Новости за 17.07.2015

Välisministeeriumi välismajanduspoliitika ja arengukoostööküsimuste asekantsler Väino Reinart osales 13.-16.juulini ÜRO kolmandal rahvusvahelisel arengu rahastamise konverentsil Addis Abebas Etioopias. Eesti valiti asepresidendina juhatama konverentsi plenaaristungit.

The spa in one of Estonia’s oldest resort towns Narva-Jõesuu is trying to win back visitors, after the number of Russian tourists has fallen by over 50 percent.

Estonian Television (ETV), the crown jewel of Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR), is celebrating 60 years of national broadcasting. ERR News publishes bits of the station's vast photo archive.

Maritime parade of ships will entertain city inhabitants and visitors as part of Tallinn Maritime Days, running from July 17-19.

The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Kaljurand told ERR that there are many foreign policy topics that need to be explained better in Estonia, such as the migration crisis and European solidarity, but also Greek crisis.

The International Tantra Festival, which bills itself as the largest in the world, starts today in Venevere resort, Viljandi County.

Despite prolonged efforts to weed out giant hogweed, more finding places are reported every year in Estonia.

A year has passed since the Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down, killing 283 passengers and 15 crew on board. Despite all the evidence pointing the blame on Russian government-backed rebels in Donbass area, eastern Ukraine, Russia has so far denied any involvement. But a new video, filmed by the rebels themselves, is a latest in clear indications of who is responsible.

Two of Estonia's more than 1.500 islands were listed on the world's largest private islands dealing real estate portal Private Islands Online, Postimees reported on Wednesday.

The annual Positivus music festival starts today in the coastal town of Salacgrīva, Latvia, just 10 kilometers from the Estonian border. 19 Estonian acts will play at the Baltic’s biggest summer festival.

Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas said Estonia would have to pay a much greater price if Greece were to leave the Eurozone, than footing part of the bill for the new bailout agreement, as Greece has also become a security issue.