Civic notices and European news from Estonia.
Saaremaa Municipality has spent years developing a comprehensive plan for the island but fears some previously approved reductions to coastal construction restrictions may not carry over.
34m ago · Read at ERR News →
The so-called Poluverniki, who lived near Iisaku on the northern shore of Lake Peipus, were not Russified Votes but may have descended from a distinct Finnic tribe.
1h ago · Read at ERR News →
A bill to create a national defense court has passed its first reading in the Riigikogu, despite opposition from the Supreme Court chief justice and the justice minister.
2h ago · Read at ERR News →
Like elsewhere in Europe, pursuing economic growth has become almost unfashionable in some circles in Estonia. More and more frequently, people ask whether we really need to produce, consume and grow more. Is it not time to settle for less?
2h ago · Read at ERR News →
As long as Russia needs the Baltic oil channel to keep its war machine running, tensions in the Gulf of Finland will not ease, former navy commander, Commodore (ret.) Jüri Saska said.
3h ago · Read at ERR News →
Last year 5,782 people in Estonia changed their registered ethnicity from Russian to Estonian, part of 9,632 ethnicity changes recorded in total, Maaleht reported.
4h ago · Read at ERR News →
Estonia is the latest country to say it will not allow Russian or Belarusian athletes to compete on its territory as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
16h ago · Read at BBC News Europe →
Former Estonian ambassador to NATO Jüri Luik says it's troubling that the U.S. has allowed Russia to make demands about Europe's security alongside Ukraine peace talks.
18h ago · Read at ERR News →
Estonian prime minister Kristen Michal lays out how to build up Europe's defences. He also urges the use of Russian assets frozen in Belgium, and discussed Baltic expertise in fighting Vladimir Putin.
19h ago · Read at EUobserver →
Elderly residents in Ida-Viru County have lost the right to free bus travel after a pilot project's budget ran out in under two months due to uptake being underestimated.
19h ago · Read at ERR News →