7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (309+ words) Minister of the Interior Igor Taro (Eesti 200) said Estonia does not plan to close its eastern border with Russia, despite security services identifying problems, so risks can be responded to. While the time allowed for crossing has been reduced, it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (337+ words) Families with children should be given priority when registering for Estonia's extraordinary charter flights from the Middle East to Tallinn, Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said on Thursday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing flights to bring…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (245+ words) Belgium is reportedly considering renting space in Estonia's prisons to relieve overcrowding in its own jails, Belgian media reports. Belgium's Minister for Asylum and Migration Anneleen Van Bossuyt and Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden visited Estonia on Monday and Tuesday…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (715+ words) In September, Estonian accommodation establishments hosted 288, 000 tourists " 4 percent more than a year earlier, but Finnish visitor numbers fell for the fifth month. In September, Estonian accommodation establishments were visited by 157, 000 foreign tourists and 131, 000 domestic tourists. Foreign visitors slightly outnumbered domestic…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (230+ words) Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs Liisa Pakosta (Eesti 200) is to appeal a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision that Estonia's prison smoking ban violated prisoners' privacy and freedom of choice, Postimees reported. "From the prisoners' perspective, smoking may…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (403+ words) A draft amendment to combat domestic violence would allow the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) to also impose a public gathering ban even without the heightened threat required under current law. The proposed amendments would expand the PPA's ability…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (147+ words) Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs Liisa-Ly Pakosta (Eesti 200) disagrees with an interior ministry plan to make viewing terrorist propaganda illegal. The planned law change put forward by Minister of the Interior Igor Taro (Eesti 200) would make the "acquisition and…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (482+ words) Employers will have more flexibility to hire foreign specialists after the government agreed to create new exemptions for wages and skills. Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said at Thursday's weekly government press conference that Estonia has taken a conservative approach…...