Estonian fairytales become fighting games and more at video game hackathon

At a recent Tallinn hackathon, developers and folklorists turned Estonian myths and fairytales into 15 video game prototypes full of kratts, Kalevipoeg and devilish mischief. Held at Tallinn Creative Hub, this past weekend's "Game Jam: Estonian...

Chinese master's student shares Estonian grammar adventures online

For Qiaoqiao Li, a bachelor's in Estonian wasn't enough — last year, she moved from China to Tartu to tackle one of the language's trickiest features in her master's thesis. Li came to Estonia to study the language she loves, and is now focusing...

Tallinn schools still short on teachers after school year begins

Weeks into the new school year, Tallinn schools are still struggling to fill teaching posts, with the biggest shortages in Estonian, English, math and class teachers. Several schools in the Estonian capital have received extensions from the...

Fotografiska Tallinn features Swedish photographer's raw look at childbirth

"To Be Born and to Give Birth" at Fotografiska Tallinn explores the raw power and emotion of childbirth through Swedish photographer Emilia Bergmark-Jiménez's lens. Launched in 2021 as a personal project, Bergmark-Jiménez's documentary series...

From Class to Work: New Opportunities for Businesses and Candidates

The Business Development Fund is implementing the free workforce retraining initiative "From Class to Work." The goal of the Project is to provide businesses with qualified employees who have completed retraining in professional, pre-tertiary, or...

A War and Disaster Medicine Center Opened in Estonia

Today, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) opened a modern war and disaster medicine center in the Raadi military campus. This facility will provide training for active-duty soldiers, reserve medics, and medical students. In...

US Senate approves 'Ironclad' security assistance to Estonia

The United States Senate on Thursday evening voted on a significantly boosted Baltic Security Initiative (BSI) defense package. The spending, which includes an "ironclad commitment" to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, comes as part of the overall...

What happens when using the new EU entry-exit system as it's launch gets underway

Lynn Love Lifestyle Writer and Rebecca Robinson 11:13, 13 Oct 2025 The new entry/exit system aims to boost border security in the EU(Image: Getty ) Scottish tourists are being warned of potential major delays and four-hour queues when visiting EU...

Good life made Estonian senses vocabulary more Western over past 20 years

"We can speak of shared sensory experiences and those that are not shared. Sight and hearing are common to us all and often we don't even talk about them. But everyone perceives taste and smell differently in space and time," says Karin Zurbuchen,...

The 13th Baltic Pitching Forum crowns projects from Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary

10/10/2025 - This year’s edition celebrated Baltic and Hungarian talent, reaffirming Vilnius as the key hub for short-film development in the region The winners of the 13th Baltic Pitching Forum (© Tautvydas Stukas) The 13th edition of the Baltic...

Estonia's Economy Minister Highlights Nature-based Solutions as New Catalyst for Health Tourism's Economic Development

Nature-based solutions could be the new catalyst for the development of health tourism as an economic sector, said Estonian Economy and Industry Minister Erkki Keldo on day one of the European Spas & Balneology Congress 2025 in Haapsalu, organized...

‘Showing the true face of the Church’

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday published Dilexi te, the first major document of his pontificate. Bishops present Dilexi te at an Oct. 9 Vatican press conference. Credit: Vatican Media. The roughly 20,000-word apostolic exhortation follows Pope Francis’...

Martin Öövel and Krister Kruusmaa: Information locked away does not a society serve

News recently broke that Postimees Grupp, Delfi Meedia and Õhtuleht have restricted access to their content over data mining concerns. Since this step concerns a significant part of our journalistic heritage, questions have arisen about how public...

EU to deploy Finnish, Estonian digital public infrastructure model in Nigeria

The European Union (EU), on Thursday, said that it was supporting Nigeria by deploying X-Road model of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as obtained in Finland and Estonia. Gautier Mignot, EU ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said this at the...

Education ministry: High schools cannot just make up admissions rules

The Ministry of Education is unhappy with Lähte High School's decision to admit students through direct offers without interviews or considering final exam results. In September, the Ministry of Education received a letter from a parent whose...

Take a look inside Estonia's only Buddhist monastery

"Pealtnägija" went there to sneak an exclusive peek into the day-to-day life of the house and the monks' lifestyle. Aegna is just off the Viimsi peninsula – ferries going to and from Helsinki pass it, and it is itself easy to reach by ferry from...

How Estonia and the UAE are measuring ambition with precision

When the UAE unveiled its campaign last month to become the “startup capital of the world”, it did so with striking clarity. Training 10,000 Emirati entrepreneurs, creating 30,000 jobs by 2030 and increasing the number of companies in the country...

Justice chancellor: Estonia's activity-based budget still unconstitutional

The activity-based state budget model still prevents Riigikogu members from changing spending and revenue allocations, the chancellor said. "The chancellor has analyzed the current State Budget Act (the so-called base law) and, together with the...

When data becomes the Baltic sports secret

In the Baltic region, something is shifting behind the scenes in sports. Data analytics has moved from a buzzword to a powerful force that shapes every level of competition, from youth football clubs in Riga to professional basketball teams in...

Starmer’s India-inspired digital ID plan tests public trust in the UK

There are some 3 million compelling reasons for Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to roll out a national system of mandatory digital identity cards. That’s the number of signatures on a monster online parliamentary petition opposing his plan —...