Новости за 19.06.2015

In the last 10 years, Estonia has given 81 people 'international protection' after they applied for asylum, figures show.

The European Arboricultural Council (EAC) has, for the ninth time, chosen one city to carry the honorable title European City of the Trees. The winner this year is Tallinn, capital of Estonia.

There are more ways to integrate than simply speaking the same language, Estonia's Integration and Migration Foundation has said.

Estonian state-owned power grid operator Elering today purchased Gazprom's 37-percent stake in the nation's gas transmission network.

Due to many roadworks taking place in Tallinn, there will be changes made to the city's public transport. Below is the list of changes to take into account when commuting in the capital this summer.

For the first time, Estonia participates in the Liste Young Art satellite fair taking place parallel to the Art Basel Fair in Switzerland by exhibiting the work of artist Jaanus Samma.

Estonian-founded 'Let's Do It!' cleanup campaign involved 16 nations this spring, in which over 2.2 million people participated to make their countries environmentally more pleasant. And despite the war in Ukraine, the civic activists managed to gather at least half a million volunteers in the country.

Eesti Ühistupank (Estonian Cooperative Bank) was established on Tuesday by 119 individuals and 34 corporations.

In a statement issued by the US Ambassador Daniel Brooks Baer to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United States clearly asks Russia to free the abducted Estonian internal security service agent Eston Kohver.

On January 1, 2016, Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) will start collecting booking information for all flights to and from Estonia.

Kidnapped Estonian security official Eston Kohver was due to be taken back to Moscow, but has remained in a prison in the border area of Pskov, where conditions are said to be much worse.

In an article published by the Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Jüri Allik likens the impressive development of Estonian science despite dwindling funding during the last decade to a miracle.