Long queues have formed on the Russian side of Estonia's southern border crossing point in recent days as more and more Ukrainians try and enter the European Union. The Social Insurance Board has been called in to help arrivals.
The Ministry of Education and Research will allocate a one-time fee for local municipality governments that decide to stop managing local high schools with less than 100 students. At the same time, not all local municipalities are not interested in the initiative, ETV's "Aktuaalne kaamera" reported on Tuesday.
2021 has reached an end, so perhaps it is time for reflection on a year in Estonia which has seen changes in national and local government, not to mention a new head of state. The highs of sporting success in the olympics, in tennis, swimming and athletics, all vied for our attention, as did the highs, but not in a good way, of soaring energy prices near year-end, and spikes in coronavirus rates in spring and autumn.