Vaccination seekers had crashed the digital registration system by Thursday morning PHOTO: Mihkel Maripuu The opportunity to book slots for vaccination via digital register was made available to those over 40 years of age late Wednesday (May 12) night. Vaccination seekers had crashed the digital registration system by Thursday morning and the resulting jam forced […]

Eesti IT-talendid lõid küberkurjategijaid teenindava rahvusvahelise võrgustiku. PHOTO: Sander Ilvest An international investigation brought to court found IT talents residing in Estonia and Lithuania, who had provided services to an international network of cybercriminals. The US federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in cooperation with German, British and Estonian criminal investigation institutions caught up with four […]

The plan to travel from Tallinn to Tartu within 1.5 hours in 2025 is alive and strong. PHOTO: Sille Annuk / Tartu Postimees Although the new coalition has begun to slow down the intensive development of four-lane highways, the railway’s dreams of faster connections live on. The plan to travel from Tallinn to Tartu within […]

Valdo Kalm, a member of management board of the Port of Tallinn. PHOTO: Remo Tõnismäe Valdo Kalm, a member of management board of the Port of Tallinn, would be happy to see the new opera house built on the waterfront yet the national opera seems uninterested. National Opera Estonia submitted a plan of an annex […]

Rasmus Kattai, an economist of the Bank of Estonia. PHOTO: Eesti Pank Rasmus Kattai, an economist of the Bank of Estonia, said in an interview to Postimees that a debate over taxation is inevitable, since the expenses of the state have been exceeding revenues for a long time already. How unusual is the Estonian government’s […]

Yesterday’s data showed 430 new cases of infection, while last week’s Wednesday had 409. PHOTO: Mihkel Maripuu The general indicators of the spreading of corona virus have flattened out, says Krista Fischer, a member of the Science Council and professor of mathematical statistics of Tartu University. However, when observing regions individually, infection is increasing. Yesterday’s […]

Auditor General Janar Holm. PHOTO: Tairo Lutter Auditor General Janar Holm said in a live broadcast “Otse Postimehest”, that it is reasonable to keep the vaccine stock, but questionable is, as much. Estonia used to hold the third place in Europe as to the speed of vaccination; now nearly half of the countries have caught […]

Estonia yesterday shifted to the orange risk level, down from the red one. PHOTO: Margus Ansu Prime Minister Kaja Kallas presented in early April the white book, according to which the corona virus situation in the society can be rated by a four-level colour code. While Estonia’s risk level was initially in the red zone […]

The annex to the current building of the Estonia opera theatre in Tallinn (repro). PHOTO: Rahvusooper Estonia The parliamentary Cultural Affairs Committee decided to recommend to the plenum that two regional projects should be declared cultural construction projects of national significance besides the two main favourites. This move brought the greatest public support to the […]

The ministries are trying to hide the precise places where the axe would fall, but some painful cuts are already clear. PHOTO: Sander Ilvest The state budget strategy approved by the government on Thursday plans to make cuts amounting to 60.4 million euros. The ministries are trying to hide the precise places where the axe […]