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During the recent school holidays week, people's mobility increased significantly in the direction of Hiiumaa, Ida-Viru County and the Estonian-Latvian border area, a recently published Telia mobility analysis shows. Holger Haljand, head of corporate customers at Telia Estonia, said that during April 19-25, people's mobility decreased by as much as 20 percent compared to the previous week. At the same time, certain areas clearly emerged where people were much more actively travelling to. "First of all, what stands out is that the people of Tallinn visited Ida-Viru County quite a lot, where th...

In relation to the school holiday starting in general-education schools this week, there is a danger of a rise in the number of infected people and bringing new virus variants to the country. Since following the last school holidays, the number of infected people has seen an increase, traveling should be avoided, or those who do should definitely get tested after returning home. "Quite often, the more dangerous variants are brought in from abroad. Here we will definitely remind people to make health-conscious choices, so we wouldn't have to extend the restrictions longer than necessary becaus...

Estonia: Intl MCM operation Open Spirit 2021 starts Monday 2021-04-19 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN - 11 states and 21 vessels with diving squads are participating in the Open Spirit 2021 international mine countermeasures operation launched in Estonian waters on Monday. The main area of operation in this year's MCM mission is the Gulf of Finland and its southeastern part Narva Bay, military spokespeople said. Groups of mine clearance vessels are to find, map out and, if possible, disarm any ordnance found in the area. Altogether 11 states, including the United States, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, P...

0"> EKRE MP Jaak Valge donated €3,100 to the party in the first quarter of 2021. Source: Kairit Leibold/ERR The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) collected €18,021 in donations over the first quarter with MP Jaak Valge's €3,100 the largest donation in that period. In addition to Valge's contribution, EKRE also received €1,000 each from MP Paul Puustusmaa, Enn Salumäe and Venno Mändmets. A total 242 people made donations for a total sum of €18,021. EKRE's budget was mostly made up of support from the state budget - €249,869. ...

(Latvian Public Broadcasting) It has been attributed as the cause of many things, from Latvians' tall stature and fair hair to their somewhat introverted and reserved emotional nature, but whatever the truth of such claims, one thing is sure: for any self-respecting son (or daughter) of the forest, nothing says 'April is here at last!' better than a bowl of Cold Pine Cone Soup ( Priežu čiekuru auksta zupa).   The origins of the dish remain obscure but it is generally considered that it originated in the far north-east of the country in the region surrounding t...