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Tallinn To Get Stalker Street?
It might not sound like the kind of place you'd like to go at night, but Stalker Street is the proposed name of a new road in Tallinn's Rottermann quarter near ... | Comment |
E-stonia Guards Cyberworld
For some time Estonia has been regarded as one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to technology, with a higher percentage of the population wir... | Current Affairs |
Copterline Back In Business
The helicopter company Copterline is finally back in business flying passengers between Tallinn and Helsinki after suspending flights in 2005 following a fatal ... | Business |
Estonia Celebrates Schengen Zone Expansion
On December 21st, 'the Schengen Zone' - that brave, borderless band of European nations - was officially expanded to incorporate almost all of Central Eastern E... | Current Affairs |
Russia Puts Coal In Estonia's Stocking
In true holiday spirit, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda has been heavily advocating a boycott on all things Estonian, including visits to the country ove... | Comment |
5 Charged in April Riots
After being detained without any formal charges for over six months, Tallinn authorities have finally charged five men considered their 'prime suspects' for org... | Current Affairs |
'Blind-Drunk' Strikes Again!
As if it weren't ridiculous enough the first time we reported this story, our lovable highway star has been at it again. After his brief arrest last week, the b... | Current Affairs |
Tallinn Pride Prevails
Tallinn's fourth annual gay pride parade took place this weekend in the Estonian capital, passing peacefully without any of the violence that marred last year's... | City Focus |
'Blind Drunk' Behind the Wheel
Life can be so literal sometimes. For example: When Estonian police stopped a man in Tartu over the weekend for suspiciously erratic driving, the fact that he w... | Comment |
Bronze Soldier Breaks Bank
The numbers are in, the figures have all been tabulated, the mathematicians all sent home. According to an Estonian newspaper, Estonia's government spent a whop... | Comment |
Reburying the Past
Eight of the infamous twelve (or 13 according to the latest Moscow conspiracy theory) Russian soldiers exhumed from central Tallinn were finally re-put to rest ... | Current Affairs |
Tallinn: Capital of Culture 2011
The European selection panel has published its report recommending Tallinn, Estonia and Turku, Finland be approved for designation as the European Capitals of C... | City Focus |
From Russia With Loathe
In a recently published survey, the Russians have revealed that they consider the Baltic states their main enemies. Topping the list were Estonians, who some 60... | Comment |
Tallinn Asks Smokers to Butt Out
Today Estonia joined Lithuania and Latvia by imposing an official smoking ban in restaurants and bars, clubs and casinos. Under the new law, smoking will be all... | Current Affairs |
First Estonian Synagogue in 60 Years
Amidst all the recent accusations (from Russia, mainly) that Estonia is a fascist, Hitler-loving country of neo-nazis - look what just opened in the middle of T... | City Focus |
New Interactive Tallinn Map!
As promised (o-so long ago), Tallinn Life has finally unveiled its new whiz-bang, stone-sexy interactive ... | Comment |
Estonia Attempts to Flex EU Muscle
After months of fierce political pressure over the removal of the Bronze Soldier monument erupted into violent riots in downtown Tallinn and elsewhere in Estoni... | Current Affairs |
Deposed Bronze Soldier Sparks Riot
After months of shit-slinging from the toilet of Estonian-Russian diplomatic relations, Estonian officials went ahead with their plan to remove the Bronze Soldi... | Current Affairs |
Mouse Spends Millions on Dream House
After customers started receiving partially masticated banknotes from a bank machine outside a Hansapank in central Tallinn, it was discovered that a mouse was ... | Business |
Impartial Ice Cricket Championship
The first-ever Ice Cricket World Championship came to a rather inconclusive close March 4th, ending in an exhilarating draw. Attracting six teams from across th... | Current Affairs |
In Heaven, Estonians get free WiFi
Tallinn has just added yet another feather to its technological pioneering cap. The same week that the country gears up for the world's first ever online electi... | Comment |
Jack Grows a New Beanstalk
Perhaps, you've already begun to notice, but the Tallinn skyline will soon be changing. The much-anticipated 'Swissotel Tallinn Estonia' will be tearing the sto... | City Focus |
In Defiance of Global Warming...
Good news for everyone lamenting the unseasonably mild winter conditions stubbornly lingering across Europe: A high-tech outdoor skating rink has opened in Tall... | City Focus |
Victor visits Tallinn
It's been a busy year for Tallinn, socially speaking, as the Estonian capital has played host to a number of VIPs. Heavy metal gurus Metallica were first up dur... | Current Affairs |
Bush to defend Russians?
President George Bush is heading over to Tallinn in a little over a week and the unlikely world leader may be asked to play the role of mediator in an ongoing d... | Current Affairs |
The Queen's Trip to Tallinn
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Estonia on the 19th of October to complete her tour of the Baltic states. After arriving at Tallinn's International Airp... | Current Affairs |
New terminal for Tallinn Airport
Leading construction company Skanska has secured the contract to build a new terminal at the International Airport in Tallinn, Estonia.
The contract price to... | Business |
Newcastle 2-1 Levadia (agg: 3-1)
Newcastle eased into the group stages of the Uefa Cup thanks to an Obafemi Martins brace against Levadia Tallinn.
Martins headed home Emre's right-wing corne... | Comment |
Levadia Tallinn 0, Newcastle United 1
Antoine Sibierski scores during the Uefa Cup first round, first leg match between FC Levadia Tallinn v Newcastle United.
When the signing of Antoine Sibiersk... | Comment |
Click for Estonian Prime Minister
Tallinn, Sep 10 (IANS) A visit to this medieval capital city of Estonia on the banks of the Baltic Sea - that even boasts of three Indian restaurants bang in it... | Comment |
Magpies fly to Tallinn
Newcastle United Football Club from the North of England, have been drawn to play FC Levadia Tallinn in the first round of the UEFA cup on the 14th September in... | Comment |
Gay pride marchers attacked
Tallinn - At least 15 people were injured in a gay pride march in Tallinn, Estonia, on Saturday, when about 20 anti-gay protesters attacked marchers with sticks... | Current Affairs |
Bridge over the river Narva
TALLINN, July 22 (Itar-Tass) - Estonia and Russia have agreed to build a new bridge across the Narva River.
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin and Eston... | Business |
Estonia's electronic society
Novel as it may seem, some places in the world are actually attempting to make their governments more efficient and their societies more open. Across the Gulf o... | Comment |
Estonia honours British rally hero
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has unveiled a memorial to Michael Park in a ceremony outside the capital city Tallinn.
The British co-driver, who died ... | Comment |
Freedom in the Airwaves
Fact: In 2000 Tallinn had only three Wi-Fi hotspots. Today there are more than 300.
The grim decades of Soviet rule in Estonia gave the Cafe Pegasus, an aust... | City Focus |
Dutch envoy flees Estonian abuse
Tallinn, Estonia - The Dutch ambassador to Estonia, Hans Glaubitz, is leaving the country, complaining of persistent racist and homophobic abuse.
Mr Glaubitz... | Current Affairs |
New Zealand earns a draw in Estonia
TALLINN - Captain Danny Hay's equaliser earned New Zealand a 1-1 draw in a dull friendly against Estonia here this morning.
Estonia opened the scoring in the... | Comment |
Tallinn office celebrates 15th anniversary
The 15th anniversary of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia is being celebrated with a seminar on 12 May during the Sixth Nordic Poetry Festival.... | Art and Culture |
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