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Christmas cats waiting for a home in Tallinn

Christmas cats waiting for a home in Tallinn
Full-scale models of the CTM-MR, CTM-ASBM and CTM-290 rockets. Photo by Mztourist, shared under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Estonia to buy Korean rocket launchers
An exhibition at Fotografiska Tallinn. Credit: Fotografiska Tallinn

Fotografiska Tallinn initiative backs emerging Baltic and Finnish artists
food, folklore and winter rituals

food, folklore and winter rituals
Estonia has begun installing the first bunkers in southeastern Estonia near the Russian border, part of a wider Baltic Defence Line. Photo: Hendrik Tali/ECDI

Estonia begins installing first bunkers on border with Russia
Estonia reports illegal Russian border crossing on the Narva River

Estonia reports illegal Russian border crossing on the Narva River
The US Air Force transport plane at Estonia's Ämari Air Base in 2024. Photo: Estonian Defence Forces

when America steps aside, who defends Europe?
Estonia to extend conscript service to 12 months from 2027

Estonia to extend conscript service to 12 months from 2027
A Wizz Air A321neo on approach to land. Photo: Sevcan Alkan/Unsplash.

Wizz Air launches first direct flights between Tallinn and Budapest
In Estonia, silence speaks

In Estonia, silence speaks
Kaja Kallas at 16 on Politico’s list of Europe’s most powerful

Kaja Kallas at 16 on Politico’s list of Europe’s most powerful
Many new flights to launch from Tallinn Airport

Many new flights to launch from Tallinn Airport
Estonia’s conservative party Isamaa accepted Kris Kärner into its ranks and its Tartu council group, despite his having joked about lining Social Democrats against a wall and shooting them with a pump-action shotgun. Photo: Facebook.

Estonia’s Isamaa party just gave political violence a pass
10th Global Estonian virtual forum broadcast from Tallinn

10th Global Estonian virtual forum broadcast from Tallinn
Vok seals Renault manufacturing deal as European cities redraw logistics rules

Vok seals Renault manufacturing deal as European cities redraw logistics rules
Tallinn’s iconic Song Festival Grounds to expand and modernise

Tallinn’s iconic Song Festival Grounds to expand and modernise
why skiing is a national tradition

why skiing is a national tradition
Estonia leads Europe’s new unmanned ground systems push

Estonia leads Europe’s new unmanned ground systems push
A fractured peace: the ruins of Ukraine mirrored against Europe’s diplomatic calm – a reminder that history’s lessons can fade faster than its echoes.

The West’s moral retreat on Ukraine risks empowering Russia
Bolt brings Pony.ai self-driving technology to Europe

Bolt brings Pony.ai self-driving technology to Europe
Estonia’s vision for an AI-secure future

Estonia’s vision for an AI-secure future
Rail Baltica Ülemiste terminal under construction in 2025. Credit: Rail Baltica.

Rail Baltica: the Baltic high-speed dream
How Estonia is rebuilding its navy for a new Baltic reality

How Estonia is rebuilding its navy for a new Baltic reality
New York City has added a new name to its map: Ernst Jaakson Way. Photo by the Estonian foreign ministry.

New York honours Estonia’s longest-serving diplomat
Estonian folk dancers at the opening ceremony of the Estonian business hub at the country’s embassy in Berlin. Photo by the Estonian foreign ministry.

Estonia opens a business hub in Berlin
Polish man-portable air-defence system Piorun. Photo by the Estonian Defence Forces.

The Defence Forces to improve its response to air threats
Estonians like local payment solutions; worry about scams

Estonians like local payment solutions; worry about scams
A military drone. Photo by Getty Images / Unsplash.

Inside Estonia’s plan to train a new drone army
Thomas Salme during his commercial flying career. Private collection.

The Estonian-rooted pilot who flew for 13 years without a licence
Israel opens embassy in Tallinn, deepening ties with Estonia

Israel opens embassy in Tallinn, deepening ties with Estonia
Ernst Jaakson meeting the then-US president, Ronald Reagan, in 1982.

A NYC street section to be named after an Estonian diplomat
The Crossed Swords 2025 cyber exercise, held by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo by Kristi Sits/the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.

Cyber exercise Crossed Swords starts in Tallinn
Estonia more knowledge-intensive, but Lithuania makes more money

Estonia more knowledge-intensive, but Lithuania makes more money
A rendering of MS Estonia in the seabed. The sunken ferry is resting almost upside down.

Russia suspected of using MS Estonia wreck for Baltic Sea espionage
The Chunmoo rocket launcher. Photo by the Korean defence ministry.

Estonia to purchase South Korean rocket launchers
Starship in London V

Estonian-founded robotics company Starship to expand to US cities
In the capital, Mihhail Kõlvart’s Centre Party once again finished first, taking 41.3 per cent of the vote and 37 of the council’s 79 seats – three short of an outright majority. Photo: the Centre Party.

Estonia’s local elections redraw power lines in Tallinn and beyond
Israel to open an embassy in Tallinn

Israel to open an embassy in Tallinn
2025 international tax competitiveness index rankings. Chart by the Tax Foundation.

Estonia has the most competitive tax code in the OECD
Centre wins in Tallinn, Isamaa takes a victory in Tartu

Centre wins in Tallinn, Isamaa takes a victory in Tartu
A 21st-century Estonian professional. Photo by Kalle Veesaar.

Estonia tops Central Europe in “brain business” index
A fractured peace: the ruins of Ukraine mirrored against Europe’s diplomatic calm – a reminder that history’s lessons can fade faster than its echoes.

a moral reversal that could break Europe
Estonia elected to the UN Human Rights Council

Estonia elected to the UN Human Rights Council
Estonia – digital – Rasmus Jurkatam

The digital republic: how Estonia redefined voting
how I adopted a cat in Estonia

how I adopted a cat in Estonia
Apparently, Estonia is the friendliest country in Europe

Apparently, Estonia is the friendliest country in Europe
Milrem’s THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle, developed in Estonia. Photo by Milrem.

Estonian robotics firm to send 150 unmanned vehicles to Ukraine
Many LatAm students can apply for a long-term Estonian visa in their home countries

Many LatAm students can apply for a long-term Estonian visa in their home countries
Almost half of Estonians use AI

Almost half of Estonians use AI
Government borrowing to boost the economic growth

Government borrowing to boost the economic growth
Hancock, MI, has been selected as the Finno-Ugric capital of culture 2026. Hancock is known as the capital of Finnish America culture and many of the street signs are bilingual in Finnish and English. Photo by Phoenix Five, shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

A tiny Michigan city named the Finno-Ugric capital of culture 2026
How the sinking of MS Estonia changed passenger ships forever

How the sinking of MS Estonia changed passenger ships forever
After the Russian MiG-31s left Estonian airspace, Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighters intercepted and monitored them over the Baltic Sea. Photo by the Swedish Air Force.

Estonia still vulnerable to high-altitude Russian jets
Kristo Käärmann, one of the two founders of Wise. Photo by Jake Farra.

Wise is the most valuable Estonian tech company
NATO vows “robust” response after Russian jets violate Estonian airspace

NATO vows “robust” response after Russian jets violate Estonian airspace
Triin Laisk. Photo by Reedik Mägi.

Estonian scientist Triin Laisk shortlisted for Nature’s Inspiring Women in Science award
Estonia ready to host nuclear-capable jets

Estonia ready to host nuclear-capable jets
Tallinn crowned Europe’s safest capital amid rising gun crime elsewhere

Tallinn crowned Europe’s safest capital amid rising gun crime elsewhere
Tallinn’s inbox-sized ray of sunshine

Tallinn’s inbox-sized ray of sunshine
Estonia confronts Russia at UN after ‘brazen’ airspace violation

Estonia confronts Russia at UN after ‘brazen’ airspace violation
A Russian MiG-31BM carrying a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile at the 2018 Victory Parade in Moscow. Photo: CC BY 4.0 licence.

The UN Security Council meets over Russian violation of Estonian airspace
Estonia among the greenest EU countries in 2025

Estonia among the greenest EU countries in 2025
Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. Photo by the White House.

Trump pledges to defend Baltics as ex-Estonian president warns West is ‘waiting for tragedy’
UN Security Council to meet over Russian violation of Estonian airspace

UN Security Council to meet over Russian violation of Estonian airspace
Remembering Estonia’s Second World War refugees

Remembering Estonia’s Second World War refugees
Chasing Russian jets with the RAF

Chasing Russian jets with the RAF
Chart shows Russian jets’ 12-minute violation of Estonian airspace

Chart shows Russian jets’ 12-minute violation of Estonian airspace
only Ukraine stands between us and Putin

Trump warns of ‘big trouble’ after Russian jets violate Estonian airspace
A Russian Air Force MiG-31BM armed with R-33 missiles. Photo by Leukhin Fedor/CC BY-SA 2.0 licence.

Estonia calls for NATO Article 4 talks after Russian jets stage “brazen” airspace violation
Estonia’s prime minister, Kristen Michal, with NATO troops stationed in Estonia, August 2025. Photo by Stenbock House.

rules of engagement set for shooting down Russian jets
A Russian Air Force MiG-31B. Photo by Dmitriy Pichugin.

Russian fighter jets breach Estonian airspace
Estonia helped me embrace my Udmurt roots

Estonia helped me embrace my Udmurt roots
Sergey Maidukov: Europe’s famous unknown

Sergey Maidukov: Europe’s famous unknown
Tallinn turns its trams and buses into rolling Estonian classrooms

Tallinn turns its trams and buses into rolling Estonian classrooms
Estonian choir brings Arvo Pärt’s music of peace to the BBC Proms

a composer of unity in an age of division
The late Estonian president Lennart Meri (left) and the late Russian president Boris Yeltsin raising a toast in Moscow on 26 July 1994, after Yeltsin signed an agreement to withdraw the Russian troops from Estonia. Photo by the National Archives of Estonia.

how Estonia drove out the Russian army
Four Estonians to row across the Atlantic Ocean

Four Estonians to row across the Atlantic Ocean
A Russian missile barrage in Kyiv has damaged Lift99, the startup hub founded by Estonian entrepreneur Ragnar Sass. Photo by Ragnar Sass.

Estonian-founded startup hub Lift99 in Kyiv hit by Russian missile strike
Estonia faces major blow as African swine fever hits largest pig farm

Estonia faces major blow as African swine fever hits largest pig farm
Estonian farmers are producing more but earning less

Estonian farmers are producing more but earning less
A rare United States Air Force aircraft designed to detect nuclear explosions is patrolling the Baltic Sea, close to the airspaces of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Screenshot from the Flightradar24 page.

US ‘nuclear sniffer’ jet patrols Baltic skies near Estonia
Estonia commemorates the Baltic Way

Estonia commemorates the Baltic Way
The Baltic Way in pictures

The Baltic Way in pictures
The signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocols in Moscow on 23 August 1939.

Estonia in the grip of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the realpolitik of great powers
Estonian “zombie folk” duo Puuluup to tour in the US

Estonian “zombie folk” duo Puuluup to tour in the US
Estonia celebrates the restoration of independence

Estonia celebrates the restoration of independence
The foreign ministers of Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed documents recognising the restoration of independence of the Baltic states and the establishment of diplomatic relations on 26 August 1991 at Höfði House in Reykjavik. Front row from the left: Algirdas Saudargas, Lithuania, Janis Jurkans, Latvia, Lennart Meri, Estonia, and Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Iceland; photo by the Icelandic foreign ministry.

the seven days in August that decided the fate of Estonia
even a foreign doctor can win a patient’s heart in Estonia

even a foreign doctor can win a patient’s heart in Estonia
Paula Hakkaja aka Freya Algiz. Private collection.

World’s first all-nations album features Estonia’s Freya Algiz
Estonia emerges as the world’s best retirement destination

Estonia emerges as the world’s best retirement destination
The Welles Declaration rejected the Soviet occupation of Estonia and its Baltic neighbours.

How the Welles Declaration helped keep Estonia legally alive for 51 Years
Estonian-founded investment app Lightyear raises $23M for AI expansion in Europe

Estonian-founded investment app Lightyear raises $23M for AI expansion in Europe
Vok Bikes' founders in Tallinn. Photo by Vok Bikes

Estonia’s Vok Bikes secures $6M to replace vans in Europe’s cities
Playground questions: the hidden costs of Ukraine’s war

Playground questions: the hidden costs of Ukraine’s war
a British expat’s guide to Estonia

a British expat’s guide to Estonia
inside Estonia’s dreamlike new KiKuMu Festival

inside Estonia’s dreamlike new KiKuMu Festival
Estonia’s tech maverick launches bold defence fund to “re-arm Europe”

Estonia’s tech maverick launches bold defence fund to “re-arm Europe”
In its latest push to stay ahead as a global digital leader, Estonia has launched a state-backed mobile app that lets citizens access services, verify their identity and track their personal data – all from their smartphone. Photo: RIA

Estonia launches state app to bring government to your phone
Though the aircraft capsized, it remained buoyant thanks to flotation devices that deployed automatically beneath its doors. Photo by the Estonian Police and Border Guard.

All survive helicopter crash off Estonia’s Saaremaa coast
Estonia’s 2025 Song Celebration unites 130,000 voices in Tallinn

Estonia’s 2025 Song Celebration unites 130,000 voices in Tallinn
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