EDF colonel: Russia's naval training exercise was smaller than ...
WEB5 days ago — Source: Priit Mürk/ERR. Although Russia boasted its recent naval exercise was the largest ever, the Baltic Sea component was conducted on a smaller scale and on a lower level than announced, Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) Intelligence Center, said. Russian and Chinese warships began conducting joint …
Ceremony marks 80th anniversary of Klooga camp murders
WEB6 days ago — President Alar Karis at the 80th commemoration event at Klooga. Source: Office of the President. A commemoration ceremony was held on Thursday to remember the thousands of Jews who were killed at Klooga Concentration Camp in Harju County on September 19, 1944. The majority of victims were Jews transported to Klooga, part of a …
Tallinn unveils Liivalaia tänav design conditions | News - ERR
WEB6 days ago — Tallinn has unveiled the design conditions for the reconstruction of one of the city's most important streets, Liivalaia. Feedback from local residents and others is being welcomed until October 7. The long-awaited reconstruction of Liivalaia tänav, a key artery of traffic in Tallinn's city center, is beginning to take shape.
Estonia facing growing risk of local diphtheria outbreak
WEB6 days ago — Diphtheria, which recently claimed the life of a four-year-old child in Latvia, is a vaccine-preventable disease. Although an effective vaccine against diphtheria has been available since the 1940s already, the vaccination rate has now fallen to a critical level, leaving Estonia vulnerable to the possibility of similar local outbreaks of the disease.
80 years on: Remembering the horrific events at Klooga
WEB6 days ago — News. Thursday, September 19, marks the 80th anniversary of the mass killing of Jews at the Klooga concentration camp. The atrocity took place near a small village just around 40 kilometers west of Tallinn, where around 2,000 people, many of them women, were brutally murdered by Nazi forces in one of their last actions before fleeing the ...
Foreign Affairs Committee summons foreign minister over …
WEB6 days ago — The Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee will discuss this matter at its October 7 session with Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov," Mihkelson told ERR. "Estonia's foreign policy has consistently been focused on defending the norms and principles of international law and supporting a world order based on …
Economic affairs minister: Layoffs, streamlining on the horizon
WEB6 days ago — Source: Priit Mürk/ERR. News. Significant cuts to personnel costs will lead to layoffs under the economic ministry's umbrella, while many processes will be streamlined, Minister for Economic Affairs Erkki Keldo (Reform) has said. "The exact numbers are for me – and in general – very complex to say, though it will become clearer during the ...
Estonia updates driver's written test questions to be more realistic
WEB6 days ago — News. While the difficulty level has remained unchanged, the Transport Administration has updated the questions included in its driver's written test, or theory exam, to more closely reflect real-life scenarios. The new questions for heavy machinery written tests were rolled out last week and for B category tests on Thursday; new questions will ...
Riigikogu not hurrying on revisiting Soviet-era monuments …
WEB6 days ago — MP Jaak Aab (independent) who chairs the Riigikogu's economic affairs committee, conceded that the so-called law on the removal of Red monuments has not been a priority for the committee. "The issue has been such that officials have not managed to work on it quickly enough, while the committee has had more urgent matters to …
Tallinn's bus route 3 temporarily diverted due to roadwork on …
WEB5 days ago — Due to paving works on Tööstuse and Niine streets, bus line 3 towards Vana-Lõuna will be rerouted for the whole day on Monday (September 23). The stops at Volta, Kungla, Kalamaja, and Põhja puiestee will be skipped on the Vana-Lõuna route. The temporary detour will follow Kalaranna Street and Põhja puiestee, with alternative stops …
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