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The Estonian foreign ministry is recommending avoiding all but essential international travel due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. The data from the Estonian Health Board shows that as of 3 September, Estonia’s COVID-19 infection rate is 16.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. The foreign ministry “would like to point out …

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From 1 September, people returning to Estonia from high coronavirus risk countries will have the opportunity to be tested for the novel coronavirus at the airport and the port in order to shorten the 14-day self-isolation period and allow them to return to work sooner. The testing is free of …

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Based on the novel coronavirus infection rate, starting from Monday, 31 August, people arriving in Estonia from 27 European countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days. These countries are: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, …

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Life expectancy in Estonia has increased for both genders – and slightly more for males, the latest statistics shows. According to Statistics Estonia, the country’s official statistics agency, in 2019, life expectancy at birth was 74.4 years for males and 82.8 years for females. Life expectancy in the country has increased …

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A California-based non-profit organisation, called the A-Mark Foundation, is looking for a scientist in Estonia who could help with finding anti-Jewish official acts that had been valid in Estonia at any time through the end of the 20th century. The project is collecting all the official anti-Jewish acts from around …

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Noora Laine-Müller, a Finnish blogger and vegan nutritionist who has lived in Tallinn for four years, gives an overview of the Estonian capital’s vegan scene. This is an edited version of the article originally published in Noora Laine-Müller’s blog, Wonderworld of Noora. The Tallinn vegan restaurant scene is absolutely booming …

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On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, spanning 675 kilometres, or 420 miles; it was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in …

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As of Monday, 24 August, people arriving in Estonia from 24 European countries will have to self-isolate for two weeks. Based on the coronavirus infection rate, starting from Monday, 24 August, a two-week restriction on freedom of movement will apply to passengers arriving in Estonia from the following European countries: …

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