Events in the year 2024 in Estonia.
Incumbents President: Alar Karis Prime Minister: Kaja Kallas (until 23 July) Kristen Michal (23 July onwards)
Events January 1 January – Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world where same-sex couples can marry.
February 13 February – The Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, is reportedly put on the Russian Interior Ministry's register of wanted people due to the removal of Soviet War Memorials, making Kallas the first known government leader to be added to a wanted list by Russian authorities. 23 February–2 March – 2024 Biathlon Junior World Championships
March 2–3 March – 2024 Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix at Tartu 24–29 March – 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III B at Kohtla-Järve
May 23 May – Twenty-five buoys used to demarcate the Estonia–Russia border along the Narva River are removed by Russian border guards in what Estonian authorities call a "a provocative border incident”. 31 May – Estonia becomes the 24th full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
June 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election 26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats. 28 June – Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is nominated to become High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union. 29 June – Climate Minister Kristen Michal is nominated by the ruling Estonian Reform Party to replace Kaja Kallas as Prime Minister.
July 15 July – Prime minister Kaja Kallas resigns in order to assume her new role as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European External Action Service. 16 July – The Baltic states announce their exit from the Russian and Belarusian electricity grids along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid effective 9 February 2025.
September 5–8 September – 2024 European Junior Judo Championships at Tallinn
November 25 November – Authorities announce that eight British soldiers participating in a NATO exercise were injured in a vehicular pileup along the Tallinn-Narva highway the week prior.
December 25 December – The submarine Estlink-2 power cable running under the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia is cut, causing a significant decrease in Estonia's electricity supply and leading to suspicions that a vessel linked to Russia is responsible.
Art and entertainment
List of Estonian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Holidays
1 January – New Year's Day 24 February – Independence Day 29 March - Good Friday 31 March - Easter Sunday 1 May - Spring day 19 May - 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
15 January – Uno Palu, 90, Olympic decathlete (1956) 16 January – Vaino Väljas, 92, diplomat and politician, first secretary of the communist party (1988–1990) 24 January – Väino Uibo, 81, actor, singer and theatre director 29 October – Ragne Veensalu, 37, actress 31 December – Arnold Rüütel, 96, president (2001–2006), chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1990–1992) and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1983–1990).
See also 2024 in the European Union 2024 in Europe
References
External links Online calendar