When Estonia regained its independence, Arnold Rüütel helped build a bridge of transition from one regime to another. He was ...

President Arnold Rüütel's funeral takes place this Saturday, January 11. The funeral service from the Estonia Theater will be ...

On January 9, following the passing of H.E. Mr. Arnold Rüütel, Former President of the Republic of Estonia, Prime Minister Ishiba issued a letter of condolences to H.E. Mr. Kristen Michal, Prime ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Arnold Rüütel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president ...

Arnold Rüütel hatte lange den Spitznamen »Roter Arnold«. Tatsächlich war er es, der maßgeblich zur Westorientierung Estlands beitrug. Nun trauert das Land um seinen ehemaligen ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Arnold Rüütel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died. He was 96.

The office of the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, announced on its website that Rüütel had died on Tuesday. A trained agriculturalist, Rüütel was almost 50 when, in 1977, he began serving in ...

Former Estonian President, Arnold Ruutel, regarded as one of the fathers of the nation’s return to independence in 1991 has died at the age 96., the president’s office disclosed on Tuesday.