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A study conducted in Vilnius compared Tallinn, Tartu and Riga for the suitability of Ikea expansion, concluding with a win for the Latvian capital. The Swedish furniture chain announced that it will expand to the next Baltic nation in the next two and a half years time, and is planning...

State-owned airline Estonian Air board member Indrek Randveer said the company wants to open new routes, both in the summer and winter seasons, and is looking towards Milan, Italy, and Germany. Randveer said Berlin will receive more focus as the route was popular in the summer, but the airline, which...

Countries neighboring Vladimir Putin are rightfully nervous about current geopolitical affairs. However, countries not sharing a border with Vladimir Putin should be nervous as well, writes Andres Simonson in an online magazine Estonian World.  I live in the United States and my neighbours are ethnic Russians. Nice folks, and the...

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus   Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas nominated Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, currently the Minister of the Environment, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Urmas Paet, who will fill Estonia's vacant seat in the European Parliament. Pentus-Rosimannus now needs an approval from President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and the Parliament. Paet,...

From left:  row #1, Ave Maria Blithe, Enda Mai Michelson Holland, president;  praost Thomas Vaga, Eda Treumuth, Mati Piller. Row #2 Imbi Sepp, Anita Pallop, Tiiu Kütt, Back row: Juhan Urm, Airi Vaga, Epp Kuhn, Endel Pool, Maie Currie, Indrek Ojamaa. Sitting in front: Irene Verder. Missing from the photo...

According to the restructuring plan that will be submitted to the European Commission on Friday, Infortar, which is a joint owner of the Estonian shipping company Tallink, is also set to become the majority shareholder of Estonian Air. If the revised restructuring program gets the Commission's approval, Infortar is expected...

Andres Keevallik   The head of the Tallinn University of Technology, Andres Keevallik, crashed his car through a shop window late on October 28, while driving under the influence, saying afterwards that he will resign his post. Margus Leivo, responsible for administrative affairs at the university, said Keevallik was returning...

On ETV's “Foorum” program, politicians from the four major political parties weighed in on the security situation in Estonian schools, saying that although schools are prepared for events such as the one on October 27, more prevention work must be done. On October 27, a 15-year-old pupil shot dead his...