Yerevan to host second edition of “Yerevan Music Week” international festival-conference

Yerevan is preparing to host the second edition of “Yerevan Music Week”, an international music festival and conference, taking place from September 17–23, 2025. This year’s event will bring together around 70 musicians and speakers from across...

No amendments to Estonian Criminal Code; Interior Minister changes position

Less than a week after the ministry vehemently defended a plan to amend the Criminal Code and impose penalties for viewing terrorist propaganda, Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro has drastically changed his position and announced that he will...

The rise of Irish online casino players explained

Published: Thu 18 Sep 2025, 4:39 PM Last updated: Thu 18 Sep 2025, 4:40 PM Ireland's relationship with entertainment gaming has undergone a remarkable transformation. The online casino market, projected to reach €740 million by 2029, tells only...

When Baltic free time moves online

Across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the way people spend their leisure hours is changing fast. Digital platforms have moved from the background to center stage, bringing everything from gaming and streaming to virtual social gatherings into...

Tartu Art Week puts focus on city's historic leaning building

This September's Tartu Art Week will focus on the Tartu Art Museum (Tartmus) with a series of exhibitions, tours and workshops. In 2025, each month, a different Tartu art institution will be in focus, with events to introduce the history, staff...

Photos: Kenyan stars dominate men's and women's events at 2025 Tallinn Marathon

This year's Tallinn Marathon has been won by Kenya's Fanny Kiprotich Bungei, who finished with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes 21 seconds. Karel Hussar was the best-placed Estonian, ending in fourth. Bungei, who was making his full marathon debut,...

New music this week (part 1): Songs from Red Sebastian, Eleni Foureira, The Rasmus and more

Although we’re officially into the Eurovision 2026 season, it will still be some time before we hear any national final and Eurovision songs. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new...

Ann Marii Kivikas just misses out on Tokyo world championships 200m semis

Estonian sprinter Ann Marii Kivikas placed seventh in her heat at the ongoing Tokyo World Championships women's 200 meters sprint. Kivikas, 23, put in a time of 23.14, just a tenth of a second slower than her PB of 23.04 set earlier this year,...

Baltic evenings: the rise of online game nights

Across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, people are trading traditional meetups for lively online game nights. This shift isn’t just about convenience or technology. It’s about finding new ways to connect when distance, busy lives, or dark winter...

Kyiv to host First “Estonian Film Days in Ukraine” Festival

From September 19 to 21, Kyiv will host the inaugural film festival “Estonian Film Days in Ukraine,” showcasing a selection of films from Estonia. The event is organized by the Association of Ukrainian Organizations in Estonia and is supported by...

Estonian MPs urge US Congress to continue funding Baltic Security Initiative

Estonian MPs have joined nearly 40 Baltic lawmakers in a joint appeal to the United States Congress, urging continued funding for the Baltic Security Initiative. Recent media reports have stated the fund will be phased out. The letter was...

Estonian FA chief: Kicking Russia out of UEFA would be a strange thing to do

In a long interview given to "Pealtnägija," Pohlak, who was re-elected for a sixth consecutive term as EJL chief in June this year, not long after he was elected a UEFA executive board member, adds that he is an "extreme" pacifist, condemning all...

UK Ambassador to Estonia joins Royal Air Force

U.K. Ambassador to Estonia Ross Allen has joined the Royal Air Force as a reservist after completing basic training at RAF Brize Norton in the U.K. According to a report in U.K. daily The Times, Allen was inspired to join the RAF by crews he has...

How to watch Man City vs Napoli: live Champions League 2025/26 game, free streams, team news

The Man City vs Napoli live stream sees Pep Guardiola's side kick-start their Champions League campaign against Italian opposition. Man City were crowned kings of the continent just two years ago, but they fell well short in this competition last...

Estonian co-produced animation wins best film award at Kyiv movie festival

The short animation "Kyiv Cake," produced by Estonian animation studio Joonisfilm and award-winning Ukrainian screenwriter and director Mykyta Lyskov, has won the Best Ukrainian Film award at the Kyiv International Short Film Festival (KISFF). The...

Music review: BBC Proms 2025 round-up (part one)

THE BBC’s programming of works for the Henry Wood Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London will never satisfy everybody. I would question the inclusion of some concerts that are hardly appropriate for what the Corporation calls “the world’s...

European Work in Progress and the International Film Distribution Summit set to kick off in Hamburg

18/09/2025 - The eighth edition of EWIP received over 240 submissions, with 30 projects selected, while Charades will receive the Best International Innovation Distribution Award at IFDS Heysel 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai (© Guillaume Van Laethem for...

Kenyans take one-two in both men and women's Tallinn half marathon races

Kenyan runners won both the men's and women's half marathon event Saturday, held as part of the Swedbank Tallinn Marathon weekend. Asabel Kiplimo Naiboi won the Swedbank Tallinn Marathon half marathon held Saturday. Naiboi put in a time of 1:01.39...

How to watch Australia vs Argentina: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview

It's safe to assume both the Wallabies and the Pumas learned plenty from last weekend's thriller. Argentina had led 21-7 at half-time, but couldn't cope with Australia after the interval, with Angus Bell crossing the whitewash in the 85th minute...

Isamaa 'recommends' YouTuber calling for violence not run on its Tartu election list

Kris Kärner, 28, who had made calls for the execution by firing squad of members of the left-of-center Social Democratic Party (SDE), as reported by Tartu Postimees, has left the conservative Isamaa of his own choice. However, since the electoral...