- The new Estonian Minister of Health and Labour aims to shape and finalise the new National Health Plan 2020–2030
The Baltic Times interviews the newly appointed Estonian Minister of Health and Labour, Riina Sikkut.
- Estonia: Tallinn to build second corridor for trams in city center
The Tallinn city government is working on a plan for an additional corridor for tram traffic through the center of the city to make tram services less vulnerable to malfunctions and accidents in the section currently used by all of the city's four tram lines.
- Luminor CEO: Hybrids of fintech companies, banks to emerge
Erkki Raasuke, CEO of Luminor, the new joint bank of Nordea and DNB, said that the banking sector in the next five to seven years may change considerably, as in the future traditional banks may turn into hybrids of banks and fintech companies.
- Estonia's EKRE: Tax reform victory of low-paid people an illusion
The council of the opposition Estonian Conservative People's Party on Saturday, November 18, approved a political statement in which the party says that the victory of low-paid people from the tax reform is an illusion.
- Ministry: EU budget agreement crowning achievement of Estonian EU Presidency
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, under the leadership of Estonia, on the night between Friday and Saturday, November 17 and November 18 respectively, reached an agreement on an EU budget for 2018, which according to the Estonian Finance Ministry, is one of the biggest achievements of the Estonian EU Presidency.
- Estonian composer Arvo Part handed the Ratzinger Prize by Pope Francis
At a ceremony held at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis, on Saturday, November 18, handed out this year's Ratzinger Prize, with Estonian composer Arvo Part among the recipients, along with two notable theologians.
- Estonia’s ever bullish economy sees slowdown in 2016’s first half
Although the volume of total output in Estonia at the end of last year was close to its pre-crisis peak and was expected to surpass that level this year, the first half of 2016 has been sluggish in the Baltic country, admits Birgit Strikholm, economist at the Bank of Estonia.
- Estonia’s family foundation seeks public’s engagement in state’s governance through referendums
A throng of rallies in major Estonian cities by the Foundation for the Protection of Family and Tradition aiming to give the population a stronger say on the state’s life through referendums has raised a debate in the country about what kind of democracy Estonia ought to have.
- Asylum-seekers brought to Estonia turn to court over status
TALLINN - Two of the asylum-seekers relocated to Estonia under the EU migrant redistribution plan have applied to a court of law as they are not satisfied with the status they have been granted.
- Eesti in brief
PM: Estonia’s goal is to become temporary member of UN Security Council
- Study: Estonian residents are demanding of immigrants
TALLINN - People in Estonia are more demanding towards immigrants than residents of many other European countries, it appears from an analysis by a group of researchers at the University of Tartu comparing attitudes towards immigrants in Estonia and 14 other countries of Europe.
- Eesti in brief
Presidential credentials
- Report: NATO’s military force in Baltic Sea region is not sufficient
TALLINN - According to a report commissioned by the Estonian parliament’s national defence committee, NATO’s units stationed in the Baltic Sea region are not equipped or meant for defence operations and the situation on the sea is even worse.
- Estonia’s ‘Equal Pay Day’ blemished by lingering inequality
TALLINN - Lack of pay transparency, reenforcement of stereotypes, and maternity leave are all contributing to Estonia having the highest gender pay gap in the EU, equality campaigners say.
- Estonia starts compiling Savchenko list
TALLINN - Estonia has started compiling a list of undesirable persons that will contain the names of individuals connected with the capture and jailing in Russia of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand said on Tuesday, April 19.
- Estonian police team, flown to Greece, sends migrants back to Turkey
TALLINN - The ESTPOL3 police team of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board flown to Greece on Saturday started escorting migrants to be sent back to Turkey onto ships early on Monday, April 4.
- Prosecutors: Suspected killer of 9-year-old no longer alive
TALLINN - The 9-year-old Narva girl whose naked body was found five days after her disappearance not far from her home in the northeast Estonian border city was murdered by a man who intentionally took an overdose of drugs and died days after being contacted by investigators, prosecutors believe.
- Russian actor, blacklisted in Latvia, chosen for crime series set on Narva bridge
TALLINN/RIGA - The Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov, who is to play one of the lead roles in a version of the crime drama television series “The Bridge,” set on the Narva River bridge between Estonia and Russia, to be shot for the Russian television channel NTV, has been blacklisted in Latvia and Ukraine.
- Eesti in brief
Need for speed
- Europe must ‘catch and destroy’ those responsible for Brussels bombings - Ilves
Following the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has said Europe must “catch and destroy” those behind the bombings.