A €50 million fund that will invest in defense-related or dual-use technologies will be set up after the government backed a proposal by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform). It will launch this year.
Ragn-Sells, which provides a collection service for packaging waste, is increasing prices in its collection areas and discontinuing the service in some areas.
Because ensuring the normal functioning of everyday life requires exchanging information, our environment needs to be securely regulated. Only then can we trust businesses and organizations to which we surrender our data, Piret Essenson writes.
Experts believe Estonia may have reached the bottom of the recession. While the economy contracted by 2.1 percent last quarter, this is the same level as at the end of 2023.
Hungarian bank OTP may place a bid to buy Luminor, which operates in the Baltics, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
The board, management, staff, and representatives of the Ministry of Culture convened at the Russian Theater in Tallinn on Monday, April 29, to discuss potential avenues for the theater's development, and the renaming was also on the agenda.
The government's plan to make equal cuts across all areas is not a good idea, said President Alar Karis on Thursday. However, he added some action needs to finally be taken after so much discussion.
UK helicopters will fly at night around the central polygon military training ground between May 3-5 as part of NATO's international exercise Swift Response 24.
Aro Velmet, associate professor of history at the University of Southern California, told ERR's "Ringvaade" program that the arrests of peaceful students and faculty at the university were completely unjustified. Velmet, who spoke with students at the time of the arrests, said he would never imagined that we would end up in prison.
Gas company Eesti Gaas will hike the price of natural gas for home consumers in June, giving recent events that have spooked the market and growing demand as the reasons, CEO Margus Kaasik told ERR.
While Estonia's economy shrank by 2.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, Lithuania's economy grew by 2.9 percent in the same period, according to the flash estimate. The growth was driven by both general confidence and government investment, Tõnu Mertsina, chief economist at Swedbank, told ERR radio.
Vectiopep, a spin-off company founded by researchers at the University of Tartu, has raised €450,000 from a syndicate of investors led by Ivo Remmelg and Dag Nurm to help the company reach the next stage of growth. The University of Tartu will also invest in Vectiopep through UniTartu Ventures, a university investment company.
In April, the price of milk fell by almost 25 percent on year, leading to a drop in dairy products prices, data from the Estonian Institute of Economic Research shows. Flour was also cheaper, but eggs were more expensive.
Estonian basketball player Kerr Kriisa is set to play for the prestigious University of Kentucky Wildcats next season.
The principles of competitiveness should be phrased simply and clearly. For example, matching the price of electricity and loan interest rates of Finland would serve as effective targets, businessman Indrek Neivelt writes.
The Estonian team of Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill, who recently won silver at the World Curling Championships in Sweden, have moved to the top of the world mixed doubles rankings.
A roundup of Estonian news and events taking place around the world from May 1-8.
Internal control in the Ida-Viru County town of Kohtla-Järve remains weak and it overlooks the activities of the city government and city departments, the National Audit Office (Riigikontroll) found in a recent report.
The main axis of competition at the June European Parliament elections will be that of the Reform Party and Isamaa. The latter is the chief alternative to the former in domestic politics, while the latter in turn is what has often ruled the day at European elections, Martin Mölder finds in Vikerraadio's daily comment.
In the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, Eesti Energia Group reported revenues of €500 million and normalized net profit of €89 million. Both were down compared to the same period in 2023.
In the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, Eesti Energia Group reported revenues of €500 million and normalized net profit of €89 million. The group produced a record-breaking 646 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity in Q1 and made investments totaling €168 million. €105 million of this was invested by Enefit Green in the development of renewable energy.
Local residents in and near the zone earmarked for the expansion of a military training area in South Estonia say that while they appreciate compensation measures developed by the Ministry of Defense, until the results of a study into potential noise pollution are made available, they are finding it difficult to make decisions on how to utilize any support they may get.
The government needs to change its car tax plan to make sure it meets European Union rules. The latest plan would see the registration fee apply also to second-hand vehicles already registered in Estonia, and because the new scheme would cover more buyers, tax revenue forecasts have also been adjusted upward.
The seventh virtual forum for Estonians worldwide takes place today and is to be live-linked with simultaneous translation into English.
A deal signed between Estonia and Switzerland will aim to improve wildlife monitoring and the effectiveness of biodiversity protection in protected areas in the next few years, the Ministry of Climate says.
