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Four Estonians to row across the Atlantic Ocean
Estonian World
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August 29, 2025
Four Estonians – Team Rowtalia – are planning to row across the Atlantic Ocean in December; the competition, called the World’s Toughest Row, is an extreme open-water rowing event that lasts almost 40 days and takes the teams from the Canary...
Estonian-founded startup hub Lift99 in Kyiv hit by a Russian missile strike
Estonian World
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August 28, 2025
A Russian missile barrage in Kyiv has damaged Lift99, the startup hub founded by Estonian entrepreneur Ragnar Sass, in one of the latest overnight attacks on the Ukrainian capital. The Estonian-founded startup hub in Kyiv has been badly damaged in...
Estonian students may shun new state-developed AI
ERR
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August 28, 2025
A state-developed artificial intelligence app meant to reach Estonia's schools this fall still faces two major hurdles: students aren't interested, and the law won't allow it. Estonia has spent €1 million on an AI model from U.S. tech giant...
Estonia launches 2-year project to train Ukrainian police leaders
ERR
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August 28, 2025
The Estonian Police launched a two-year project this week to train Ukrainian officers, support the development of the rule of law and increase trust in the police in Ukraine. The scheme will see the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) train...
'Pure evil:' Estonia slams Russia's 'barbaric' attack on Ukraine's capital
ERR
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August 28, 2025
Estonian politicians and diplomats said "barbaric" overnight attacks on Kyiv that killed 18 people, including four children, show Russia has no interest in peace and Ukraine needs "unwavering military support." Russia launched a large-scale aerial...
St. Mary's Cathedral in Tallinn to shine brightly thanks to newly-restored roof
ERR
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August 28, 2025
Just like in previous years, there has been a lot of activity going on at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tallinn this summer. In mid-June, new beams were erected on the roof's ridge, under which the old copper roof was replaced and necessary work was...
Aparaaditehas culture festival taking place in Tartu this weekend
ERR
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August 28, 2025
This weekend (August 28–30), the 10th Aparaaditehas Festival takes place in Tartu. Visitors will have the chance to explore the cultural factory's hidden corners and exciting locations in the surrounding district. The festival kicks off on...
A minority of Tallinn schools to move start of day back to 9 a.m. this year
ERR
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August 28, 2025
While most of Tallinn's 57 schools wait for a new law on start times, several are already implementing the 9 a.m. start with the new academic year starting Monday. As in the rest of the country, at most Tallinn schools the day starts between 8...
Contra Gains Estonian-Latvian Language Award For Uniting Cultures
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28. On 27 August, at Tartu Town Hall, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže announced that the winner of the 2024 Estonian-Latvian Language Award is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...