Estonia's flexible parental‑leave rules often allow high‑earning fathers to collect benefits while continuing to work, a pattern researchers say can undermine the policy's original goal of letting one parent step back from employment to care for a newborn.

The price of both milk and butter fell in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2 2026), data from the Center of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK) shows.

A recent boost in support for the opposition Social Democratic Party has come to an end, the latest weekly survey by MTÜ Ühiskonnauuringute Instituut and research firm Norstat Eesti AS shows.

A commemorative plaque for the Baltic Way was unveiled in the center of Paris on Monday by the city's mayor and the prime ministers of Latvia and Estonia.

The Ministry of Justice has developed a plan to extend the period of time a victim of child abuse can report a crime against them from the current 10-years to 32 years or until the victim turns 50 years old.

Squirrel bridges were constructed near the Tähtvere and Kassitoome parks in Tartu. If they prove effective, similar ones could appear across Estonia.

Teleprodutsent ja saatejuht Teet Margna teatas sotsiaalmeedias kurvast uudisest, et lahkunud on tema ema Linda Margna. Liigutava videoga meenutab ta ema sooja huumorimeelt ning jagab avalikkusega üht perekonna kallist mälestust.

1966. aastal Inglismaa koondisega jalgpalli maailmameistriks tulnud Nobby Stiles suri kuus aastat tagasi, kuid alles nüüd sai selgeks mehe surma põhjus.

The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.

The defeat triggered opposition calls for Meloni to resign ahead of next year's general election.

Share trading in Elon Musk’s rocket company has been volatile since it went public a month ago.

The government argues the move would help jobseekers and could reduce pay discrimination claims.

BRUSSELS — EU countries failed for a third consecutive day on Wednesday to agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia, forcing them to temporarily freeze the bloc’s price cap on Russian crude for another week. Ambassadors deferred further discussions to July 22 while agreeing to temporarily maintain the oil price cap at $44.10 per barrel until July 23, two EU diplomats familiar with the matter said. Ireland, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, scheduled a new meeting of EU ambassadors on July 22. Without another extension next week, the cap will automatically bounce higher because oil prices have risen due to the war in Iran — handing Russian President Vladimir Putin a windfall. The European Commission is legally obliged to recalculate the price ceiling after July 15 but the new cap would become effective only on Aug. 1, giving the executive some leeway. It was the third day in a row that EU ministers or ambassadors had met, only to fail to agree on a 21st round of sanctions over Russia’s four-year war of aggression against Ukraine. The EU is struggling to maintain unity on the penalties even as Ukraine fights back against Russia with a drone campaign that is inflicting heavy casualties and deep strikes that have knocked out several oil refineries. Kyiv’s pushback has led to widespread fuel shortages in Russia and has forced Moscow to scour world markets for diesel to import. All for one Because sanctions require unanimity among the EU’s 27 capitals, national governments can put a price on their consent by seeking other concessions. Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was a notorious blocker of such support for Ukraine, although it was hoped Budapest would prove less obstructive after he was ousted by Péter Magyar earlier this year. This time, however, Austria and Greece have broken cover to throw a wrench into proceedings. Vienna has proposed a deal under which Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank would be compensated for what it calls the illegal €2.44 billion expropriation of its Russian operations. The ask would entail seizing and selling €2.1 billion in frozen Russian assets located in Austria; the property ultimately belongs to a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a beneficiary of Raiffeisen’s expropriation. Under the plan, its advocates say, a substantial share of the recovered funds would be invested in a reconstruction fund for Ukraine. In the longer term Vienna hopes the step will deter Moscow from again seizing the Russian subsidiaries of EU companies. While fellow ambassadors have been reluctant to support the idea, three people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO that a solution was found on Tuesday, but declined to provide additional details. Greece, meanwhile, has raised concerns over earlier EU restrictions on trading Russian liquefied natural gas after a ban was agreed in October 2025. These issues have yet to be resolved, according to the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks. Earlier changes to the 21st sanctions package included scrapping a proposed ban on imports of Russian fish and weakening restrictions on granting visas to former Russian military personnel. Despite the repeated delays, the 21st package is generally seen as a strong one. It includes 250 new listings of individuals involved in Russia’s war effort and would also sanction more banks and vessels linked to oil smuggling. Gabriel Gavin contributed reporting.

PARIS — French lawmakers voted on Wednesday to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill patients, bringing to an end a fraught, months-long process that sowed deep divisions within every political camp. Patients over the age of 18 suffering from a “serious and incurable” illness that is life-threatening and has reached an advanced, irreversible or terminal stage will be allowed to request assistance in dying, but only if their illness causes “unbearable” suffering and they are capable of making the decision “freely and with full knowledge of the facts.” France is set to join a growing list of European countries that have legalized various forms of assisted dying, including Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, in a debate that has divided political groups. Voting has gone broadly on personal conscience, religious beliefs and ethical considerations. Cases involving psychological suffering alone were excluded from the French bill. For patient requests that are deemed eligible, a lethal injection will either be self-administered by the patient or administered by a medical professional if the patient is unable to do so. Health professionals will be allowed to refuse to administer the injection if they are morally opposed to the procedure but will be required to refer the patient to someone else who can provide the service. In a statement released on Tuesday, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, a former conservative who is now allied with centrist President Emmanuel Macron, said he would refer the bill to France’s Constitutional Council for a legal review to ensure that “the law … can be enforced in full compliance with the principles guaranteed by our Constitution and, in particular, with human dignity.” He also voiced concerns about the possibility of adults under legal guardianship receiving assistance in dying and said he wanted to ensure the measure complied with the constitutional “principles of personal freedom and human dignity.” Critics argue that adults under legal guardianship — about 900,000 people in France whose personal or financial decisions are subject to legal supervision — should not be allowed to request assisted dying because they have already been deemed incapable of making certain decisions for themselves. Once the constitutional review is complete, the bill — which Macron promised as part of his 2022 reelection campaign — should be formally enacted by the president. Most votes in favor of legalization came from the left and center. And while opposition was concentrated on the right and far right, supporters and opponents of the bill could be found within every political group represented in parliament. The conservative-majority French Senate rejected the bill three times, though the final say ultimately rested with the more powerful lower house, the National Assembly. For the fourth time since the spring of 2025, the National Assembly voted in favor, putting an end to the process in parliament. Leading representatives of the Catholic, Muslim and Jewish faiths all voiced their opposition on several occasions.

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