On September 9 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Urmas Reinsalu met in Valka, Latvia and took part in a ceremony for th.
Today 9 September, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs jointly announced Daila Ozola as the winner of the Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award at the Valka Local History Museum.
Some councilors in the border town of Narva intentionally present their views at council sessions in the Russian language, despite the law requiring that they do so in Estonian, city council chair Vladimir Žavoronkov says, adding that this was 'purely for political purposes'.
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has suspended the membership of the Estonian driver, Jüri Vips, after it emerged he had behaved inappropriately on a Twitch live video; the Estonian used the n-word and made other derogatory comments.