2025 in Estonia

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Events in the year 2025 in Estonia .

Incumbents

• President: Alar Karis
• Prime Minister: Kristen Michal

Events

January

• 28 January–2 February – The 2025 European Figure Skating Championships were held at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn. ^[1]

February

• 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

• 26 March – The Riigikogu votes to amend the Constitution to bar Russian, Belarusian citizens from voting in municipal elections. ^[3]

April

• 26 April–2 May – 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B ^[4]

May

• 17 May – Estonia's Tommy Cash finishes in third place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Espresso Macchiato". ^[5]

June

• 4 June – The Riigikogu votes to withdraw Estonia from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines. ^[6]

August

• 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] prompting the Russian government to expel an Estonian diplomat in retaliation on 4 September. ^[8]
• 25 August – A suspected Ukrainian drone believed to have been diverted to Estonia by Russian jamming crashes into a field in the village of Koruste in Elva Parish, Tartu County. ^[9]
• 26 August – A dual Russian-Estonian citizen is convicted of spying for Russia and sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Tartu District Court. ^[10]

September

• 19 September – Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets enter Estonian airspace and hover for around 12 minutes before being escorted out by Italian F-35s assigned to NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission. In response, Estonia invokes NATO Article 4 to call for consultations. ^[11]

October

• 7 October – The Viru County Court convicts Estonian Defense Forces member Ivan Dmitriev for spying on behalf of Russia and sentences him to four years and 11 months' imprisonment. ^[12]
• 10 October – Estonia temporarily closes the Saatse border crossing with Russia following heightened Russian military activity. ^[13]

Art and entertainment

• List of Estonian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Estonia

Source: ^{[14] [15]}

• 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

January

• 6 January – Margus Oopkaup, actor (born 1959) ^[16]
• 31 January – Kärt Tomingas, actress, singer and educator (born 1967) ^[17]

May

• 17 May
  • Priit Jaagant – businessman (born 1972) ^{[18] [19]}
  • Oleg Sõnajalg – businessman (born 1959) ^{[18] [19]}

August

• 13 August – Väino Kull – politician (born 1943) ^[20]
• 21 August – Ago Kalde, volleyball player (born 1945) ^[21]

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "Tallinn is proud to host the European Figure Skating Championships 2025". euroskate2025.eu. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. "Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid". BBC. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
3. "Estonia amends Constitution to strip Russian, Belarusian citizens of right to vote". 26 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
4. "IIHF Annual Congress" . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
6. "Estonia votes to leave Ottawa anti-personnel landmine ban convention". ERR. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
7. "Estonia Expels Russian Diplomat Over Subversion Claims". The Moscow Times. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
8. "Russia Expels Estonian Diplomat in Tit-for-Tat Move". The Moscow Times. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
9. MARIA TRIL. "Ukrainian drone reportedly crashes in Estonian field after Russian GPS jamming diverts flight path". euromaidanpress. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
10. "Estonian court hands dual citizen FSB collaborator 3-year prison sentence". ERR. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
11. "3 Russian fighter jets violate Estonian airspace for 12 minutes". ERR. 19 September 2025.
12. "Estonian court sentences soldier for spying for Russia". The Kyiv Independent. 9 October 2025.
13. "Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity". The Kyiv Independent. 11 October 2025.
14. "Estonia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
15. "Law on holidays and public holidays". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
16. "Igaviku teele on läinud Saaremaalt pärit näitleja Margus Oopkaup". Saarte Hääl (in Estonian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
17. "Suri näitleja ja laulja Kärt Tomingas". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) (in Estonian). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
18. "Viron yleisradioyhtiö: Kaikki Euran helikopterionnettomuudessa kyydissä olleet ovat kuolleet" (in Finnish). Koutonen, Jouni; Aspeslagh, Tiina; STT. 17 May 2025.
19. ""Välisministeerium: Soome kopteriõnnetuses ellujäänuid pole"" (in Estonian). ERR. 17 May 2025.
20. "Järelehüüe Tartu aukodanikule Väino Kullile". Tartu (in Estonian). 2025-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
21. "KALDE, AGO". ESBL. Retrieved 2025-08-27.

External links

• Online calendar