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Ülle Madise enters Estonia’s presidential race with 62 MPs behind her, vowing to defend its own people, culture, identity and freedom.

Toronto’s KESKfEST brings 600 performers, design, film and debate together as the new Estonian cultural centre approaches its opening.

Siim Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister and European Commission vice-president who helped give the newly independent country its own currency and economic footing, has died aged 77. His daughter, Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s

On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, spanning 675 kilometres, or 420 miles. It was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in history.

The last Russian soldiers left Estonia on 31 August 1994, after fraught diplomacy, Western pressure and an improbable vodka session between Lennart Meri and Boris Yeltsin.

Ülle Madise is elected Estonia’s next president, becoming the second woman to hold the office and succeeding Alar Karis on 12 October.

Estonia’s defence minister resigns over a failed €70 million deal for Ukraine with an Italian company that had not sold shells before.

Estonia ranks among the world’s top 10 education systems in PISA 2025, but its reading scores are falling amid teacher shortages.

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has become the first Estonian to receive the Goethe Medal, one of Germany’s most prestigious cultural honours, recognising a body of work that has touched and connected listeners around the

Aino Lepik von Wirén, Estonia’s ambassador to the Council of Europe, will chair the group preparing a special court to prosecute those bearing the greatest responsibility for launching Russia’s war against Ukraine. Ambassador Aino Lepik