''Eesti Päevaleht'' ''("Estonia Daily")'' is a major daily

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

n newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly ''

Eesti Ekspress ''Eesti Ekspress'' (''Estonian Express'') is an Estonian weekly newspaper. Founded in 1989, ''Eesti Ekspress'' was the first politically independent newspaper in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet control of Estonia. T ...

''. It has a daily circulation of around 36,000.

History and profile

''Eesti Päevaleht'' was founded on 5 June 1995, when the newspapers '' Hommikuleht'', ''

Päevaleht ''Päevaleht'' was a daily newspaper published in Estonia from 1990 to 1995. History and profile On 1 February 1990, the newspaper '' Noorte Hääl'' (published between 1940–1941 and 1944–1990) was renamed to ''Päevaleht''. The last iss ...

'' (previously '' Noorte Hääl'') and ''

Rahva Hääl ''Rahva Hääl'' (lit. ''The People's Voice'') was the official daily newspaper of the Communist Party of Estonia during Soviet occupation of Estonia. It was founded shortly after the first Soviet takeover in 1940 based on offices and resources ...

'' were merged into a single publication. On 29 September 1995, ''Eesti Päevaleht'' merged with ''Eesti Sõnumid''. In May 2011 the newspaper joined the

Eesti Ajalehed Eesti Ajalehed ( en, Estonian Newspapers) was an Estonian publishing company, which published the newspapers Maaleht and Eesti Ekspress. The company belonged to the Tallinn Stock Exchange. The company operated in Tallinn Tallinn () is the m ...

group. Another newspaper under the same name is published weekly in

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* 1995 establishments in Estonia Estonian-language newspapers Mass media in Tallinn Newspapers published in Estonia Publications established in 1995 {{Estonia-newspaper-stub