Warren and Youngstown, recently celebrated Bishop David L. Herron Sr.’s 35 years in ministry, 45 years of marriage...
Minister: Economic outlook allows for wage hikes next year in culture and sport
ERR
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August 27, 2025
The economic forecast published on Tuesday favors wage increases in the areas of culture, folk culture, and sports, Minister of Culture Heidy Purga (Reform) said, adding her goal is to do so next year. Sport in Estonia falls under the culture...
Culture Night festival takes over Tallinn's streets on Friday
ERR
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August 25, 2025
A one-day festival will take place in Tallinn on Friday to highlight the richness of the city's cultural scene, highlight the richness of the city's cultural scene. Urban culture festival Kultuuriöö ("Culture Night") will have more than 20 events...
Estonia celebrates Night of Ancient Bonfires on August 30
ERR
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August 25, 2025
On Saturday evening, fires will be lit at sunset around the Baltic Sea coast to mark the annual Night of Ancient Bonfires to mark the end of summer. The fires are lit to commemorate the old coastal signal fires that were lit at sunset to guide...
Latvia's 'Flow' brings its Oscar to Estonia for Baltic Film Days
ERR
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August 26, 2025
The Baltics' first Oscar is in Estonia this week as the acclaimed Latvian animated feature "Flow" opens the ninth Baltic Film Days in Tallinn on Tuesday, offering moviegoers a rare chance to see the statuette up close. "What makes this year's...
Gallery: Estonia opera opens 120th season with gala and theater fair
ERR
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August 26, 2025
The Estonian National Opera kicked off its 120th jubilee season Sunday with a gala concert, previews of upcoming productions and its annual theater fair with costumes and props for sale. During intermissions, visitors could explore the opera and...