It increasingly seems that Estonia is becoming a victim of its own past success. There is too much nostalgia for the successful models of decades past and too little willingness to take risks or engage in open debate about the challenges of a new era, Tõnis Saarts finds.

Estonian politician Siim Kallas, a former prime minister, foreign minister and vice president of the European Commission who also held several other senior positions, died overnight Friday into Saturday.

Estonian politician Siim Kallas, a former prime minister, foreign minister and vice president of the European Commission who also held several other senior positions, died overnight Friday into Saturday.

Estonia's lower level of agricultural support was taken into account when calculating funding for the next EU budget period. This increased Estonia's allocation by roughly €546 million. The European Commission left it to Estonia to decide how to use this opportunity, writes Hendrik Johannes Terras.

Estonian politician Siim Kallas, a former prime minister, foreign minister and vice president of the European Commission who also held several other senior positions, died overnight Friday into Saturday.

80 percent of serious electric scooter accidents do not happen because of a collision with another vehicle or person, but because the rider loses balance and falls, said ER doctor‑resident Kadri Ustav.

Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi (RE) sõnul hakkasid minevikus just lahkunud Siim Kallaselt esimesena kõlama kõige selgemad majandussõnumid. Ta lisas, et Kallasel olnud ühiskonna kujunemisel väga suur roll.

Telerežissöör ja lavastaja Ain Prosa ütles Kuku raadios muu hulgas, et «Kättemaksukontoriga» lõpetamiseks on õige aeg, sest 17 aastat on ka maailma mastaabis ühele seriaalile pigem erand kui reegel. Veel rõhutas ta tühistamiskultuuri kohta, et inimesele tuleb uus võimalus anda.

Nine people are still missing after the attack which left 130 injured, including a number of children.

Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.

The struggling firm said it had improved its performance but missed regulator-set delivery targets.

Negotiations to finalise a deal between the US and Canada are going down to the wire ahead of a Friday night deadline.

BRUSSELS — Former Estonian Prime Minister and European Commissioner Siim Kallas has died at the age of 77.  “It is with sadness that I must announce that my dear father, Siim Kallas, passed away last night,” posted EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Instagram. The Estonian politician was the country’s first ever European commissioner, starting from 2004. He took up the economic and monetary affairs post under then-European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and later served as vice-president and transport commissioner from 2010 to 2014. An economist by training, Kallas started his career as president of the Bank of Estonia in 1991, where he was one of the principal architects of the country’s monetary reform. In 1994, he founded the liberal-democratic Reform Party and was elected to the Estonian parliament the following year, when he became foreign affairs minister. Kallas was a key figure in the Baltic country’s European trajectory: After his appointment as foreign minister, he oversaw Estonia’s bid to join the EU. He was prime minister in 2002, when the country concluded negotiations to become a member and was invited to join NATO. His daughter, Kaja Kallas, was Estonia’s youngest-ever serving prime minister, holding office from 2021 to 2024. She is now the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term.

A trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada fell apart just before midnight on Friday, marking a significant setback in the ongoing trade war between the two traditionally close allies. The deal’s collapse means 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods now go into effect, hitting products ranging from alcohol to hockey skates. “Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week. Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walkbacks of other commitments by Canada upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters late Friday night. “This is a missed opportunity for Canada to partner with the U.S.,” Greer added. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement that the results of the negotiations had “not been enough to meet our objectives for Canadians” and pointed the finger at Washington. “Last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal,” Carney said. “As a result, this evening, I have decided to suspend trade negotiations with the U.S. and have directed Canada’s negotiators to return to Ottawa.” He added that Canada will match the new U.S. tariffs “dollar for dollar.” The failure came following a marathon series of talks led by Greer and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc over the past week. President Donald Trump also spoke with Carney multiple times in recent days. There appeared to be a breakthrough earlier this week, when Trump announced he was pausing, for three days, the 50 percent tariff that was set to kick in on Aug. 19. “Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote on social media late Tuesday night. As part of the proposed agreement, the U.S. had offered to lower tariffs on automobiles, steel and aluminum if Canada was willing to drop its retaliatory measures and allow more access for U.S. businesses in its dairy and lumber markets. Greer said Friday that as part of the deal, the administration was also prepared to open formal negotiations with Ottawa on updates to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the North American free trade deal that is currently up for a six-year review. The administration launched formal talks with Mexico on the pact earlier this summer but has thus far sidelined Carney’s government. Greer did not specify which specific disagreements killed the deal Trump had touted just days earlier. Its collapse sets up an even more fraught period for the massive North American trade relationship ahead of U.S. midterm elections, with voters consistently saying they are concerned about affordability. Businesses on both sides of the border, already concerned by the Trump administration’s decision not to automatically extend the USMCA when it came up for review in July, now enter a period of protracted uncertainty and potentially punishing tit-for-tat tariffs, threatening the continent’s integrated supply chains and the industries that rely on them. “This will be a body blow to North American competitiveness in this self-defeating trade saga. A whopping, non-absorbable tariff is not sustainable or viable for business,” said Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations in a statement. “Americans will see their costs go up, and Canadians will see customers, investment and small businesses disappear.” The auto industry, in particular, could suffer. “We are disappointed that the two nations were not able to reach an agreement. The negative impact is already being felt with U.S. auto exports to Canada down 23% over the past year,” Jennifer Safavian, president and CEO of Autos Drive America, said in a statement. The advocacy group represents international automakers that have operations in the United States, including Honda, Toyota and Volvo. “The U.S. auto industry’s continued success relies upon strong and stable partnerships across North America. We urge all parties to continue negotiations to finalize an interim deal and create a path toward a strengthened USMCA.” Oliver Ward, Mickey Djuric and Nick Taylor-Vaisey contributed to this report.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei slams Trump's latest threat as a return to 'full-scale classic colonialism'.

Left-armers star in wicket bonanza as Australia take 101-run lead over Bangladesh on first day of the second Test.

In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade banMore than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy.Uphold the decisions of the international court of justice and the international criminal court.Suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement for breach of human rights provisions.Suspend arms transfers to and from Israel and all bilateral military cooperation.Insist on unrestricted aid access to Gaza, led by the UN Relief and Works Agency, other UN agencies and international NGOs, with consequences for non-compliance, and access too for journalists, diplomats and parliamentarians.Ban all trade with settlements, including goods, investment, insurance and other financial services.Warn potential bidders for the “red line” E1 settlement or other settlement financing/construction that their interests in and with the UK and France will suffer.Make it an offence for British and French citizens to buy property on stolen Palestinian land and remove charitable status from “charities” funding settlements. Continue reading...

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine, killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih – the president’s home town – as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month. Continue reading...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war

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