A vulnerability in the images service of Estonia’s personal identification documents database allowed a hacker to download the photos of nearly 300,000 Estonians whose names and personal identification codes they already had. State Information System’s Authority (RIA) experts discovered last week that the RIA-administered system has been attacked: 9,000 IPContinue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform Party) tells Postimees in an interview that she does not know whether Minister of Culture Anneli Ott (Center Party) is vaccinated against the coronavirus. Kallas said that Ott’s position does not affect the government’s work and that the cabinet remains united in its message thatContinue Reading
Thunder damage on electric appliances, storm damage on house roofs and melted power banks – all this and many more accidents has this summer’s weather brought in Estonia and has been covered by insurance companies. Insurance company If Kindlustus has Triinu Pärn as it senior manager of property insurance. «AContinue Reading
The Committee of Permanent Representatives at the Council of the European Union (COREPER) has approved the EU’s IT agency eu-LISA, located in Tallinn, as the seat of the EU cross-border data exchange channel e-CODEX. “The fact that e-CODEX will be located in Estonia is very welcome, as the digitalization ofContinue Reading
With new Covid-19 cases rising in Estonia again, the government has this week discussed possible new restrictions to limit the spread of the dangerous disease. This time, only restrictions to unvaccinated people are under discussion. The Estonian government considered possible directions of action in a sitting on Thursday, July 23.Continue Reading
The latest chapter in Reps’ embezzlement scandal that came to light on Sunday sent the Center Party into a state of shock for a few days. The party brass discussed the incident informally on Monday, while a party board meeting was held online on Tuesday. Reps did not participate. AfterContinue Reading
In north-eastern Estonia, an oil spill has been found near the Baltic Sea Port of Sillamäe. On Sunday, July 18, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board’s Maritime Surveillance Centre was notified of 20 or more litres of oil spilled into the Baltic Sea. The responsible services accessed the siteContinue Reading
Active cooperation among the Baltic states will help more successfully to overcome the consequences from the Covid-19 pandemic, said Latvian parliament speaker Inara Murniece (National Alliance) during the meeting of the Baltic parliament speakers in Riga on Thursday. The Saeima press service reported that the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian parliamentContinue Reading
Migration pressure on Estonia is low, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Ministry of the Interior assured Postimees. “The migration situation has not significantly changed on Estonia’s border at present, but it would be short-sighted to ignore the events in Lithuania. It is important to understand thatContinue Reading
The Ministry of Defense has decided to cut costs in its administrative area over the next four years and will be laying off 270 people. Even though investments will not be cut directly, development of the armed forces will be impacted nonetheless. The Ministry of Defense that finds itself underContinue Reading