Europe: Estonia PM Kaja Kallas resigns to take up EU foreign policy role – as it happened
Kallas has been nominated to serve as the EU’s next high representative for foreign affairs, succeeding Josep Borrell
June 2024
Kaja Kallas: the Russia-defying Estonian PM poised to lead EU foreign policy
Critics fear Kallas’s unyielding nature makes her the wrong fit to succeed Josep Borrell but allies admire her strength and clarity
EU leaders back Ursula von der Leyen for second term as president
Estonia’s PM, Kaja Kallas, set to become the EU’s top diplomat, while former Portuguese PM António Costa takes over as president of the European Council
Europe live
Security dominating agenda in Baltic states before European elections amid Ukraine war – as it happened
Conflict with Russia and Europe’s ability to defend itself fuelling concerns across continent, candidates say
May 2024
Putin seeking to weaponise threat of mass migration, warns Estonian PM
Georgia ‘returning to the past’ with foreign agents law, says president
March 2024
Euro visions
Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe
How did a small, relatively poor country become an educational powerhouse? Creativity, autonomy and a deep embrace of the digital age
February 2024
‘People put a lot of hope on me’: Estonia’s youngest MP already making waves
Hanah Lahe is just 24 but she is already a leading voice for change in the Baltic state
Germany to propose new sanctions against Russia after death of Alexei Navalny
Death of Russian opposition leader imbues EU summit with renewed nervousness over war in Ukraine
Russia puts Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas on wanted list
Lithuanian minister also among those accused of ‘destroying Soviet monuments’, as Tallinn fears Russian military buildup
January 2024
Turn Your Body to the Sun review – staggering second world war survival story
Dutch Estonian novelist Sana Valiulina investigates the life of her father who was compelled to betray Stalin’s Soviet Union by serving the Nazi war machine
Russian professor arrested in Estonia on espionage charges
Decision by University of Tartu to cut ties with Viacheslav Morozov questioned by some who worked alongside him
Same-sex couples able to marry in Estonia from New Year’s Day
Registrations open after country became first former Soviet-ruled nation to legalise gay marriage
December 2023
2023 has shown us the misery big-power politics creates. Here’s how we can do things differently
Margus Tsahkna
World risks new age of empires where might makes right, warns Estonian foreign minister
November 2023
Estonia accuses Russia of weaponising immigration at Europe’s borders
Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers
October 2023
Sweden says undersea telecoms link to Estonia damaged
Incident is thought to have coincided with damage to a gas pipeline and a telecom cable connecting Estonia and Finland
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review – intimate portrait of an ancient Estonian tradition
This gentle, soft-edged documentary about the sauna ritual and the women who practise it is deserving of its Sundance prize
Pizza, plum cake and pickled red onion: how school lunches look across Europe
From pasta and pizza to mincemeat soup, nutritious meals are key to tackling childhood obesity and social exclusion
