EDITORIAL ⟩ A happy day for Estonia

Our politicians at the time, led by then-president Lennart Meri, were wise enough to understand that our independence and security must not be taken for granted. As long as Russia has not renounced its imperial ambitions, the threat will always hang over …

FACE OF THE WEEK ⟩ Estonia's chief veterinary officer won sympathy and then lost it

An arbitrary concession on such a crucial issue is, of course, out of the question – especially following provocations that culminated in a PTA official being threatened with an axe at a pig farm near Põlva, where by that time about 20 pigs had died of …

Estonia ready to send one battalion to Ukraine for peacekeeping, PM says

Electricity prices in Estonia to reach highest level of summer on Friday

Electricity prices in Estonia will reach a high for the summer on Friday, peaking at €467 per megawatt-hour on the Nord Pool exchange. The overall average price for Friday stands at €208 per MWh, the highest level for a day since March 31, when the level …

Carbon credits erase rare bird habitat in Estonia

Ornithologist Leho Luigujoe had been watching birds at the same quiet Estonian wetland near lake Vortsjärv for years when he saw a shift in the once grassy landscape. The springy meadow that had once been a rare stronghold for the great snipe, known for …

Mistra-Autex to Add Needlepunch Line in Estonia

Mistra-Autex AS is installing a complete needlepunch line for its plant in Raasiku, Estonia. The new Andritz line will produce various types of nonwovens for surface applications, three-dimensional molding and other technical materials, primarily for the …

Annela Anger-Kraavi: No trust or taking care of one's own in Estonia

That things are going badly in Estonia is something one hears more and more often these days in conversations with people, and fewer and fewer believe that anything will change for the better. Interestingly enough, this is something you now hear not only …

Statistics: Industrial output in Estonia down by 2.2 percent in July

The producer price index of industrial output in Estonia fell by 2.2 percent on year to July this year, state agency Statistics Estonia reports. The producer price index of industrial output expresses changes in the producer prices of industrial goods …

Ministry will no longer determine Estonia's long-term logging volume

The state actually began updating the forestry development plan back in 2018. At the time, the goal was to draft a ten-year plan extending to 2030. Although the plan passed its first reading in the Riigikogu in January 2023, it was never adopted. The …

Efficiency council recommends FSA-Bank of Estonia merger

A state body has proposed the government merge the Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) with the Financial Supervision Authority (Finantsinspektsioon), arguing this would make savings of up to €4 million per year. The council for efficiency and economic growth ( …