Services notices and news from Estonia.
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 →
An outage affecting services provided by Microsoft disrupted operations at numerous Estonian institutions and businesses on Friday, including government agencies, many of which use the company's office software.
20h ago · Read at ERR News →
The Health Board has authorized Tallinn Ambulance to operate two reduced-staff nursing ambulance crews during daytime hours in 2027.
23h ago · Read at ERR News →
Growing anxiety over upper secondary school admissions is driving more Estonian ninth-graders to take paid exam preparation courses, raising concerns about unequal access to educational support.
1d ago · Read at ERR News →
Latvian bus operator Ecolines is operating services on the Tallinn-Moscow route. The Ministry of Regional Affairs issued the company the necessary license, as neither European sanctions nor Estonian law prohibit such business.
3d ago · Read at ERR News →
Nearly 10 percent of Estonia's healthcare needs — almost 300,000 cases of treatment — are unfunded, the new head of the country's largest hospital says.
3d ago · Read at ERR News →
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund has suspended its new appointment reminder service after testing revealed inaccurate patient information and duplicate notifications.
4d ago · Read at ERR News →
While Tartu already offers phone-based fare validation on public transport, Tallinn is pushing back the launch of its own tap-to-validate system until next spring.
5d ago · Read at ERR News →
Nearly 110,700 people in Estonia are on patient lists without a permanent family doctor, up from 72,500 four years ago, a new National Audit Office analysis found.
11/7/2026 · Read at ERR News →
Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) conscripts serving in a Tallinn-based unit have been facing difficulties getting dentist appointments, the acting chancellor of justice found.
11/6/2026 · Read at ERR News →