The former head of the national ice hockey association is to run for the position of president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the sport's international governing body.

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.

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.

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82 aasta vanuselt suri jalgpalliveteran ja Nõmme Kalju legendaarne meeskonna vanem Toomas Kaldma.

Ukraine denies involvement in the case which may have serious implications for its relationship with Germany.

Yorgen Fenech denies any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

Official documents show the US president made billions of dollars as he returned to the White House.

Lloyds says it remains committed to the town of Halifax and very little will change for customers.

Forty-four members of the European Parliament are urging FIFA President Gianni Infantino to reverse his decision to allow Russian athletes to play at this year’s inaugural U-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan. They argue that Russia should not be readmitted to FIFA competitions until it enters peace negotiations with Ukraine, ceases fire and agrees to return children kidnapped from Ukrainian territories. In a letter obtained by POLITICO, the lawmakers criticize global football body FIFA for ignoring what they described as “around 20,000 Ukrainian children … forcibly kidnapped and separated from their families by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s regime.” “We urge FIFA to stand on the side of peace and not appease the aggressor – Russia,” the letter reads. After Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, FIFA banned Russia from participating in all of its football competitions. FIFA lifted the blanket ban for youth competitions in 2023, but Russian teams have not played in its U-17 World Cups since. FIFA announced last week its first U-15 World Cup, in which boys and girls will compete this October in Azerbaijan. At the time, the organization announced that the competition would be open to “all FIFA member associations,” opening the door to Russia’s participation. Infantino said in February that FIFA should lift its ban on Russia, saying that bans “create more hatred.” The European lawmakers argue that allowing Russia to participate could lead other member countries to boycott the competition, a stance they call “very understandable.” They argue that this would “distort FIFA sporting events, where the principle that the best team wins will no longer prevail.” Ukraine’s football federation has previously said it would not participate in competitions with Russia. In March of 2022, Russia appealed the FIFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The body dismissed Russia’s claim. Russia’s gradual return to other sports has triggered outrage in Ukraine and been denounced by the EU.

BRUSSELS — A Hungarian spy ring operated out of the country’s embassy in Brussels and its work intensified in 2015, according to a European Commission document seen by POLITICO. The document, dated April this year, summarizes the findings of an investigation by Piotr Serafin, the anti-fraud commissioner who was tasked with looking into allegations that Hungarian intelligence officers stationed at the country’s permanent representation in Brussels attempted to recruit officials from EU institutions in the mid-2010s. From 2013 to 2016, Hungarian spy agencies sent several officials to work at the permanent representation, Serafin’s investigation found. “The activities of those intelligence officers in Brussels were initially discreet but gradually became much more overt from 2015 onwards,” the document says. As a result of the increased activity, the spy ring’s existence became “known among circles of European Hungarian officials, which apparently hampered the efficacy of their efforts,” the document says. “To the best of our understanding, these activities stopped in 2016.” In 2015, Olivér Várhelyi became the country’s EU ambassador and headed up the office. Várhelyi is now the commissioner for health and animal welfare. He started working at the permanent representation in 2011. When press reports last year first alleged that the embassy was allegedly hosting a spy ring, Várhelyi told Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that he was “not aware” of the alleged Hungarian efforts. He doubled down in January this year when quizzed on the scandal by EU lawmakers. Várhelyi said he hadn’t been approached by intelligence services to pass on secret information. “Have I been approached by the Hungarian or any other services? No, I have not,” he told MEPs in a European Parliament committee meeting. Várhelyi did not respond to a request for comment. Serafin’s investigation also failed to single out any individual responsible. “On the basis of the information gathered during the investigation, and with the limited tools currently available to the Commission, it is not possible to attribute individual responsibility or involvement beyond that of the intelligence officers themselves,” the document says. The document, which was sent to MEPs, said the Commission was “not aware” of any “serious” security breaches. Nevertheless, it does detail some of its findings — and confirms for the first time the spy ring’s existence, as well as its targeting of EU officials. “The intelligence officers used their official position to fulfil a specific mission that appears to have gone beyond the tasks that are usually associated with those of diplomats in the Permanent Representation,” it said. “This involved, in particular, approaching Commission officials of Hungarian nationality and attempting to collect detailed information from them regarding work within the Commission on topics of specific interest to the Hungarian government,” it continued. The Hungarian permanent representation did not respond to a request for comment. The European Commission redirected POLITICO to a comment made by spokesperson Balazs Ujvari when the executive announced the closure of the probe back in April: “The Commission has concluded that no serious security breach could be identified in relation to the allegations appearing in the media.”

US prosecutors have alleged those involved in the Prairieland Detention Center protest were linked to antifa.

An Israeli drone strike near a Gaza hospital and fuel station kills at least three people, reports Wafa news agency.

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Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEPMEPs have warned Albania that EU accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.Tineke Strik, the Dutch MEP heading a European parliament fact-finding mission to the Balkan nation, said Albania’s leadership was “playing with fire” by pursuing the €1.4bn (£1.2bn) real-estate venture that would, she said, wreak havoc on virgin coastline. Continue reading...

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