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Holiday destinations for last-minute bookers in 2025
RTE Ireland
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July 22, 2025
Sarah Slattery of The Travel Expert.ie offers alternative holiday locations for last-minute bookers who want to escape the crowds and bag a deal this summer. Listen back to Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1 above. Rising temperatures, price hikes,...
Teachers deserve their long summer holidays
The Spectator
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July 25, 2025
What’s the best thing about teaching? July and August! Or so the old joke goes. The long school holidays are an easy riposte to teachers’ complaints about the profession. Below inflation pay rises? At least you get the school holidays. Lack of...
Inside an abandoned secret nuclear missile base deep in the forests of Lithuania
CNN
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July 30, 2025
A sea of birch trees and Baltic pines sways in the wind as the road goes deeper into the forest. Here in the peaceful depths of western Lithuania’s Žemaitija National Park, an area of idyllic lakes, wetlands, old villages and forests 30 miles...
Estonia has many digital service delivery lessons for Germany, says former govt CIO
Biometric Update
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July 21, 2025
Estonia has many lessons for countries such as Germany when it comes to introducing digital services. While 90 percent of Estonians use their national electronic identity to access government services, less than 10 percent of Germans do the same,...
Russia's new jammer increases GPS interference on Estonia's eastern border
ERR
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July 24, 2025
A new Russian signal jammer close to Estonia's eastern border is causing increased GPS interference and drone flights are not recommended around the border city Narva, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) said on...
Chris Forrester delivers last-gasp Conference win for St Pat’s against nine-man Estonians
Irish Independent
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They had just treated their supporters to an 11-goal haul in three games in a little over a week, but they needed a 90th-minute goal from club stalwart Chris Forrester to give them a slender advantage against Nomme Kalju ahead of what will be a...
Etias: When will UK travellers have to pay to enter 30 European countries?
Liverpool Echo
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July 24, 2025
UK and other non-EU travllers will soon be required to pay for entry into 30 European countries Spain, France and Greece will soon become some of the countries UK and other non-EU travellers will be required to pay to enter under a new travel...
Travel: This overshadowed European capital was formed by crusades and shaped by the Reformation
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 20, 2025
By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Sunday, July 20, 2025 A view of the Old Town in Riga, the capital of Latvia. | Dennis LennoxRIGA, Latvia — The spires and pinnacles of old churches rise above cobblestone streets lined with red-brick buildings and...
Estonia to digitise state national exams by 2027
Times of Malta
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July 20, 2025
Last month, in my role as Malta’s ambassador to Estonia and Finland, I visited the Study Quality Department of the Estonian Education and Youth Board, where I met department official Nele Toime. She gave me a very interesting presentation about...
UK tourists face being blocked from flights to 31 countries over passport rule
Birmingham Live
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July 23, 2025
After the UK voted to leave the European Union and the government negotiated for British travellers to be “third-country nationals’, two conditions came into effect. UK tourists risk being blocked from boarding flights to 31 counties over a...
Brits dealt holiday blow as EU nations introduce entry fee
The Mirror
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July 23, 2025
Brits heading off to holiday hotspots in the European Union will soon be slapped with an entry fee as part of a new travel scheme. UK and other non-EU travellers will be required to pay to go into 30 European countries as part of the plan. Because...
Three children hospitalized after bathing at Tallinn's Inglirand beach
ERR
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July 23, 2025
The Health Board (Terviseamet) is taking new water samples from a beach near Tallinn's ferry harbor after three children who had been swimming in the area had to go to hospital after falling sick. The water off the Inglirand beach near the...
Clear waters: Where are the cleanest and least safe bathing spots in Europe?
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
Keen swimmers seeking the perfect bathing spot are more than likely to be in safe waters in Europe, at least when it comes to chemicals. The latest European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis, looking at 22,127 coastal, lake and river locations,...
‘Women are the guardians of our culture’: why Kihnu is Estonia’s island of true equality
The Guardian
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July 23, 2025
“Welcome to Kihnu. We are not a matriarchy,” says Mare Mätas as she meets me off the ferry. I’ve stepped on to the wild and windswept Kihnu island, which floats in the Gulf of Riga off Estonia’s western coast like a castaway from another time....
Estonian consumer watchdog not ready for new EU anti-'greenwashing' regulations
ERR
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July 19, 2025
Stricter control of eco-labeling within the European Union is to take effect starting in September, with the aim of fighting "greenwashing." However the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) is as yet not quite...
People with a Blue Badge may be able to use it on holiday abroad this summer
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 23, 2025
How to apply for a Blue BadgeIf you have a physical disability or health condition that affects your ability to walk safely, or have a hidden illness such as dementia, autism or Parkinson's, you may be able to get a Blue Badge to help you park...
Agree first, negotiate later
EurActiv
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July 31, 2025
Scoop (generated by humans): The European Commission has confirmed it is withdrawing its AI liability bill, meant to clarify who bears responsibility when AI causes harm. The move sparked backlash in Parliament when it was first shelved in...
Scottish Parliament spend £50k on 'drugs panel' and splash out thousands on trips to Australian and Estonia
Scottish Daily Express
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July 22, 2025
The Scottish Parliament spent over £50,000 on a panel aimed at reducing drugs deaths, and splashed out thousands on trips to Estonia and Australia. Holyrood officials commissioned ordinary Scots to discuss how best to deal with the record number...
FBI: 4 Dark web CSAM sites shut down, at least 18 convicted in joint operation with DOJ
One America News Network
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July 30, 2025
Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30,...
College student visits Vietnam, Estonia on two very different trips
The Globe - Minnesota
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July 22, 2025
RUSHMORE — Claire Hoffman, of rural Rushmore, took two trips this summer before her senior year at South Dakota State University — a study abroad trip to Vietnam and a mission trip to Estonia. Hoffman is studying agriculture science at SDSU and...