Tuesday evening saw the opening of an exhibition of work from artist Marta Vaarik at Tallinn's Artrovert Gallery.

The deal to build a fifth ferry to service Estonia's larger islands has been signed.

While Urmas Reinsalu does not flatly rule out a coalition with the Reform Party after 2027 elections, the Isamaa leader criticized PM Kristen Michal for his recent efforts to demonize conservative forces.

A fresh survey asking people their preference for prime minister found that 27 percent of respondents would like to see Urmas Reinsalu head up the government, while 23 percent favor Mihhail Kõlvart.

The ferry Kihnu Virve did not return to its Kihnu, Munalaid and Manilaid routes as scheduled Wednesday after unexpected issues emerged during work on its main engines.

New research and a TV experiment suggest AI-generated voices are becoming increasingly convincing in Estonian, raising concerns over a new wave of phone scams.

Leedu riiklik kriisijuhtimiskeskus andis täna Utena rajooni elanikele drooniohu tõttu punase taseme hoiatuse. President Gitanas Nausėda sõnul rikkusid riigi õhuruumi tõenäoliselt kaks drooni. Ohule reageerimiseks tõsteti õhku NATO hävitajad.

Inglismaal Lõuna-Devonis asuv peidetud rannake on sotsiaalmeedias taas tähelepanu keskpunkti tõusnud pärast seda, kui TikTokis jagati videot salapärasest tunnelist, mis viib otse mere äärde. Paljud vaatajad tunnistasid, et koht näeb välja justkui mõnest seiklusfilmist.

The companies were found guilty by a French court over an air disaster which killed 228 people.

STIs have surged thanks to record cases and gaps in testing and prevention, a health agency reports.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves made a series of announcements aimed at relieving cost-of-living pressures.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils measures aimed at helping families with the cost of living - but is it enough?

The U.S. will open a new consulate in Nuuk on Thursday, deepening its presence on the island as the White House sharpens its focus on the Arctic. The inauguration of the new, 3,000-square-meter complex in Nuuk’s city center has prompted protests from native Greenlanders, with the island’s premier, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, telling local outlet Sermitsiaq that he will not attend the event. Trump reopened the American consulate in 2020 during his first term, but it initially had to be housed in a Danish Joint Arctic Command building. During his second presidency, the American leader has repeatedly floated the idea of annexing Greenland, without excluding the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded in January that taking Greenland would end NATO. In December last year, Trump appointed U.S. Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, sparking strong condemnations from both Denmark and the European Commission after Landry suggested his role was “to make Greenland a part of the U.S.” Although Trump has since walked back claims of annexing the island, his administration is trying to increase its influence. Former NATO chief Anders Rasmussen told POLITICO at the GLOBSEC Forum on Thursday that the United States and Denmark were working to increase US military presence on Greenland through “a more classical diplomatic path.” “We would welcome that,” Rasmussen said, referring to the military expansion. This week, Landry visited Greenland alongside U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery, meeting with the island’s top officials. Howery will inaugurate the new consulate alongside the U.S. Consul in Nuuk, Susan Wilson, according to local media.

The great cormorant has had a good run. Driven to the brink of extinction by hunters and pesticides in the 1970s, the fish-eating waterbird was rescued thanks to one of the EU’s earliest environmental laws. On paper, that regulation represents a triumph for conservationists: Over the past 50 years, the cormorant population has grown from roughly 50,000 birds to between 1.5 and 2 million across Europe. But 10 EU countries now consider the aquatic species a menace that needs to be contained. The demand comes in a joint letter to Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall and Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis, seen exclusively by POLITICO. Sixteen agriculture and environment ministers from Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania want the cormorant added to the list of huntable species under the EU’s flagship nature law, the 1979 Birds Directive. They are also pressing Brussels to set coordinated population targets across the bloc and to make it easier to shoot the bird outside hunting season. Estonian Agriculture Minister Hendrik Johannes Terras, who helped coordinate the letter, argued that the EU should be as willing to control cormorants as it is to control other predators. The bloc has loosened protections on wolves in recent years, and several countries cull invasive mink and raccoon dogs to protect ground-nesting birds. “If we are prepared to limit the number of smaller predators to protect bird species, then why shouldn’t we reduce predation pressure to protect fish?” he told POLITICO. “Nature should be viewed as a whole.” In the May 7 letter, the ministers blame cormorants, each capable of eating half a kilo of fish a day, for hammering inland fish stocks and emptying aquaculture ponds. Industry estimates put the damage to European fisheries and aquaculture at more than €350 million a year. In Estonia’s coastal waters, Terras said, cormorants eat about 20,000 metric tons of fish a year, almost twice the catch of the country’s coastal fishermen. The ministers warn of “serious damage to ecosystems” and “implications for food security,” and urge the Commission to make the “necessary legislative changes.” The letter lands ahead of next Tuesday’s meeting of agriculture and fisheries ministers in Brussels and in the middle of a Commission review of the EU’s nature laws — a “stress test” launched as part of a wider drive to cut red tape, with a public consultation running until August. The Commission has so far resisted the push. Roswall’s department issued more flexible guidance in March; the ministers say it isn’t enough. A Commission spokesperson said the existing rules give national authorities sufficient room to address cormorant damage, and that governments should try non-lethal methods first. Asked whether Brussels would consider making the bird huntable, the spokesperson declined to comment, citing the ongoing review. Conservation groups, meanwhile, say culling won’t fix the problem. Researchers at Stockholm University concluded last year that commercial fishing takes around three times as many Baltic fish as seals and cormorants combined. It is not the first time EU countries have pushed for loosening cormorant protections. Sweden raised the issue in September and in October 2024, each time backed by a coalition of Baltic and Central European countries.

Ben-Gvir’s video of flotilla activists reveals a state so accustomed to impunity that it documents its own cruelty.

Manuel Neuer to start for Germany in World Cup on his return, despite Oliver ⁠Baumann long being labelled first choice.

Chris Bryant gives statement to parliament following the release of documents todayThe Home Office has also published asylum figures this morning. These show that the number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels stood at 20,885 at the end of March 2026, down 35% year-on-year from 32,326. The Press Association says:It is the lowest figure since data was first reported in 2022, Home Office figures show.The total had climbed as high as 56,018 at the end of September 2023.Brits are leaving on a massive scale and non-EU immigration remains far too high. Mass immigration undermines our society and low wage immigration is bad for the economy. British families feel it in lower wages, longer waiting lists for public services and housing shortages.Labour must go further and reform indefinite leave to remain before their hard-left flank forces them to abandon it altogether. Continue reading...

Nato chief delivers speech in Sweden as he hints at further changes to US military commitments to EuropeJust as Pavel was speaking in Prague, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was pursuing escalation of the conflict between the two countries.It’s quite a claim given (checks notes) Russia’s continued and relentless invasion of Ukraine for years.“Ukraine has demonstrated not only determination and heroism, but also unbelievable capacity to adjust, to innovate, to change.It is something that we in Europe have lost through many regulatory measures that are necessary in peacetime, but of course in conflict you have to be … flexible and achieve the results in shortest possible time. … Continue reading...

Popularity of UK and European funds that use derivatives contracts to generate income soars in two years

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