Politics & Society

Estonia's annual inflation hit 22 percent in June, the highest in the Eurozone, data from Eurostat shows. The average was 8.6 percent, up from 8.1 percent in May. In June, the biggest year-on-year price difference was energy, which has risen by 41 percent. In May, it was 39.1 percent. This...

NATO member Canada deployed two warships to the Baltic Sea and north Atlantic at the end of June to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. HMCS Kingston and Summerside will be on a four-month deployment as part of Operation Reassurance, a statement from the Canadian Armed Forces said. Between July and...

The Estonian Cultural Garden was dedicated June 19, 1966. Each year, the Estonian community and friends gather to celebrate Estonian Victory Day (võidupüha) and St John's Day (jaanipäev). This year local Estonians celebrated võidupüha and jaanipäev on June 26th, 2022. Toomas Tubalkain served as MC. Pastor Peeter Pirn led a...

The Biden administration has found a new candidate for ambassador to Estonia, the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn confirmed Friday. The U.S. hasn't had an ambassador present in Estonia since the resignation of James D. Melville, Jr. in June 2018. "The selection and confirmation process for the next U.S. ambassador is...

Karl Alatu, JBANC Nearly four months after the renewed Russian attack against Ukraine, we don’t know what the result will be in the end. Will brave Ukraine, with the help of Western military assistance, be able to drive away the invaders from the East? Or will the armies of Putin...

EKRE and Isamaa want to restrict the voting rights of non-Estonian and non-EU citizens residing in Estonia, while the other parliamentary parties prefer alternative solutions. Currently, Estonian residents who are not Estonian citizens, nor of any other EU country, are eligible to vote in local elections, writes ERR News. In...

The Election Committee, in accordance with Estonian American National Council bylaws, is submitting this list of candidates to serve on the XXIII Council. Those who submitted their application for candidacy by the announced deadline of May 26, 2022 have been included. As stipulated in the bylaws, a 10-day period is...

In the ongoing absence of a new ambassador, U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Brian Roraff remains the ranking U.S. diplomat currently serving in Estonia. Tallinn is not his first assignment in the region, however, and as he said in a longer recent interview with ERR News, he knew the focus of...

The United States Embassy in Tallinn is proud to mark 100 years of U.S.-Estonia diplomatic relations in 2022! We’re celebrating by looking back at 100 moments that shaped the partnership between the United States and Estonia. Grouped into diplomatic milestones, security engagements, cultural events, and economic connections, these moments demonstrate...