Sources: BBC News
Five people, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed when two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters en route to Piikajärvi Airfield collide mid-air and crash into the ground in a forested area near Eura, Satakunta, Finland. 2025-05-17
The European Court of Justice fines Germany {{Euro}}34 million (US$36.7 million) for failing to implement a European Union law to protect whistleblowers by 2021. The Court also fines Czechia {{Euro}}2.3 million, Hungary {{Euro}}1.5 million, and Luxembourg and Estonia {{Euro}}500,000 each for the same reason. 2025-03-6
Estonia reports that a Russian Border Service Mi-8 helicopter violated its airspace over the weekend. The Russian ambassador to Estonia was summoned in response to the incident. 2022-06-21
Estonia removes all of its COVID-19 entry restrictions for non-EU travellers after the Estonian Health Board concluded that the situation is under control and that third-country nationals are unlikely to affect the epidemiological situation in the country. 2022-06-17
Russia expels diplomats from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in retaliation for the earlier expulsions of Russian diplomats from these countries. 2022-03-29
Authorities raid the German bank Deutsche Bank as part of a money laundering probe into €200 billion of suspicious payments identified into the accounts of Danske Bank's branch in Estonia. Danske Bank's Estonian boss from 2007 to 2015 is found dead near Tallinn at his home in circumstances police describe as neither suspicious nor accidental. 2019-09-25
Eight hundred British Army troops arrive in Estonia as part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. 2017-03-18
A court in Russia sentences Estonian security official Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison for espionage. 2015-08-19
The first school shooting in Estonia takes place in Viljandi. 2014-10-27
Estonia, one of the Baltic republics of the former Soviet Union, adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 17th country to do so. 2010-12-31