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Estonia adds identity verification to new digital government app

Estonia adds identity verification to new digital government app

Estonia has launched an identity verification feature for the country’s digital government app to make it easier to access services. The EEsti.ee app, sometimes referred to as the Estonian app, was launched in December, and connects to more than...

Estonia’s tech maverick launches bold defence fund to “re-arm Europe”

Estonia’s tech maverick launches bold defence fund to “re-arm Europe”

Ragnar Sass, the Estonian tech entrepreneur behind Pipedrive and the Lift99 startup hub, has announced the launch of Darkstar, a pan-European defence fund that aims to inject wartime urgency – and battlefield pragmatism – into the continent’s...

Political observers: Tallinn difficult to govern without the Center Party

Political observers: Tallinn difficult to govern without the Center Party

Political observers say the recent power struggle in Tallinn has underscored how difficult it is to govern the Estonian capital without the Center Party. Of the four parties currently represented on Tallinn City Council, only Eesti 200 has ruled...

Estonian Study Links Antidepressant Side Effects to Genetics

Estonian Study Links Antidepressant Side Effects to Genetics

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

Scientists: Climate change has tripled the number of heat-related deaths

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...

Building a stronger community: How Estonia continues to help rebuild Ukraine

Building a stronger community: How Estonia continues to help rebuild Ukraine

Estonia has been actively contributing to Ukraine's recovery since 2022 and is helping to rebuild the Zhytomyr region, in the north of the country, bordering Belarus. Several projects have already been completed, including reconstructing a...

Research exposes Russia as jamming culprit

Research exposes Russia as jamming culprit

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...

Cog War's Glaring And Growing Legal Blind Spot

Cog War's Glaring And Growing Legal Blind Spot

Latest stories 'Active nonaligment' on the march in a multipolar world Signs mount Xi under pressure to cede some power US banking on cheap missiles to narrow China war gap The digital revolution has allowed ever-more tailored content to play into...

Controlled burning could be used to improve condition of Estonia's dry forests

Controlled burning could be used to improve condition of Estonia's dry forests

Experts are drawing up an action plan to improve the condition of dry forests in Estonia. One option is conducting controlled burning. As of last year, there were just over 112,000 hectares of dry forest habitat types on Natura 2000 sites in...

Think big, build smart: The Estonian unicorn playbook for success

Think big, build smart: The Estonian unicorn playbook for success

1.37 million people, 10 unicorns. That’s one unicorn per 137,000 citizens. The number sounds abstract until you put it in context: Germany would need around 600 unicorns to match this ratio. It has 46. Estonia doesn’t just produce...

Yoshua Bengio Wants to Curb the Technology He Helped Usher In

Yoshua Bengio Wants to Curb the Technology He Helped Usher In

Yoshua Bengio launched LawZero earlier this year to stop agentic A.I.’s growing threat. Photo: Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images Around two years ago, Yoshua Bengio, a deep learning researcher who laid the groundwork for today’s A.I. revolution,...

FERNRIDE launches driverless operations at HHLA TK Estonia

FERNRIDE launches driverless operations at HHLA TK Estonia

FERNRIDE has begun transitioning to fully driverless terminal operations following the certification of its safety concept and system design by TÜV SÜD, and regulatory approval from the Estonian Transport Administration (ETA). FERNRIDE is...

FERNRIDE Launches Driverless Operations At HHLA TK Estonia Seaport

FERNRIDE Launches Driverless Operations At HHLA TK Estonia Seaport

FERNRIDE, the European pioneer in yard truck automation, announced today that it has begun the ... More transition to driverless operation of terminal tractors at the sprawling HHLA TK Estonia logistics terminal.FERNRIDE FERNRIDE, the European...

Cog war’s glaring and growing legal blind spot

Cog war’s glaring and growing legal blind spot

Imagine waking up to the news that a deadly new strain of flu has emerged in your city. Health officials are downplaying it, but social media is flooded with contradictory claims from “medical experts” debating its origin and severity. Hospitals...

The Engineering Behind UgCS: Insights from Kristaps Brass on the Future of Drone Flight Planning

The Engineering Behind UgCS: Insights from Kristaps Brass on the Future of Drone Flight Planning

Kristaps Brass Drone technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and with it comes the need for more advanced, reliable, and user-friendly flight planning software. At the forefront of this innovation is UgCS, developed by SPH Engineering. To gain a...

Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes

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More international students choosing Estonia for university

More international students choosing Estonia for university

This fall, more international students are expected to begin studies at Estonian universities than in recent years, with the largest numbers coming from Azerbaijan and Ukraine and strong interest in business, the humanities, the arts and ICT,...

Estonia's PPA increases patrols after Poland imposes checks on Lithuanian border

Estonia's PPA increases patrols after Poland imposes checks on Lithuanian border

The Police and Border Guard (PPA) has increased patrols at Estonia's borders after Poland imposed checks on the Lithuanian border to combat the movement of migrants illegally crossing into the EU from Belarus. Poland will introduce increased...

Estonian police increase patrols after Poland imposes checks on Lithuanian border

Estonian police increase patrols after Poland imposes checks on Lithuanian border

The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) has increased patrols at Estonia's borders after Poland imposed checks on the Lithuanian border to combat the movement of migrants illegally crossing into the EU from Belarus. Poland will introduce increased...

Initiative to reduce VAT on food gains broad support in Estonia

Initiative to reduce VAT on food gains broad support in Estonia

More than 50,000 citizens have already signed a public initiative calling for a reduction in value-added tax on food products to 10 percent, writes ERR News. From the 1st of July, the VAT rate in Estonia for all goods, including food, was...

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