Injury means key Estonia player Maik-Kalev Kotsar to miss basketball euro finals

Estonian men's national basketball team center Maik-Kalev Kotsar is to miss the FIBA EuroBasket finals starting next week, due to a shoulder injury. "Although I would very much have liked to play in the European Championship finals tournament and …

Estonia reintroduces financial support measure for passenger ferry companies

Two million euros will be allocated for passenger shipping companies to strengthen the sector's competitiveness, the Ministry of Climate announced on Friday. The funding will be paid initially until the end of this year, the ministry said. The support …

VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Madison: Estonia should leave the migration pact

At the end of this year, the government must decide whether Estonia will accept 79 refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (for whom the EU would provide 10,000 euros each for accommodation), send experts to Southern European countries to assist …

Estonia ready to send one company to Ukraine for peacekeeping, PM says

(Corrects to ‘company’ instead of ‘battalion’ in headline and paragraph 1) HELSINKI (Reuters) -Estonia is ready to participate in a peacekeeping operation in Ukraine with a force of up to one company, the Baltic country’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal said …

EDITORIAL ⟩ A happy day for Estonia

Our politicians at the time, led by then-president Lennart Meri, were wise enough to understand that our independence and security must not be taken for granted. As long as Russia has not renounced its imperial ambitions, the threat will always hang over …

FACE OF THE WEEK ⟩ Estonia's chief veterinary officer won sympathy and then lost it

An arbitrary concession on such a crucial issue is, of course, out of the question – especially following provocations that culminated in a PTA official being threatened with an axe at a pig farm near Põlva, where by that time about 20 pigs had died of …

Estonia ready to send one battalion to Ukraine for peacekeeping, PM says

Electricity prices in Estonia to reach highest level of summer on Friday

Electricity prices in Estonia will reach a high for the summer on Friday, peaking at €467 per megawatt-hour on the Nord Pool exchange. The overall average price for Friday stands at €208 per MWh, the highest level for a day since March 31, when the level …

Carbon credits erase rare bird habitat in Estonia

Ornithologist Leho Luigujoe had been watching birds at the same quiet Estonian wetland near lake Vortsjärv for years when he saw a shift in the once grassy landscape. The springy meadow that had once been a rare stronghold for the great snipe, known for …

Mistra-Autex to Add Needlepunch Line in Estonia

Mistra-Autex AS is installing a complete needlepunch line for its plant in Raasiku, Estonia. The new Andritz line will produce various types of nonwovens for surface applications, three-dimensional molding and other technical materials, primarily for the …