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During the first two years of its e-residency project, which provides foreigners with the opportunity to register companies in Estonia and use other e-state services, Estonia already has 15,000 e-residents who have established more than 1,000 businesses. On the occasion of the second birthday of the program, the President of...

Riigikogu passed a bundle of tax amendments on Monday which were initiated by the new governing coalition and among other things will cancel a reduction in the social tax rate planned by the previous government, accelerate the hike in excise duties as well as introduce a new system of exemptions...

Come and get it! Come and EAT! At the feeder (linnu söögi/maja) is a rasva/tihane, (literally suet or fat chickadee, due to its love of those foods in winter, offered by human friends). They are the most common and curious birds in Estonia and have also adapted well to urban...

The Christmas tree has certainly come a long way from its humble beginnings in Northern Europe around one millennium ago, writes Euronews on December 20, 2016. Each year communities the world over seem to be getting funkier with their firs. These days many are only loosely based on trees at...

Magus uni (sweet slumber) is creeping up on this karu (bear) at the 11th annual Pipar/koogi/maania (Gingerbread mania) exhibition in Tallinn. It's carrying a kuusik (a forest of spruce trees) on its back.   The theme of this year's exhibition is METS (forest) and includes lend/oravad (flying squirrels), an ilves...

Senators John McCain (left) and Lindsey Graham (right).  Photo: ERR News   US Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and Amy Klobuchar, D.-Minn. will be visiting Estonia next week. McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate's Committee on Armed Services, will be in Estonia with Graham and Klobuchar...

The US and its allies Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are seeking to strike defense cooperation agreements before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, officials have told AFP. The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to take place in Washington on Jan. 20. The three Baltic states, all formerly...

Tere! Mina olen jõuluvana. Ma tahan teile täna rääkida päkapikkude olümpiast! Päkapikud peavad ju teadma, kuidas ronida, joosta ja nii edasi ja edasi. Nii et igal aastal mina, jõuluvana, korraldan päkapikkude olümpiat!   Meil on igasuguseid alasid nagu videokaamera vältimine ja takistusjooks ja habemega tõstmine.   See viimane ala on...

Foto: Kadri Kroon. Tallinnas elav Kadri Kroon kirjutas oma facebooki lehel: “Käisin oma tütre  Anoushkaga advendikalendrit poes otsimas, aga otsustasime kõigi asjade virrvarri keskel, et teeme sel aastal hoopis ise kalendri. Iga päev on kalendris üks heategu. Alustasime päeva komplimendiga sõbrale. Aga ees on ootamas isetehtud küpsised kiirabile, loomatoit koerte...

Lapsi juhendasid jõulukaartide valmistamisel õpetajad Marika Uus (taga vasakul) ja Mae Lambing (taga paremal).  Fotod ja tekst:  Siiri Lind   New Yorgi Eesti Kooli lapsed valmistasid ise ilusad jõulukaardid New Yorgi Seeniorite Keskuse liikmetele.   Kunstnik Mae Lambing tutvustas lastele vanu eesti rahvuslikke sümboleid – sõõri, risti ja roosi, millega kaunistati...