2025 in Estonia
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Events in the year 2025 in Estonia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 28 January–2 February – The 2025 European Figure Skating Championships were held at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn.[1]
February
[edit]- 8–9 February – Estonia, along with Latvia and Lithuania disconnect from the Russian electric grid and joins the Synchronous grid of Continental Europe.[2]
March
[edit]- 26 March – The Riigikogu votes to amend the Constitution to bar Russian, Belarusian citizens from voting in municipal elections.[3]
April
[edit]- 26 April–2 May – 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B[4]
May
[edit]- 17 May – Estonia's Tommy Cash finishes in third place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Espresso Macchiato".[5]
June
[edit]- 4 June – The Riigikogu votes to withdraw Estonia from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.[6]
August
[edit]- 13 August – The Estonian government expels the first secretary of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn on charges of undermining the Estonia’s constitutional order and violating sanctions.[7]
- 25 August – A suspected Ukrainian drone believed to have been diverted to Estonia by Russian jamming crashes into a field in Koruste village in Elva Parish, Tartu County.[8]
- 26 August – A dual Russian-Estonian citizen is convicted of spying for Russia and sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Tartu District Court.[9]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 24 February – Independence Day
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 1 May – Spring day
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 23 June – Victory Day
- 24 June – Midsummer Day
- 20 August – Independence Restoration Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Second Day of Christmas
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 6 January – Margus Oopkaup, actor (born 1959)[12]
- 31 January – Kärt Tomingas, actress, singer and educator (born 1967)[13]
May
[edit]- 17 May
- Priit Jaagant – businessman (born 1972)[14][15]
- Oleg Sõnajalg – businessman (born 1959)[14][15]
August
[edit]- 13 August – Väino Kull – politician (born 1943)[16]
- 21 August – Ago Kalde, 79, volleyball player.[17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tallinn is proud to host the European Figure Skating Championships 2025". euroskate2025.eu. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid". BBC. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Estonia amends Constitution to strip Russian, Belarusian citizens of right to vote". 26 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "IIHF Annual Congress". Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "Estonia votes to leave Ottawa anti-personnel landmine ban convention". ERR. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Estonia Expels Russian Diplomat Over Subversion Claims". The Moscow Times. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ MARIA TRIL. "Ukrainian drone reportedly crashes in Estonian field after Russian GPS jamming diverts flight path". euromaidanpress. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ^ "Estonian court hands dual citizen FSB collaborator 3-year prison sentence". ERR. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "Estonia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Law on holidays and public holidays". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Igaviku teele on läinud Saaremaalt pärit näitleja Margus Oopkaup". Saarte Hääl (in Estonian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Suri näitleja ja laulja Kärt Tomingas". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) (in Estonian). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Viron yleisradioyhtiö: Kaikki Euran helikopterionnettomuudessa kyydissä olleet ovat kuolleet" (in Finnish). Koutonen, Jouni; Aspeslagh, Tiina; STT. 17 May 2025.
- ^ a b ""Välisministeerium: Soome kopteriõnnetuses ellujäänuid pole"" (in Estonian). ERR. 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Järelehüüe Tartu aukodanikule Väino Kullile". www.tartu.ee (in Estonian). 2025-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ "ESBL". www.esbl.ee. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
External links
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See also: Timeline of Estonian history |