Новости за 09.07.2015

Võiks arvata, et iga moelooja unistus on Milano või London. Liina Viira võttis aga hoopis kätte ja põrutas pooleks aastaks Aafrikasse. Vabatahtlikuks, edendama sealset loomemajandust. Kõlab jaburalt? Uurime, mida ta seal tegi ning millised on edasised plaanid.

Raimonds Vējonis, the new president of Latvia who took the oath of office on Wednesday, traveled to Estonia today to meet with Estonian president.

Nearly one thousand young athletes from 46 countries will participate in the European Athletics U23 Championships that started in the historic Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn today.

Estonia's former prime minister Andrus Ansip, who currently serves as Vice President for the Digital Single Market in the European Commission (EC), told ERR that the fate of Greece is in the hands of the Greek people, not the European Union.

Estonian football team's captain Ragnar Klavan has turned down FC Everton's offer to join the Premier League side and will stay with his current club FC Augsburg, German tabloid Bild reported.

The British government unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that it would commit to NATO's defense spending pledge of two percent of GDP for the next five years, a decision much welcomed in Estonia, which relies on allies' help to protect it against possible aggression from Russia.

Vladimir Tšaštšin, who was extradited to the US on charges of leading an international cyber scam in October 2014, has pleaded guilty to computer intrusion and wire fraud in Manhattan federal court.

Following the resignation of Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus last week, Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas has been searching for her replacement. Career diplomat Marina Kaljurand has now emerged as the most likely candidate.

Swedish-owned Swedbank has decided to take out 400 million euros of extra dividends from its Estonian sub-group. This will generate 100 million euros in corporate income tax for Estonia.