Fermi Energia's investment decision is contingent on the state guaranteeing a price difference compensation mechanism for the nuclear plant, similar to the one used for wind farms.

At the Estonian Olympic Committee's regular general assembly, former Estonian Athletics Association president Erich Teigamägi was elected the organization's president for the next two years.

The most popular choice for Estonia's next prime minister is Urmas Reinsalu, the latest poll by NGO Ühiskonnauuringute Instituut and the research firm Norstat has found.

The Riigikogu on Wednesday passed amendments to the law that will require police to warn drivers about mobile speed cameras in the future.

Fermi Energia's investment decision is contingent on the state guaranteeing a price difference compensation mechanism for the nuclear plant, similar to the one used for wind farms.

Attorney-at-law Kristjan Tuul has asked the Ministry of the Interior to initiate an oversight procedure into the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) over its alleged practice of obtaining the contents of email inboxes without a legal basis or court authorization.

Rubla kaotas kehtivuse.

Donald Trump kolis Chongqingi? Oleme ausad, Hiina võiks olla viimane koht, kus Donald Trumpi jäljendajat kohata, aga tuleb välja, et ta on selle linna üks kuulsamaid sisuloojaid. Vähemalt lääne vaataja jaoks.

A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.

The US defence secretary's move follows a US decision to scale back its commitments to a high readiness force within the alliance.

Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.

Some insist on splitting the bill, others say the asker should pay, while many still see a man paying as romantic.

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Brussels Playbook Week Ender host Sarah Wheaton is on the ground at the European Council summit, where divisions over European Council President António Costa’s outreach to the Kremlin divided leaders and dominated an evening that was supposed to be devoted to confronting the trade deficit with China. Chief EU Correspondent Zoya Sheftalovich, trade reporter Carlo Martuscelli, Berlin correspondent Nette Nöstlinger and Senior Defense Correspondent Jacopo Barigazzi break down the divisions and look ahead to how next year’s elections affect today’s talks. Also this week, Anne McElvoy brings together two leading figures to reflect on the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum and where the EU-U.K. relationship may go next. Jeremy Hunt was a close Cabinet colleague of David Cameron and became the U.K.’s foreign secretary and chancellor in the years after the vote. He’s just written “Can We Be Rich Again?,” which is about Britain’s economic problems since Brexit. Peter Altmaier was Angela Merkel’s right-hand man as head of the German Chancellery and served as her finance and economy minister during the fraught Brexit negotiations between the EU27 and the UK.  If you have comments, send us a voice note or message us on WhatsApp here or at +32 491 05 06 29.

LONDON — Andy Burnham cleared a major hurdle in his quest to become Britain’s next prime minister Friday — winning the Makerfield by-election. Labour’s Burnham comfortably beat his nearest rival, Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon, by more than 9,000 votes in the special contest. It’s a win which will significantly boost his standing among fellow Labour MPs who are already considering ditching Keir Starmer, a prime minister who has struggled to connect with the British public. Burnham will now have a seat in parliament from which he can directly challenge Starmer by sparking a Labour leadership contest. He used a victory speech in the early hours of Friday morning to tell his party it is facing its “final chance to change.” “Tonight could, just could, be the turning point,” he said. “From here on, I will give everything I have got to make it so.” He vowed: ”I will always take a place first rather than a party first approach and I will focus on problem solving rather than point scoring.” Burnham, a former government minister who quit Westminster nine years ago to take the Manchester mayoralty, has pitched himself further to the left of Starmer, but his policy platform remains vague. Starmer has struggled in the polls since winning a landslide in 2024, but has insisted he will fight any challenge from Burnham. The incumbent prime minister’s cabinet will now be closely watched for signs they could move against him in a bid to speed up an exit. While the right-wing populist Reform UK tops national polls, the party’s bruising in Makerfield is a setback to Nigel Farage’s own plans to run Britain. The Trump ally’s party has faced its own challenge on the right from the smaller Restore Britain. In the event, Burnham beat the combined vote for both right-wing parties in a constituency seen as unfavorable to Labour in recent years — a win that should put wind in the sails of his campaign for the top job. The timing of Burnham’s expected challenge to Starmer is still unclear, although a key ally, Louise Haigh, said Friday morning that she hopes Starmer will opt for an “orderly and managed” transition from office. Haigh told the BBC Burnham won’t be challenging the PM “in the immediate aftermath” of the by-election, but will instead talk to Starmer. She warned, however, that “dragging any process out” would be difficult for the Labour Party and the government Starmer leads. Turnout in Makerfield stood at 58.75 percent, up sharply from the 52.5 percent at the 2024 general election, and bucking the trend for by-elections, which are generally much more minor events in the British political calendar. A fresh by-election will be meanwhile triggered in Greater Manchester to replace Burnham as mayor because MPs are disqualified from serving as elected regional mayors. This developing story is being updated.

Greater Manchester mayor's victory in Makerfield clears path for bid to unseat Starmer as prime minister.

BC Place was a battlefield as Kone was stretchered off, Qatar got two red cards, and both teams brawled after full-time.

US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgetsPete Hegseth has announced a review of the US military presence across Europe, in a combative address to Nato allies where he threatened to cut force numbers in countries spending the least on defence.The US defence secretary, speaking at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, accused some countries of “free riding” and others of being shameful for not allowing their airbases to be used by US jets bombing Iran in the spring. Continue reading...

Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is ‘perfectly possible’ the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outsUK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier saysA couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley. It was not some ghoulish Brexit spin-off of The Traitors, but the result of the former EU negotiator’s wife, Isabelle, being a close friend of Johnson’s French cousin, Anne du Boucheron, the owner of Château de la Baronnière, a 19th-century estate in Mauges-sur-Loire, in western France.“We spent a weekend together in a French castle. Very friendly. Long promenades in the forest,” Barnier recalls of Johnson senior, with whom he discussed the former prime minister’s motivation to back Brexit. “It was interesting. Boris was much more European at the beginning. Even if he was critical. I don’t see it as a motivation but it is, perhaps, a method or attitude: to be pragmatic in some way. Cynical. Cynical to get power.” Continue reading...

So-called Section 301 probe escalates Washington’s drug pricing war with Europe

Leaders opt for dialogue with Beijing rather than immediate action over fears of retaliation