Category: Estonia

The Estonian Greens' petition in support of same-sex marriage hosted on the Citizen Initiative Portal rahvaalgatus.ee is the most-signed in the website's history. As of noon on Tuesday, the petition has gathered more than 30,000 signatures.

Last week, the total number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed in Estonia was 343, compared to 203 the week before.

The non-profit organization MTÜ Open Knowledge Estonia (OKEE) said on Friday it will manage koroonakaart.ee for as long as there is a "social need" after its co-developer stepped back from the website in protest over the coalition's LGBTQ policy.

CEO of the Tartu 2024 Foundation Priit Mikk's job is to steer and shape the winning vision for Estonia's second European Capital of Culture in four years time. He told ERR News what's happened since the city clinched the title and what comes next.

The project manager and co-developer of the volunteer-run koroonakaart.ee website, which has been collating and displaying Estonia's coronavirus data since March, has said he will stop updating the site in protest over the coalition's treatment of LGBTQ people.

Last week, the total number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed in Estonia was 266, compared to 352 the week before. This is the first time in eight weeks the number of infections has fallen.

A march to support women protesting the results of the presidential election in Belarus took place around Tallinn's Old Town, and across the world, on Saturday (October 10).

Fifteen of 17 "smartovka" murals for Tartu's SmartEnCity smart city project have been completed and the remaining two should be finished next year. ERR News spoke to city council coordinator Raimond Tamm about the ambitious project and its future.

Last week, the total number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed in Estonia was 352, compared to 327 the week before, and there were three deaths - the first since August.

Belarus said on Tuesday it had sanctioned approximately 100 officials from each Baltic county in retaliation for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania imposing entry bans on Belarusian officials.