Estonia

Construction work in the rails area of Tartu railway station has started to improve access to the station platform between the railway tracks with a €1,57 million budget

The red-coloured cycle lanes installed in the capital last October have since deteriorated, with melting snow revealing that the work did not survive the winter

The EU Environmental Council suspended permissions for logging at Natura 2000 forest habitat sites for 28 months; the infringement procedure was started as the Commission claims Estonia doesn't sufficiently assess habitat impacts when allowing logging

For the first time, the Estonian Aviation Academy has opened admissions to two international fee-based curricula, Commercial Air Transport Pilot and Commercial Aviation Management; successful completion of the studies confers an engineering degree

The nominees for the Estonian Music Awards 2022 have been announced; the initiative is a cooperation of the Estonian Music Council and the Estonian Association of Phonogram Producers

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

ETV's annual Christmas charity initiative 'Jõulutunnel' this year raised more than 420.000€ which will go to the cancer charity Kingitud Elu

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

The number of bicycle thefts in cities has increased, with 700 thefts this year compared to 592 at the same time last year

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

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

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