Author: Helen Wright

A 'pocket' siren based on 5G broadcasting technology was tested in three cities across Estonia on Wednesday, as the government seeks to boost the emergency alert system. Organizers said this was the first time the technology had been tested on such a large scale anywhere in the world.

Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) are handing out "postcards" from Death this summer as part of a new campaign to encourage safe driving and "give Death a day off" against a backdrop of rising road fatalities.

A hobby education hub, coding school, and retraining medics are just some of the dozens of projects the Estonian Center for International Development (ESTDEV) is working on in Ukraine. ERR News spoke to Margus Gering, head of cooperation and development, to find out more.

Belarusians in Estonia celebrated midsummer, known as Kupalle, on Sunday (July 6) with a concert at Paavli Culture Factory in Tallinn.

Estonia's Song and Dance festival takes place this weekend, bringing together thousands of Estonians from across the world. But there will also be plenty of non-Estonians under the singing stage's arch. ERR News spoke to three long-term residents to understand why they want to participate and what the event means to them.

In Estonia's southeast, border guards are struggling with holidaymakers who ignore the road signs and stop their vehicles to take photos in the Saatse Boot, where the road crosses into Russian territory. Awareness among Estonian tourists has increased over the years, but problems with foreign visitors persist.

Iceland is one of NATO's 12 founding members — but it doesn't have an army, an air force or a navy. It contributes one civil expert to each of the Baltic battlegroups on a rotating basis. But what do they do?

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Japan has shifted its focus away from Western Europe to the east and Scandinavia, says Bart Gaens, Japan chair at the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) in Tallinn.

Last week, Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) sent a second unit to assist on the Latvian-Belarusian border, after a surge in illegal crossings. ERR News spoke to Raimonds Kublickis, head of the Daugavpils Border Guard in Latvia, to find out more about the situation on the ground.

A visit on Tuesday to Estonia by the Palestinian National Authority's minister of state for foreign affairs and expatriates was "surprising" and will probably be viewed as controversial, Associate Professor Dr. Birgit Poopuu said.Read the full article here.