Shooter Veikko Tihvan has made Estonian sports history by winning the FITASC Compak Sporting World Championships in Rio Salso, Italy.

Kino Sõprus cinema chain showed its first film at Priisle Park in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district last week and is planning several outdoor screenings across the city in the coming weeks.

A bill aimed at clarifying the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) access to banking data and restoring its ability to conduct on-site inspections has passed its first reading in the Riigikogu.

The government will begin discussions on next year's budget and the state budget strategy at Stenbock House on Tuesday.

Sunday marked 87 years since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed. The agreement, between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, paved the way for Estonia's over 50 years of occupation.

Saaremaa Municipality has preserved a key piece of local heritage by completing a €3.4 million renovation of the over 200-year-old Laimjala manor house, which now brings a local district center, library, school, and kindergarten together under one roof.

Grete Griffin vahetas argipäeva troopilise päikese, türkiissinise mere ja seilava meelelahutusmaailma vastu. Koos perega Kariibi merel puhkav eestlanna jagab uhkest kruiisist kadestamisväärseid kaadreid ka oma jälgijatega.

Norra kuningakoja teatel halvenes haiglas viibiva kuningas Haraldi tervis nädalavahetuse jooksul, kuid 89-aastase monarhi seisund on stabiilne.

It comes after Moscow warned of "consequences" over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing over blueprints so Kyiv can build its own long-range missiles.

Scott Bessent says the US will sever all economic ties with the country and that any nation partnering with Iran financially will also be isolated.

Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016

KYIV — Ukraine faces a €23 billion hole in its defense budget this year, leaving Kyiv scrambling for cash to fight Russia even as Western leaders gathered in the capital to mark the country’s independence day and pledge ongoing support. The money is needed not only for weapons and air defense, but also to pay soldiers, support the families of those killed and ensure Ukraine has the supplies it needs to start 2027. “We are not asking [you] to fight for us. Give Ukraine everything to stop this war, to stop it faster than Putin can start the next one,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech Monday. U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham was in Kyiv Monday for a meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing. European Council President António Costa, Luxembourgish Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Estonian President Alar Karis, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and other Nordic and Baltic leaders also attended in person, while French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined remotely. “Ukrainian people deserve not just continued support but our gratitude … I am determined we [the coalition of the willing] will work together to deliver the support you need,” Burnham said in a statement. The funding gap originated after the defense ministry brought forward spending originally planned for the second half of the year, while the EU’s €90 billion loan was delayed by roadblocks from Hungary. “At the beginning of the year, decisions were made at the ministry to use in the first half of the year funds that were intended to be disbursed in the second half,” Zelenskyy said during a meeting with reporters on Saturday. The shortfall comes on top of €30 billion in funding Europe has already pledged to Ukraine this year as part of the €90 billion loan. Purchases made included “fiber-optic drones, middle-strike drones, interceptors,” former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told POLITICO in June. “Now, in the second half of the year, those funds need to be compensated for and supplemented,” Zelenskyy added. The European Commission offered some relief Monday, approving €6.1 billion in new defense procurement for Ukraine. This latest disbursement from the EU’s €90 billion loan package will fund air-defense missiles and ammunition, as well as radars — among Kyiv’s most urgent needs. But the money falls far short of what Ukraine says it requires. Ukraine needs about €6.8 billion to €8.5 billion to ensure a “normal start” to next year, the Ukrainian leader said. That money is effectively needed in advance to pay for weapons and other supplies for January 2027. Around €17 billion more is needed for military salaries, payments to the families of fallen soldiers and other expenses. “A lot of money is needed,” he added. But domestic politics are also creating obstacles to international funding. Zelenskyy admitted that Ukrainian lawmakers are stalling the implementation of reforms on which some international aid is conditional. Overall, parliament is currently delaying 24 reform bills tied to Western funding disbursement. While not all the funds are tied to defense spending, getting EU money would free up Ukraine’s scarce resources for other urgent defense needs. Last week, the Ukrainian parliament’s law enforcement committee removed five government and judicial reform bills from consideration because they are no longer relevant, Ukrainian MP Anastasiya Radina said last week. Maksym Buzhanskiy, a lawmaker from Zelenskyy’s party, defended the committee’s decision to remove the bills, claiming they do not correspond to Ukraine commitments needed for EU funding. Zelenskyy is planning to ask for disbursement of EU funds ahead of schedule.  “I am working on this with the French and the Germans. Practically, we need to bring forward the second portion of the European funds allocated for Ukraine, and this is an extremely difficult task,” Zelenskyy said.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced the U.S. will impose a 50 percent tariff increase against Canada on vehicles, steel and other items after trade talks between the two countries collapsed. Trump, posting on Truth Social, said the tariffs will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027. “Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer!,” he stated. Trump rolled out a 50 percent tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods last month that had a 30 day grace period as negotiations continued. Trump’s comments come after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to retaliate against the U.S.’s trade stance.

Israeli settler attacks, aided by military, increasingly fit the definition of a pogrom.

Several houses were set ablaze in India’s Manipur state, followed by gunfire between two groups.

UK PM hits back at Kremlin comment that sharing long-range missile blueprints will ‘add fuel to fire’ by asking ‘who started the fire?’Here’s the full quote from Kremlin’s Peskov, via AFP:“Britain is methodically and regularly throwing oil on the fire and methodically and regularly plotting schemes to prevent even the slightest progress in the peace process.” Continue reading...

EU police agency says shift could point to involvement of new criminal networks focused on specific artefactsRobberies at European museums are becoming increasingly violent, with thieves sometimes brandishing guns, assaulting staff and using sledgehammers, axes and even explosives to smash their way into buildings and display cases, according to a report by Europol.The EU police agency said that while museum thefts were generally seen as a non-violent form of organised property crime, member states had detected a recent shift “towards violent and forceful methods” that could point to the involvement of new criminal networks focused on specific cultural artefacts. Continue reading...

British officials reveal sweeping Brussels negotiating plan drawn up in former prime minister’s last days in office

Roland Lescure says it would be ‘difficult’ to scrap unpopular surcharge on country’s largest firms