4+ day, 50+ min ago   (292+ words) An Estonian‑owned shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia was severely hit and practically destroyed by a Russian air strike Monday, Postimees reported. The City Mall in Zaporizhzhia is owned by Arricano Real Estate, whose largest shareholder is…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (276+ words) This week, a large crisis exercise called Ars Longa is taking place in Tallinn, during which the Art Museum of Estonia and the National Heritage Board practice evacuating the country's most valuable museum objects. Crisis expert Linda Lainvoo said that…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (247+ words) Old fishing nets from Saaremaa are finding a new use in Ukraine, where they are being deployed as makeshift protection against Russian drones. Sending used fishing nets to Ukraine is nothing new for Estonia, but initially, the nets were made…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (195+ words) Unexpectedly strong currents and water-level fluctuations can occur in the narrow port canal connecting the Black Sea with Lake Varna, posing a risk to shipping and disrupting port operations. Researchers at TalTech helped determine what causes the phenomenon in the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (322+ words) Misdemeanor proceedings have been opened following the appearance of a large World War Two-era Soviet propaganda poster outside a residence near Tallinn, Postimees reported. At the end of last month, TV3 reported a Russian‑language poster had been hanging on the…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (371+ words) Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Marko Mihkelson said Moscow sees no need for a breakthrough in peace efforts and believes it can intensify attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure as winter approaches. The latest meeting between Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Ukraine was high on the agenda in a meeting between Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) and Donald Trump Jr., the minister said. Trump Jr. was in Tallinn recently, departing Monday morning according to Delfi.He was in town discuss security…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (328+ words) U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday after talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, but experts see little prospect of progress toward ending the war. If Witkoff and Kushner's visit to Moscow produced any movement, it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) For decades now, Russia has been using May 9 as a showcase for touting its image of strength and "invincibility." The Red Square parade is a propaganda event through which the Kremlin has sought to show the world that Moscow is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (288+ words) European Union countries must urgently return to the issue of utilizing Russian assets frozen following its invasion of Ukraine, writes MEP and European Parliament Committee for Foreign Affairs vice‑chair Urmas Paet (Reform). Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands and Spain have…...