At the Sõru Maritime School on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, children gain their first knowledge of sailing, behavior at sea, and safety. Around 20 students are currently enrolled, but interest in the school is high, with more applicants than places available.

Estonia has made it to the Star Sailors League (SSL) Gold Cup 2026 finals in Rio de Janeiro after winning their European qualification group.

Eesti 200 leader Kristina Kallas said that the party does not agree with the governing coalition backing away from the goal of making family benefits means-tested and thereby saving €100 million annually.

A failed bid by EKRE chair Martin Helme to appoint a political ally to a key post in Viljandi may cost a deputy mayor in that town her job, Sakala reported.

At the Sõru Maritime School on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, children gain their first knowledge of sailing, behavior at sea, and safety. Around 20 students are currently enrolled, but interest in the school is high, with more applicants than places available.

As Estonia heads into a busy summer event season, consumer protection officials are reminding ticket holders of their rights if an event is canceled or postponed.

Laupäeva õhtul selguvad Padelstar Helme siseväljakutel ainulaadse võistluse Red Bull Padel Dash 2026. aasta Eesti võitjad. Postimees näitab võistlusõhtu kulminatsiooni kell 19.45 algavas otseülekandes.

Šveits korraldab homme rahvahääletuse, millega otsustatakse, kas riik peaks piirama oma rahvaarvu 10 miljoni inimeseni.

The Scandinavian country is currently grappling with children being recruited into violent gangs.

The Pope is appealing for a humane approach and respectful welcome for migrants seeking a better life.

Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.

The ban forms part of the government's package of sanctions on Moscow due to the ongoing war with Ukraine.

U.S. AI company Anthropic has disabled all access to its latest AI model, Fable, after the American government ordered it to suspend access for all non-U.S. users. “The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance,” Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening. Fable 5 is a less powerful version of the company’s Mythos model, which Anthropic initially withheld from a larger audience for fear that the model was too capable of exploiting software vulnerabilities. The company claimed the U.S. government imposed export controls out of concerns that some of the models’ built-in safeguards could be bypassed, a process known as “jailbreaking.” “To date, the government has only given us verbal evidence of a potential narrow, non-universal jailbreak,” the company said. It added that it disagreed “that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model.” In early April, Anthropic announced it had granted a limited set of trusted tech and cyber firms access to Mythos Preview through the Glasswing project to help them boost cyber defenses. The decision left many non-U.S. governments and entities, such as the EU institutions, scrambling to get access. Fable 5, which was launched only this week, is described as a “Mythos-class model” that the company provided with safeguards to make it safe for general use. “Without safeguards, Fable 5’s capabilities in areas like cybersecurity could be misused to cause serious damage,” Anthropic said at launch. Anthropic’s decision to pause access to its models sparked comments in Europe and the U.K. over the need to become more sovereign from U.S. AI models. “As we debate the future of national security and technological sovereignty, access to AI capabilities is crucial,” said Kanishka Narayan, the U.K.’s minister for AI. Joseph Bambridge contributed reporting.

The European Union’s 27 member countries voted late Friday in favor of opening the first cluster of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Following the decision, the initial cluster will be opened on Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X. The first cluster is on fundamentals, covering the bloc’s core values and principles, from the rule of law to democratic institutions. Both Ukraine and Moldova have faced Russian military aggression since the collapse of the Soviet Union and see EU membership as a decisive pivot away from Moscow. The Kremlin has long complained of Ukraine’s deepening ties with Western powers — along with discussions around joining NATO — citing it as part of their initial justification for starting Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. “This is a recognition of the determination, courage and hard work shown by both countries in advancing reforms, even in the face of immense challenges,” von der Leyen said in a statement. “And a signal that the EU’s offer of peace, stability and opportunity is unmatchable.” Throughout the all-out war that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly made EU accession a strategic priority to safeguard his country from future Russian interference. “As we have said, Ukraine is doing what is necessary, and it is important that the EU is also keeping its word,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X. “We also congratulate Moldova on this step, which we are taking together.” In Moldova, the breakaway region of Transnistria remains occupied by Russian troops in a frozen conflict that dates back to a 1992 ceasefire. In 2024, the Kremlin also attempted to meddle with Moldova’s presidential election, which ultimately ended with pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu remaining in power. The vote by EU ambassadors Friday evening came after Hungary dropped its long-standing opposition to Ukraine’s bid for EU membership. Budapest had opposed Kyiv’s accession fiercely under former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but the country’s new leadership that came to power last month was open to lifting its veto following a meeting between Ukrainian and Hungarian experts on minority rights for Hungarians living in Ukraine.

Israel has continued to attack Lebanon, despite Iran saying it was included in a potential memorandum of understanding.

The tournament was sold as a symbol of unity, but Trump’s border politics have turned it into a spectacle of exclusion.

The far-right proposal would require the government to put restrictions in place to limit the population by 2050 A national ballot on an unprecedented far-right proposal to limit Switzerland’s population to 10 million concludes this weekend, amid warnings of devastating consequences for the country’s economy if voters back the initiative.A “yes” vote would require the Swiss government to take steps to cap the population at 10 million by 2050, enacting tough restrictions on family reunification, residency permits and asylum if the number reaches 9.5 million before that date. Continue reading...

Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacingA Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and manipulated it with AI to make the subjects look more menacing.Petra Urban, a court artist for 19 years, was shocked to discover a drawing she had made last year of two Syrian brothers jailed for the murder of their sister had been reworked and used in a video on Instagram and Facebook by the party’s Noord-Brabant region. Continue reading...

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