The Sõpruse Bridge (Sõpruse sild), the longest bridge in Estonia, which connects the Annelinn and Karlova districts in the city of Tartu, is on the verge of collapsing, experts say, and repairs should begin immediately. In contrast to what the city had hoped for a year ago, the state did not approve funding for the reconstruction of the bridge.
The new corruption scandal in Kohtla-Järve, which came to the public's attention last week, reveals several loopholes in the law that businessman Nikolai Ossipenko has skillfully exploited, ERR's Viru County correspondent writes Rene Kundla.
The new corruption scandal in Kohtla-Järve, which came to the public's attention last week, reveals several loopholes in the law that businessman Nikolai Ossipenko has skillfully exploited, ERR's Viru County correspondent writes Rene Kundla.
The "Etnokulp" Awards to determine the best folk music and musicians in Estonia over the last two years took place in Viljandi on Friday. The night's big winners were the zombie folk, punk, trad-hop blending duo Puuluup, who took home four prizes including best artist and best song for "Paala Järve Vaala Baar."
The construction of the Nord Stream pipelines breached international environmental law's precautionary principle and ecosystem approach. In addition, in the aftermath of the Second World War about 230,000 tons of chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak Strait at sites near the current Nord Stream gas pipelines, writes Alexander Lott, a fellow at the Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea and lecturer in administrative law at the University of Tartu.