Europe Estonia The central government has allocated some 381 million euros to local governments to support the operation and maintenance of general education schools next year, and a new measure to be introduced is support for the culture backpack
Europe Estonia ETV's annual Christmas charity initiative 'Jõulutunnel' this year raised more than 420.000€ which will go to the cancer charity Kingitud Elu
Europe Estonia The Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology has called at a meeting of EU telecoms ministers for the level of cybersecurity to match the overall threat picture, focusing on prevention
Europe Estonia The number of bicycle thefts in cities has increased, with 700 thefts this year compared to 592 at the same time last year
Europe Estonia Nordica, Regional Jet and Transpordi Varahaldus will be united under one roof as the government has given approval to the Ministry of Economy and Communications to begin preparations for the creation of a new aviation group
Europe Estonia New Year's Eve events will probably end an hour earlier this 31 December due to newly introduced restrictions that close events and venues at 11pm; for the Minister of Health and Labour there is no reason to hope that the restrictions will be relaxed
Europe Estonia For the next month, Tallinn's trolleybus lines will be served by an extra-long 24-metre trolleybus with two bellows that can also run on battery power instead of relying solely on electric lines
Europe Estonia A private expedition to the remains of the ferry “Estonia” that sank 27 years ago with a total of 852 people goes on to find further leads to continue the investigation; scientific analysis should be delivered by next spring
Europe Estonia In addition to the four officially used Covid-19 vaccines, the country will recognize any of the world's vaccines that is recognized by the source country - the decision has been made by the Social Welfare and Healthcare Department
Europe Estonia The Johan Schütte Institute for Political Studies, together with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is offering free online courses for students and civil society activists from Belarus
Europe Estonia Tallinn has been elected European Green Capital 2023 thank to the eco-development of former industrial zones, free public transportation program and other “green” initiatives
Europe Estonia Tondiraba Park, with a green area of 29 hectares and 5,7 of sports and playground areas, opened in Tallin as the largest in the Baltics with a total investment of 6,7 million euros
Europe Estonia Four Estonian universities entered the world ranking by the British Times Higher Education magazine: Universities of Tartu and Tallinn, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian University of Life Sciences are among 1600 institutions from 99 countries