The preliminary data of Statistics Estonia show that on 1 January 2025, the population of Estonia was 1,369,285, which is 5,402 people less than at the same time a year ago. In 2024, there were 9,646 births and 15,596 deaths. Based on the data on registered migration, 13,826 people arrived in the country and 13,278 […]
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The Estonian government on 16 January allocated €219 million to national defence, specifically to strengthen the country’s preparedness for crises. Investment will be made in the crisis reserve of the police, the eastern border and emergency stocks, as well as the development of civil protection and the prevention of and response to hybrid threats. A
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According to the Estonian interior ministry, 9,646 babies were born in Estonia in 2024 and 15,596 people died in the same period of time, making the natural growth of the country’s population severely negative. This means 5,950 more people died in Estonia than were born. The trend is nothing new, though. In 2023, for example,
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Starting from 1 January 2025, the final price of a basket of shopping paid for in cash in a physical point of sale is rounded to the nearest five cents – meaning Estonia is phasing out one and two-cent euro coins, being the seventh country in the eurozone to do so. According to the Bank
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On the week of 6 January, the Estonian Defence Forces hosted an international sports camp at the Kääriku Sports Centre in southern Estonia, aimed at preparing wounded veterans for the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver; this was the first time in the history of the Invictus Games that an international pre-event training camp was organised.
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2024, the consumer price index – the official measurement of inflation – increased by 3.5% compared with the average of 2023; price changes related to food and non-alcoholic beverages had the biggest impact on the consumer price index in 2024. Lauri Veski, a team lead of consumer price statistics at
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Estonia holds the ninth most powerful passport in the world, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, offering visa-free access to 186 countries; however, compared with the 2024 index, Estonia has dropped one spot and lost visa-free access to one country. According to the 2024 index, the Estonian passport ranked as the eighth most powerful
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According to the Cost of Living 2025 index by Numbeo, a crowd-sourced global database of statistics, living in Tallinn is more expensive than living in, for example, Tokyo, Barcelona or Rome. In the 2025 index, the Estonian capital is ranked 138th with the cost of living index of 52.7 (New York City is 100 and
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The Estonian pharmaceutical development company GeneCode has joined the European Innovation Council’s Scaling Club network, a prestigious platform supporting deep-tech companies with breakthrough potential. The announcement highlights GeneCode’s growing prominence in the biotechnology sector and its focus on tackling neurodegenerative diseases. Membership in the council’s Scaling Club, which connects over 120 high-potential European technology firms
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As part of the Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture programme, one of Japan’s most renowned artists, Ryoji Ikeda, has opened a unique audiovisual solo exhibition at the Estonian National Museum – a display composed of the DNA from 100,000 Estonians. The two pieces, developed in collaboration with the University of Tartu’s Institute of Genomics
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