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Estonia allocates €600,000 to alleviate Ukraine's humanitarian crisis
ERR
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June 27, 2025
Estonia has allocated over half a million euros to Ukraine to provide food aid, more help for internally displaced people and improved coordination of humanitarian aid. Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) told Ukraine's...
PM Oli holds bilateral talks with Estonian President
Khabarhub
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June 30, 2025
President of Estonia Alar Karis and PM KP Sharma Oli. KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a bilateral meeting with President of Estonia Alar Karis on the sidelines of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development,...
Estonia Signals Readiness to Host NATO Nuclear-Capable Fighter Jets
Sada Elbalad
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June 27, 2025
Fri 27 Jun 2025 | 12:29 PM Estonia has declared its readiness to host NATO aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in a move that reflects the Baltic nation’s growing role in regional security amid rising tensions with Russia. Estonian...
TalTech and Kaupmees Group work together on putting science into practice
Science|Business
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July 7, 2025
Erik Puura, Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), and Vesa Sakari Punnonen, Member of the Management Board at Kaupmees Group, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at promoting youth entrepreneurship...
PM Oli holds bilateral talks with Estonian President Karis in Spain
Nepal News
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June 30, 2025
SPAIN: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has held a bilateral meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis. The meeting took place in Sevilla, Spain, on the sidelines of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development organized by the...
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...
Estonia ready to host nuclear-capable NATO jets
TASS
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June 27, 2025
VILNIUS, June 27. /TASS/. Estonia is ready to host military aircraft with the capability to carry nuclear warheads from their NATO allies, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told the Postimees newspaper. According to the top defense official, F-35...
Tallinn To Host 2026 Forum As Estonia Leads Baltic EU Strategy
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. On July 1, 2025, Estonia is set to pass the baton of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) to Poland, successfully completing its year-long term leading the regional organization....
Azerbaijan, Estonia discuss prospects for agricultural cooperation
Azertag
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June 30, 2025
Rome, June 30, AZERTAC During his visit to Italy, Majnun Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, met with Hendrik Johannes Terras, Estonian Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, on the sidelines of the 44th session of the FAO...
Estonian citizen detained on suspicion of photographing Swedish military base
ERR
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June 27, 2025
A 56-year-old Estonian citizen has been detained by the Swedish police on suspicion of photographing military facilities and unlawfully entering restricted areas, the Baltic Sentinel reports. The Swedish police arrested a woman, who has been named...
Azerbaijan, Estonia hold talks on agricultural cooperation prospects
News.Az
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While visiting Italy, Majnun Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, met with Hendrik Johannes Terras, Estonia’s Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, on the sidelines of the 44th FAO Ministerial Conference. The meeting focused on...
Eleven lighthouses in Estonia to open doors for free on July 1
ERR
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June 30, 2025
July 1 marks the eighth annual celebration of the World Day of Marine Aids to Navigation. In Estonia, visiting 11 lighthouses on this day is traditionally free of charge. Last year, more than 94,000 people visited lighthouses in Estonia — the...
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...
Tallinn deputy mayor: Eesti 200 won't OK scrapping kindergarten fees
ERR
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July 7, 2025
Amid practical concerns, Tallinn Deputy Mayor Aleksei Jašin (Eesti 200) said the city government will need opposition support to eliminate kindergarten fees in the capital, as his party won't be backing the proposal. "We still don't support...
PM Oli meets Estonia's President
The Rising Nepal
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Seville, (Spain), June 30: Prime Minister Oli, who is on an official visit to Spain to attend the United Nations (UN)'s 'Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)' held a bilateral meeting with the President of Estonia...
Estonian disc golf star Kristin Lätt leads by 5 shots at European Championships
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Estonia's Kristin Lätt, the world's number one women's disc golfer, finished the opening day of the European Championships in Langevag, Norway in the lead. The Estonian is 5 shots ahead of her nearest rivals. Lätt completed the 18-hole round in 59...
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...
Estonia's Emeli Jefimova reaches U23 Euros final with fastest time in heats
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Estonia's Eneli Jefimova has reached the final of the women's 50m breaststroke at the European Under-23 Championships in Šamorin, Slovakia. Jefimova was the quickest in the heats and will now be going for glory in the final on Thursday evening....
Estonia the focus country at animation and short film festival in Barcelona
ERR
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June 26, 2025
Estonia is the focus country of this year's Mecal Pro animation and short film festival in Barcelona, which gets underway on Thursday, June 26. The Estonian program features a selection of works by some of the newest talents in Estonian animation...
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...