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Experts say EU's new budget plan is positive for Estonia
ERR
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July 17, 2025
The new MFF plan envisions an increase in the EU's seven-year joint budget from the current €1.2 trillion to nearly €2 trillion, equivalent to a rise from 1.1 percent to 1.26 percent of the member states' combined gross national income (GNI),...
Teletactica Raises $1.5M Investment to Expand Battlefield Communications Technology
Kyiv Post
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July 17, 2025
Ukrainian DefenseTech company Teletactica secured investment from MITS Capital and Green Flag Ventures to help it scale next-gen tactical communications for frontline deployment and European expansion. Teletactica, an Estonian-Ukrainian technology...
Most Estonian teachers fail B2 language exam
Baltic News Network
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July 16, 2025
Only 28% of minority school teachers who recently took the B2 level Estonian proficiency exam were able to pass it, and by the beginning of August all teachers who previously taught their subjects in Russian had to do so, writes EER News. By the...
The new AI tech that could disrupt the suncare sector
Cosmetics Design Europe
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July 16, 2025
The Estonian tech company Haut.AI has just released two new innovations: SPF Truth Booth and SPF Protection Power List. The business said that ‘SPF Truth Booth’ is the first generative AI-powered interactive experience that lets users upload a...
Estonian Study Links Antidepressant Side Effects to Genetics
Technology Networks
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Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Want to listen to this article for FREE? Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. Researchers at the University of Tartu...
Scientists: Climate change has tripled the number of heat-related deaths
Baltic News Network
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July 9, 2025
The heatwave that has gripped Europe has been caused by climate change, which has tripled the number of heat-related deaths, according to Politico. In late June and the first week of July, Europe was gripped by a searing heatwave, leaving millions...
Internal audit finds no irregularities in Tallinn bench procurement process
ERR
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July 16, 2025
An internal audit by the Tallinn Environment and Public Works Department (KEKO) into the procurement of urban furniture including benches has found no irregularities. A number of shortcomings in the procurement process were identified, however. A...
Analysis: High food prices in Estonia here to stay
ERR
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July 17, 2025
Prices of key food products continue to rise, or have stabilized but at a high level, according to agricultural market analysis by the agricultural and food market center (Põllumajandus ja toiduturg) for the second quarter of 2025 (Q2 2025). The...
Gennady Timchenko’s Ex-Managers Provided Services to the Shadow Fleet in the Russian Sea Ports
iStories
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In May 2025, in the Gulf of Finland, the 244-meter tanker Jaguar evaded Estonian patrol boats, which failed to detain it. A Russian Su-35 fighter jet arrived to support the tanker, and the vessel retreated to Russian territorial waters. The tanker...
Abundance of mushrooms in Estonia's forests this summer
ERR
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July 16, 2025
Mushrooms usually only seen in late autumn are already popping up in Estonia's forests due to the rainy summer weather. This may create problems in the fall, scientists say. Veiko Kastanje, a researcher and mycologist at the Estonian Crop Research...
72 percent of teachers fail B2 exam as transition to Estonian-language education continues
ERR
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July 15, 2025
Only 28 percent of the teachers who took the recent B2-level Estonian language exam were able to pass. Teachers in Estonia who previously taught their subjects with Russian as the medium of instruction are required to achieve B2 in Estonian by...
YouTuber IShowSpeed's Tallinn trip cost Visit Estonia €30,000
ERR
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July 15, 2025
Tuesday's visit to Tallinn by world-famous YouTuber Darren Jason Watkins Jr., aka IShowSpeed, was organized by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Foundation (EISA) and cost Visit Estonia, which is part of the EISA, €30,000. Kaarel Kõvatu, tourism...
Archeologists discover nearly 80 skeletons in central Tartu
ERR
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July 15, 2025
During excavation work at Lillemäe in the center of Tartu, nearly 80 skeletons and the belongings that were buried with them have been unearthed. The skeletons are mostly 18th-century burials, while some medieval burials have also been discovered....
Students gather for global drone competition Business news | July 14, 2025 Students from the UK, Estonia, China, Italy, Netherlands, and Portugal gathered in Lincolnshire, UK, for an annual autonomous drone challenge. A record 32 universities took part…
eeNews Europe
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July 14, 2025
Students from the UK, Estonia, China, Italy, Netherlands, and Portugal gathered in Lincolnshire, UK, for an annual autonomous drone challenge. A record 32 universities took part in the final fly-off event earlier this month to fly a completely...
Research exposes Russia as jamming culprit
GPS World - Ohio
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July 7, 2025
This map approximates the trajectory of Russian GNSS jamming emanating from Baltiysk, Kaliningrad, on March 29, 2025. (Credit: Gdynia Maritime University, the University of Colorado, Maritime Office at Gdynia) Radio waves emanating from secretive...
First campaign ads appear in Tallinn for Estonia's 2025 local elections
ERR
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July 14, 2025
The campaign for this fall's local elections in Estonia is already underway. The first posters advertising political parties and politicians are already visible in the streets of Tallinn. Parempoolsed, who are contesting local elections for the...
Bosnia hosts major European conference on open-source geospatial technologies
Xinhua News Agency
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SARAJEVO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Europe conference opened this week in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar, bringing together nearly 400 participants from across the continent. Running from...
Should Pakistan embrace blockchain technology?
The Express Tribune
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July 15, 2025
Listen to article Pakistan's governance system faces a range of persistent issues that continue to undermine public trust and efficiency. Inaccurate or missing identity records leave millions without access to basic services, while outdated...
Love Letters And Technology Help Restore Pivotal Swiss Film From Ashes
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) A pioneering Swiss melodrama, shot in 1934 by an Estonian born in the Russian Empire who fled the Bolshevik Revolution, has won a new lease of life after meticulous restoration. Swissinfo met the restorers at a film festival in...
Construction begins on the first hydrogen-electric coastal fishing vessel in Latvia
LSM
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August 1, 2025
The project, titled “Coastal fishing vessels powered by zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells”, is the first of its kind in Latvia where innovative hydrogen fuel cell technology is being applied to support sustainable shipping and fishery. The...