2025 in Estonia

Events in the year 2025 in Estonia.

Incumbents

8–9 February – Estonia, along with Latvia and Lithuania disconnect from the Russian electric grid and joins the Synchronous grid of Continental Europe.

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

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

4 June – The Riigikogu votes to withdraw Estonia from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.

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, prompting the Russian government to expel an Estonian diplomat in retaliation on 4 September.
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.
26 August – A dual Russian-Estonian citizen is convicted of spying for Russia and sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Tartu District Court.

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.

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.
10 October – Estonia temporarily closes the Saatse border crossing with Russia following heightened Russian military activity.
19 October – 2025 Estonian municipal elections

17 December – Three Russian border guards are reported to have entered Estonian territory using a hovercraft before returning to Russia near the village of Vasknarva along the Narva River.
31 December – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged vessel Fitburg is intercepted by Finnish authorities on suspicion of damaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland running from Helsinki, Finland to Tallinn, within Estonia's exclusive economic zone.