Tallinn Administrative Court has dismissed European Parliament member Jaak Madison's appeal seeking to overturn an order by the Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee requiring him to repay campaign expenses.

Justice and Digital Minister Liisa Pakosta has proposed new rules that would force telecom operators to filter and block foreign scam calls posing as Estonian numbers.

Tallinn Administrative Court has dismissed European Parliament member Jaak Madison's appeal seeking to overturn an order by the Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee requiring him to repay campaign expenses.

The opposition Social Democrats (SDE) have proposed long-serving Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise as a presidential candidate.

Justice and Digital Minister Liisa Pakosta has proposed new rules that would force telecom operators to filter and block foreign scam calls posing as Estonian numbers.

Estonian police have conducted raids near schools in Tallinn suburbs to curb rising e-scooter accidents among 7–14-year-olds, the only demographic seeing increased injuries during the first five months of 2026.

Esmaspäeval kogunesid 40 Eesti teravaima digitaalse vaistuga noort, et selgitada endi seast küberturbevõistluse Küberkotka Lend finaalis kõige kõvemad küberkaitsjad. Sihtasutuse CR14 korraldatud võistluse finaalis osalesid parimad, kes murdsid läbi eelvoorudest ja jõudsid finaali enam kui 120 kandidaadi seast.

Nädal aega tagasi raputas Venezuelat sajandi rängim maavärin. Tuhanded on hukkunud, vigastatud, kadunud või kaotanud kodu. Vajaliku abi organiseerimine on raskendatud ja niigi keerukas seisus Venezuelat ootavad ees vaevalised kuud.

A man is seen clambering through a window to escape black smoke in the block where some 200 people live.

More than 100 firefighters are fighting a fire near Thessaloniki which has claimed at least two lives.

The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.

Household energy prices have risen by 13% a year as regulator Ofgem's latest price cap kicks in.

BRUSSELS — The European Union hopes the change of leadership in the U.K. won’t slow down a deal on the long-discussed Brexit reset. The Commission — the bloc’s executive arm — is planning on finalizing long-running negotiations on agricultural and trade issues in the days and weeks after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s eventual successor takes over, four European diplomats and officials working on the issues told POLITICO, granted anonymity to speak frankly. Among the items Brussels intends to sign off is an agreement on phytosanitary rules governing the import and export of food products; alignment on emissions trading systems to avoid business paying hefty carbon taxes; and a reciprocal youth mobility scheme to enable young people to live, travel, study or work for limited periods. Those three areas were expected to be agreed by the time the two sides met before the summer holidays. A planned EU-U.K. summit originally scheduled for July 22 was postponed following Starmer’s resignation earlier this month. The embattled Labour Party leader had hoped to announce a major “reset” in relations. However, one of the officials said, the EU intends to get it back on the agenda “as soon as possible” after a new administration is in place so as not to lose momentum. No date has yet been identified, but mid-October is seen as the most likely. The speed reflects an awareness in Brussels that, with Nigel Farage’s Reform party riding high in the polls, locking in mutually beneficial agreements is worth doing sooner rather than later, a second official said. The British government has also expressed interest in taking part in a defense scheme for Ukraine, by which purchases from the U.K. defense sector would be eligible for funding with a €90 billion loan issued by the EU. Separately, talks are also being held on the country’s integration into the EU’s internal electricity market. While neither issue was expected to be settled in time for the July summit, an additional three months could make it possible to announce a deal in time for a rescheduled meeting. Former Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is the clear frontrunner to take over from Starmer, and British negotiators have indicated that they do not expect a significant change in policy that would undermine the talks. However, officials on both sides of the talks have cautioned that significant work is still to be done to ensure planned pacts get the green light. As part of that effort, British EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds traveled to Brussels Wednesday to discuss the joint agenda, designed to streamline trade ties and link up the two economies in the face of an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment. “My meetings in Brussels today are focussed on delivering the deals we announced at last year’s Summit to lower household bills, provide opportunities for young people and strengthen our nation’s security,” Thomas-Symonds said ahead of the talks with EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič. EU ambassadors were also briefed on the status of the negotiations on Wednesday in a closed-door meeting with the Commission, two diplomats confirmed. Gabriel Gavin reported from Brussels. Jon Stone reported from London.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Die AfD rüstet sich für ihren Bundesparteitag am Wochenende, der von massiven Protesten und bis zu 50.000 erwarteten Gegendemonstranten begleitet wird. Die Doppelspitze aus Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla tritt zwar ohne Gegenkandidaten an, muss aber aufgrund interner Machtkämpfe in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg und Sachsen mit Dämpfern bei der Wiederwahl rechnen. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler berichten über die Gründe, warum die beiden Parteichefs teils den Unmut von Landesverbänden auf sich gezogen haben. Dazu blicken die beiden auf zwei wichtige Personalien bei den Wahlen zum Bundesvorstand auf dem Parteitag, und sie sprechen über einen Antrag von Björn Höcke und anderen, die die parteiinterne Unvereinbarkeitsliste faktisch abschaffen und Verjährungsfristen für Ex-Rechtsextreme einführen wollen. Die Parteispitze will diesen unabgesprochenen Antrag offenbar verhindern. Zudem geht es in dieser Folge um die „Akademie Schwarz-Rot-Gold“. Mit ihr bereitet die Partei ihr Personal auf mögliche Regierungsämter in den Ländern vor. Schindler und von Pezold geben einen Einblick, wer die Köpfe dahinter sind, welche Schulungen sie anbietet und wie die Akademie auch als eine Art Karriere-Center dienen soll. Und einmal mehr steht die Russlandpolitik der AfD im Fokus. Aus Moskau gibt es eine Initiative, um Wirtschaftsgespräche mit Deutschland und den USA wieder aufzunehmen. Das Ziel: die russische Invasion der Ukraine und den dortigen Krieg gegen die Zivilbevölkerung von den Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zum Westen zu trennen. Die Bemühungen dafür laufen auch über den außenpolitischen Sprecher der AfD, Markus Frohnmaier. Welche Rolle ihm Russland dabei zugedacht hat, mit wem und wo man sich treffen will, fassen Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler zusammen. „Inside AfD“ ist der POLITICO-Podcast über die umstrittenste Partei des Landes. Trotz Radikalisierung und Beobachtung durch den Verfassungsschutz wächst die AfD weiter. Wie ist das möglich? Was treibt ihre Anhänger, Strategen und Gegner an? Wie funktioniert das Innenleben der Partei? Und was bedeutet ihr Aufstieg für das politische System Deutschlands? Antworten liefern immer mittwochs ⁠Pauline von Pezold⁠ von POLITICO und ⁠Frederik Schindler⁠ von WELT — unaufgeregt, aber kritisch. Fragen und Feedback gern an ⁠insideafd@politico.eu⁠. POLITICO Deutschland – ein Angebot der Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH Axel-Springer-Straße 65, 10888 Berlin Tel: +49 (30) 2591 0 ⁠information@axelspringer.de⁠ Sitz: Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 196159 B USt-IdNr: DE 214 852 390 Geschäftsführer: Carolin Hulshoff Pol, Mathias Sanchez Luna

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Melat Kiros defeated Diana DeGette, who has been in office for as long as the 29-year-old Kiros has been alive.

Country is first to join since Australia in 2015 as event director says it ‘continues to welcome the world’Canada will ​join the Eurovision song contest next year, becoming the first new ⁠participant since Australia in 2015, organisers have announced.Participation is not limited to countries in geographic Europe and instead is open to all members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which Canada joined last week. Australia is an associate member. Continue reading...

Ukrainian leader among guests in Dublin as Micheál Martin says ‘we will stand unswervingly by your people’Pistorius talks about changes in the German military reserve system, with “the Bundeswehr building up.”He talks about reforms needed to allow to mobilise reservists better and more efficiently. Continue reading...

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