Viru County News Today

The bear hunting season, which began in Estonia on 1 August, has started vigorously, and as of 9 August, 31 bears have already been killed.

Four potential locations across Estonia, which could accommodate a nuclear power plant, have been identified by a finance ministry analysis. The four locations are at Toila, Ida-Viru County, Kunda, Lääne-Viru County,...

Six more people have been declared suspects in a Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) investigation into a corruption scandal which has engulfed the city government and council in the eastern Estonian town of Kohtla-Järve.

The European Commission has approved the implementation plan for structural subsidies for Estonia for the period 2021-2027, the Ministry of Finance says. The aid totals €3.37 billion and focuses on energy efficiency and a 'smarter Estonia'.

The saga of the apothecary Melchior that has gathered the most viewers in Estonian cinemas this year, was selected for the programme of three international film festivals in the US, Japan and Indonesia.

TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched in the northeastern Estonian borde...

Around 10,000 freshwater Common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) were released into the Pärnu River Thursday, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reports.

According to Statistics Estonia, last year, Estonian concert promoters organized 3,092 concerts, selling over 375,000 tickets through online portals. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years, the number of concert promoters, concerts in Estonia dropped significantly in 2021, as did attendance levels.

“Melchior the Apothecary”, this year’s most watched film in Estonia, along with “Melchior the Apothecary. Ghost” and the upcoming “Melchior the Apothecary. The Executioner’s Daughter” will be released abroad; the producers of the trilogy have inked an international sales representation agreement with the German company owned by American actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith.

Following the switch to Estonian as the only language of instruction in schools, children from Russian-speaking families will not have to learn the Russian alphabet in Russian language classes alongside their Estonian-speaking classmates. According to the Ministry of Education and Research, Russian-speaking children will be given the opportunity to learn their first language and culture in separate classes.