Estonia News

While in the first half of last year, the illegal immigrants' flow moved from Russia to Finland or entered Estonia over the eastern border, now these two border crossing options have become impossible and people mostly come illegally via Latvia, state the executives of the Police and Border Guard Board.

Regional minister Siim Kiisler says that the review of the 2009 support usage shows that the Estonian state strongly supports regional development: during the year 1.1 billion kroons was paid.

"Positive trends in company operations are continuing and our results for the first two months of 2010 are better than planned, Milder said in an e-mailed statement today.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at a seminar on NATO's new Strategic Concept, with the subject of comprehensive crisis management in Helsinki Thursday, March 4, 2010.

Bagis and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet held a press conference in Tallinn after a luncheon hosted by Paet in Bagis's honor.

The Prime Minister thanked the French representative for the participation of French fighter aircraft in the Estonian Independence Day parade on 24 February.

A paper released by Deutsche Bank Research on February 26 said that Estonia is 'a long way ahead of other candidates' and 'has a good chance of becoming the seventeenth country to join the eurozone.' But Tallinn fears that the economic crisis in Greece - which already uses the euro - will make existing eurozone members reluctant to admit a new ...

MINSK - " President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves and people of Estonia upon the national holiday - " Independence Day, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

Ask anyone who has visited Estonia about what they liked best, and youa TMll get many different answers.

TALLINN - Latvian national carrier airBaltic announced Friday that it is considering on buying the troubled Estonian Air.

TALLINN - The power transmission companies of Estonia and Finland signed a preliminary agreement on Monday on a second electricity cable between the two countries worth 300 million euros .

Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Minister of the Environment Jaanus Tamkivi attended a summit of Baltic rim nations for the purpose of committing to activities to improve the status of the Baltic Sea.

An Estonian man surprised his girlfriend and an entire cinema audience at the weekend by proposing in a short film shown just before the screening of a Valentine's Day movie.

The survey was made by Tallinn Technical University and was based on interviews with 1,400 people by the so-called Net Promoter Score method where respondents name companies that they would recommend to others.

TRURO Onslow Mountian's Drew Bezanson has made a huge mark on the world BMX scene.

An ancient pharmacy in the Estonian capital promises a sweet cure for broken hearts: an almond-based concoction dating from medieval times that claims to ease the pangs of love.

President of Finland Tarja Halonen and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, right, at the opening ceremony of the Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki, Wednesday Feb.

As Estonia edges closer to adopting the euro, the prospect is causing jitters in neighbouring Latvia as it tries to climb out of a deep economic crisis and risks fragmenting the Baltic trio on the eastern edge of the European Union.

A decision made on Friday by the Tallinn District Court gives the Estonian government hope of getting from companies the so-called sugar fine , i.e. the fine for the excess stocks held during Estoniaa TMs accession to the European Union, which the government has tried to collect unsuccessfully for years, Postimees/LETA reports.

Starting from 9 February 2010 , Estonian Air is serving to all its Economy Class passengers complimentary refreshments: snacks, coffee, tea, water and juice on longer flights, and coffee, tea and water on flights which are shorter than one hour.