The Office of the Prosecutor General has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in the criminal case involving Kersti Kracht, Hillar Teder, Toomas Tamm and Jüri Põld, recently acquitted of violating procedural restrictions.

A trail camera in South Estonia captured a very rare sight, Postimees reported.

The City of Narva dismissed a high school principal Friday over alleged management violations, drawing opposition criticism as a power struggle in city leadership continues.

The claim that the EKRE–Isamaa–Center Party coalition coming to power once more in Estonia is merely a theoretical possibility — since Isamaa and the Center Party could together secure enough votes to govern — is naïve self-comfort, writes Valdo Randpere.

The Office of the Prosecutor General has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in the criminal case involving Kersti Kracht, Hillar Teder, Toomas Tamm and Jüri Põld, recently acquitted of violating procedural restrictions.

A trail camera in South Estonia captured a very rare sight, Postimees reported.

Aivar Kuusmaa tuli treenerina Eesti meistriks neljandat korda (varem 2006, 2011, 2012), kuid esimest korda Tartuga, ning ütles, et võit maitseb kahtlemata magusalt. Sest just selle ülesande ta kahe aasta eest Tartuga liitudes sai.

Tänavu osales Chelsea näitusel 28 näidisaeda, neist 9 suurt. Et kogu nähtud luksus ei jääks üürikeseks, võetakse aiad pärast näitust lahti ja viiakse üle riigi erinevatesse kohtadesse avalikuks kasutuseks.

Romania says the Russian drone was likely hit over Ukraine by its air defences and altered its trajectory.

The deal is a significant boost for Hungary's leader, who has been in office for less than three weeks.

Royal Mail says its service is improving and that it is on track to hit the regulator Ofcom's reduced targets

The music giant said Pershing Square's offer fundamentally undervalued the business.

Two migrants are suing Italy in the European Court of Human Rights over its release of a Libyan warlord wanted for crimes against humanity. A man from South Sudan and a woman from the Ivory Coast claim they were tortured in a Libyan detention center in which thousands of migrants have been detained since warring factions took control of Libya in 2011. The center was allegedly overseen by Osama Al-Masri Njeem, who was arrested in Italy in January 2025 on an international arrest warrant issued by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court. They accused him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, rape, sexual slavery and murder. But Al-Masri as released within just two days of his arrest and sent back to Libya on an Italian state jet, in what became a national scandal for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government. According to prosecutors investigating the case in Rome, Al-Masri’s militia was part of the state security apparatus and collaborated with Italian security services in blocking illegal boat departures  from Libya. The Italian government claimed it acted in interest of national security and that Al-Masri was wanted in Libya for a similar investigation. The two migrants now suing Italy claim they were tortured in a detention center controlled by Al-Masri. The Sudanese man said he was forced to fight in the militia, while the Ivory Coast national said she was subject to sexual violence and ill-treatment. The plaintiffs allege that Italy’s failure to enforce the ICC’s arrest warrant breached their right to life and the prohibition of torture under the European Convention of Human Rights, leading to a denial of justice. The ECHR said it had officially notified Italy of both cases and will now decide if they are admissible.  The ICC announced last month that Italy has been referred to its Assembly of States Parties — the court’s oversight and legislative body — over the Al-Masri case. Following international outrage, Al-Masri was removed from his post and arrested in Libya. He is now appealing the ICC’s jurisdiction over his case. The Italian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Germany on Friday rejected Washington’s accusations that its proposed streaming investment law breaches the newly minted EU-U.S. Turnberry trade pact, insisting it is a cultural policy tool not a digital trade barrier. The rebuttal came a day after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer blasted legislation approved by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet, and said the proposal treated American companies “like a piggy bank for pet, protectionist projects.” The draft law would require streamers and broadcasters to invest at least 8 percent of their annual German revenue into German and European film and television production, or face financial penalties. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius dismissed Greer’s warning that if implemented the proposal “would be at odds with the Turnberry Agreement.” Germany remains committed to “very close and constructive trade relations” with the U.S., Kornelius said. He also maintained the proposed obligations fall squarely within accepted cultural policy rules. “It is agreed that no unjustified digital trade barriers will be erected. And we are adhering to that,” the spokesperson said, adding that the investment obligations “do not constitute market access barriers” and that the funds would flow directly into productions that streamers themselves can exploit commercially. “This is therefore not a levy or a tax.” Kornelius also pointed to existing precedents, describing Germany’s proposal as “very moderate by European standards.” France already requires major streamers to invest at least 20 percent of local revenue into French and European productions, while Italy set its quota at 16 percent in 2024. Both operate under the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which allows member countries to require platforms to financially support European works, and mandates at least 30 percent of on-demand catalogs consist of European content. The dispute comes a week after Brussels agreed to implement the transatlantic trade pact struck at U.S. President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland last summer. Germany is not the only country facing Washington’s scrutiny over streaming quotas either. In March, House Republicans targeted Canada’s Online Streaming Act, pressing U.S. trade officials to examine whether requirements for tech platforms to support domestic content amount to unfair trade practice.

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