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.

Under the new EU air passenger rules, carry‑on baggage must be included in the ticket price, and children up to age 14 must be able to sit next to a parent or guardian without an extra fee.

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.

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.

While the total number of injuries fell by 7 percent compared with the previous year, cases of intentional self-harm are on the rise, particularly among young people.

Eesti korvpallikoondislane Artur Konontšuk sõlmis järgmiseks hooajaks lepingu Saksamaa kõrgliigaklubiga Rostock Seawolves.

Täna Brüsselis toimunud NATO kaitseministrite kohtumise peateemadeks olid liitlaste hetkeseis kaitsekulude tõstmisel ja võime-eesmärkide täitmisel, et valmistuda juulis Türgis, Ankaras toimuvaks NATO tippkohtumiseks.

A refinery and a shopping centre were burning 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.

The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.

Thousands of Brits were left stranded in the Middle East when the US-Iran war broke out in early 2026.

Péter Magyar said Thursday that he and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola discussed the EU dropping its rule-of-law disciplinary procedure against Hungary. “We agreed that the Article 7 procedure launched against Hungary eight years ago — in response to concerns over the rule of law and democracy under the previous government — should be concluded by autumn,” the Hungarian prime minister wrote on X after a meeting with Metsola in Strasbourg. Magyar, a former MEP, said he planned to address the Parliament after the summer. In 2018, the Parliament triggered Article 7 of the EU treaties on Hungary, which allows for the suspension of a member state’s voting rights if it breaches the bloc’s values. Often referred to as the EU’s “nuclear option”, Article 7 can be dropped if a majority of lawmakers back such a move, but there have been no discussions on doing so. Metsola’s office gave a more cautious readout on the meeting, saying she told Magyar “that should Parliament continue to see positive progress and concrete actions that address the Parliament’s previous concerns, it would be for MEPs and group leaders to take that into account when considering next steps or any potential timeline.” EU lawmakers took action over rule-of-law backsliding under former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. While EU countries did not reach the required majority to suspend Budapest’s rights, the process remains active. Since he was elected prime minister in April, Péter Magyar has requested that the Article 7 process be halted, as he plans to introduce reforms to access over €16 billion in EU funds that had been frozen. In April, the head of the center-right European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, called for the end of Article 7 proceedings against Hungary. Magyar’s Tisza party is a member of the EPP. However, the lead lawmaker on the Article 7 file, Green Dutch MEP Tinneke Strik, told POLITICO in April that the process should remain active until all concerns are addressed. Sophie Wilmes, Parliament vice president and Renew MEP, said that while the shift brought in by the new Hungarian government is undeniable, the specific concerns raised during the Article 7 procedure must be addressed. “Considering bringing it to an end calls for being able to demonstrate tangible progress on the ground. This will be the purpose of the DRFMG [Parliament’s rule of law monitoring body] mission next October, which will allow us to assess the situation in a concrete and objective manner,” she said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a six-month review of America’s military footprint in Europe on Thursday, escalating the Trump administration’s push on NATO allies to take greater responsibility for the continent’s defense. The review will examine U.S. force posture and basing across Europe, including troop levels, military access, basing rights and overflight permissions. Hegseth, speaking at a NATO meeting of defense ministers in Brussels, cast the effort as a test of whether allies are moving quickly enough toward what he called “NATO 3.0” — a harder-edged alliance in which Europe takes the lead on conventional defense while Washington reorients toward other priorities. “This will be a real review,” Hegseth told fellow ministers in Brussels. The announcement comes after months of U.S. moves to pare back parts of its European presence. Washington has already moved to withdraw about 5,000 soldiers from Germany, a step U.S. officials have said would bring American troop levels in Europe closer to where they stood before Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The administration has also reduced U.S. contributions to NATO force-planning requirements, including high-end assets such as fighter aircraft, airborne refueling tankers, maritime patrol planes and naval capabilities that European allies may struggle to replace quickly. Europe’s wealthiest allies, Hegseth said, can no longer rely on the United States to underwrite the continent’s defense while falling short on spending, readiness and access commitments. He also warned that future U.S. contributions to NATO’s common-funded budget would be tied to whether allies meet defense-spending targets. “Where other allies do not spend with urgency, our dues contributions will go down,” Hegseth said. The message lands ahead of next month’s NATO leaders’ summit in Ankara, where President Donald Trump is expected to press allies to turn spending pledges into usable military power. For some allies, Hegseth made clear, the review will amount to a report card. “Some countries will fail,” he said, “and others will pass with flying colors.”

The men, dual Chinese-British nationals, are believed to be the first people convicted of spying for China ‌in Britain.

After an initial US-Iran agreement is reached, Iranians still await relief at the grocery checkout.

Ukraine’s president ramps up rhetoric after overnight drone strikes on Russian capitalHegseth makes it clear that the review will not be just a box-ticking exercise.“It’s a review that some countries will fail and others will pass with flying colours. In the end, the review is intended to both improve US force posture and basing and strengthen Nato 3.0.”“It will be designed to ensure that Nato is moving fast and irreversibly toward Europe leading, stepping up to take primary responsibility for the defence of Europe.”“Where other allies do not spend with urgency, our dues, contributions will go down. Nato will be a two-way street.” Continue reading...

Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together global populist-right figures, US state officials and Eton teachersThe Reform UK MPs Sarah Pochin and Andrew Rosindell will be there. As will a plethora of Reform advisers, backroom staff and figures such as Ben Delo, a British crypto billionaire who has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s party.Yet as populist-right politicians from across the globe and their multimillionaire backers prepare for this year’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) – a rightwing London summit labelled an “anti-woke” Davos – others whose expected attendance has not been publicised potentially raises more questions. Continue reading...

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Defence secretary announced decision as he scolded Nato allies for failing to support Washington in Iran war