Two-time Major winner Rory McIlroy should be allowed to represent Ireland at the 2016 Olympics and not have to make his own mind up about who he plays for, Peter Dawson, CEO of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R & A) said. Dawson, who played a key role in golf regaining its' place at the Olympics when it was voted back in four years ago, said it was unfair placing the pressure on the 23-year-old Northern ireland-born golfer to make up his mind.

Russian Federation Council foreign committee chairman Mikhail Margelov told Postimees on Wednesday after the meeting with Estonian Riigikogu foreign committee delegation that the Estonian-Russian border agreement is in "high state of completion". At the meeting between the Riigikogu committee and Federation Council foreign committee delegations, the sides confirmed the need to reach unanimity in the border agreement issue. By now, two rounds of Estonia-Russian talks have taken place at the level of delegations of foreign ministries and the time of the third meeting should be de

The Finnish and Estonian central criminal police are completing an investigation of a major ring of drugs and weapons, in the centre of which there is a group mainly consisting of Estonians, that is suspected of smuggling drugs from Central Europe to Finland, Postimees Online reports. Altogether 36 persons are suspected of different crimes, Estonian State Prosecutor's Office said. The recipients of the drugs were motorbike clubs associated in Finland with organised crime, like Cannonball MC and Bandidos MC. The Finnish and Estonian investigation focuses on eight cases of

According to Statistics Estonia, in February 2013, 160,000 domestic and foreign tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Estonia, which was 5% more than in February 2012. The number of domestic tourists as well as foreign tourists increased. In February, 91,000 foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments, which was 6,000 tourists (7%) more than in same period a year ago. Most of the foreign tourists (87%) stayed in the accommodation establishments of Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu.