Estonia

The Old Man Movie: Lactopalypse! review – brilliantly weird Estonian stop-motion

This animated combination of cynicism and grotesquerie has as much energy as Aardman and double the WTF quotient

Phil Hoad

30, May, 2023 @8:00 AM

China rows back after envoy denies sovereignty of former Soviet states

Beijing says it respects status of countries such as Ukraine after ambassador’s comments spark row

Jon Henley, and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

24, Apr, 2023 @1:04 PM

Estonia’s Kaja Kallas weighs up coalition options after historic election win

PM welcomes endorsement of liberal values and support for Ukraine as far-right rival loses assembly seats

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

06, Mar, 2023 @6:26 PM

Estonia ferry disaster inquiry backs finding bow door was to blame

Preliminary findings appear to reject claims blast or collision may have caused deadly sinking in 1994

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

23, Jan, 2023 @4:09 PM

Online gambling firm fined nearly £500,000 for only checking winners’ credentials

Regulator fines TonyBet for imposing unfair terms on payouts, anti-money laundering failures and not checking for vulnerable customers

Rob Davies

18, Jan, 2023 @1:03 PM

Ben Wallace and EU defence ministers to press Germany over tanks to Ukraine

UK defence secretary will meet counterparts from Poland and Baltics in drive to get Berlin to agree re-export of Leopard 2 tanks

Dan Sabbagh and Kate Connolly in Berlin

17, Jan, 2023 @6:37 PM

Rishi Sunak to meet UK troops in Estonia and attend Baltic summit

UK prime minister joins Nordic and Baltic leaders at summit on countering Russian aggression

Jessica Elgot Deputy politics editor

18, Dec, 2022 @10:30 PM

Neo-Nazi Russian militia appeals for intelligence on Nato member states

Move by Task Force Rusich raises fears of rogue paramilitary attacks on Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

Mark Townsend Home affairs editor

11, Dec, 2022 @9:00 AM

Hawkish Estonia under pressure to accept higher cap on Russian oil price

Baltic state has held out against cap set at level it believes would have no impact on Putin’s war machine

Patrick Wintour

01, Dec, 2022 @3:50 PM

Labour’s early years focus should be on education, not childcare | Letter

Letter: England’s obsession with ‘childcare’ is misconceived and a dead end, says Peter Moss

Letters

07, Nov, 2022 @6:14 PM

Labour plans expansion of state nursery sector in England to ease pressure on parents

Proposals are part of party’s wider ambition to build system of high-quality, affordable childcare and to make issue an election pledge

Sally Weale Education correspondent

05, Nov, 2022 @12:01 AM

‘It’s not just childcare’: focus on early years education sets Estonia apart

Its innovative kindergarten system is just one reason the Baltic state is one of the highest performers in international rankings

Sally Weale, education correspondent, in Estonia