Full Tallinn and Tartu program announced for Black Nights Film
5 days ago · Source: PÖFF / Press materials. The full program has been announced for the 2024 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). This year's festival kicks off on Friday. November 8, with 249 feature films and 323 short films from 81 countries set to be shown at cinemas in Tallinn and Tartu. In addition to the six previously announced competition ...
PM on new Tallinn Hospital plan: Mistake to focus on buildings
3 days ago · The city's interest and goal in negotiations is to ultimately resolve the issue of building the new Tallinn Hospital," Kase said. Prime Minister Michal expressed concern that Tallinn is once again rushing toward construction as the solution. "I have advised the current mayor, Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE), not to repeat the mistake of the previous ...
Thousands of households lose power in Saturday storm
3 days ago · Winds are forecast to pick up again Sunday evening. As of 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, power outages were still affecting 2,279 households, according to the Elektrilevi outages map. Power had been restored on the islands, but the highest number of households without electricity remained in Rapla County. Outages peaked Saturday afternoon at slightly ...
Rescue training exercise 'Autumn Storm' coincides with actual storm
3 days ago · Editor: Marko Tooming, Marcus Turovski. saaremaa storm volunteers maritime rescue. This navigation season, volunteer maritime rescuers in Saaremaa had to set out from the harbor about ten times. However, Saturday saw a unique coincidence: months earlier, the volunteers had planned an exercise with the same name as this year's first autumn storm.
Ülo Mattheus: Ukraine war, unresolved drifting into the new ... - ERR
3 days ago · Source: Mats Õun. The countries of the Third World have come together for a new bipolar world order aimed at tripping up the West, Ülo Mattheus writes in a comment originally published in Sirp magazine. A few weeks ago, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.K., former commander of Ukraine's armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said, speaking at Chatham ...
Hiiumaa ferry connection at risk from winds picking up again Sunday
3 days ago · However, some low-voltage repairs will still need to be completed tomorrow," said Elektrilevi CEO Mihkel Härm. Due to strong winds, ferry services on the Hiiumaa route may be affected between 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a TS Laevad representative. TS Laevad will provide updates on these scheduled departures on the website praamid ...
Climate ministry denies outside influence in phosphorite mining
4 days ago · The Ministry of Climate said nothing will happen for a decade and rebutted fears of foreign influence. People protesting in support of clean air and water in the region traveled from across Estonia to yesterday's meeting near the Aru-Lõuna limestone quarry, the central location of phosphorite research. One concern was the suspicion that ...
Former mayor: Tallinn city government's services consolidation a ...
3 days ago · Aleksander Krjukov. today at 00.51. Mihhail Kõlvart. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR. Tallinn's current authorities are working to completely centralize municipal services without a vision of where it might lead, former Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart says in an interview with ERR. Kõlvart confirms he will be running for mayor again at the 2025 local elections.
EDF colonel: North Korean units in Ukraine likely to suffer heavy ...
5 days ago · The deployment of North Korean units on the Ukrainian frontline will not lead to major changes for the time being and they will in all likelihood suffer heavy losses, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) Intelligence Center. However, Russian forces still hold the initiative in Donetsk Oblast, he added.
PPA chief responds to criticism: Cuts mean reorganizing work in all ...
5 days ago · Director General of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) Egert Belitšev said the PPA is prepared to support and assist other agencies as much as possible. However, at a time when considerable cuts are being made, the daily work of all agencies requires some reorganization. Belitšev was responding to criticism from Rait Kuuse, deputy …