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Ilves: Estonia is a world power in IT
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves who is on a working visit to the UK to attend the Google conference Zeitgeist 2013 said in his speech that IT solutions have made Estonia a world power in terms of IT.
Estonia's unemployment at 10.2% in Q1
According to the Labour Force Survey, Estonia's unemployment rate was 10.2% in the 1st quarter of 2013 year on year and up from 9.3% in Q4.
Slow-down in Estonia’s growth expected
International Monetary Fund: pace of growth in Estonia is to slow down this year because of euro-area's struggle to recover.
Estonians offer credit scoring solution based on social media
Estonian company Big Data Scoring that is managed and co-owned by Erki Kert, former board member of LHV Pank, is offering credit scoring based on social media data.
Estonian PM: Lithuanians need a new referendum
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said at a government press conference that the development of the Visaginas nuclear power plant project can be continued once the Lithuanian people have endorsed it.
1 commentEstonian retailers selling smuggled food
A survey by Äripäev shows that some of Estonia's largest supermarket chains regularly buy food whose origin they don't know and that was most probably smuggled to Estonia.
Opinion: Estonians are selling their work too cheaply
Public relations expert Janek Mäggi writes in Äripäev that Estonians need to ask a better price for their work because this is the only way to increase people’s wealth.
Estonians to develop four office buildings in Vilnius for EUR 44m
Estonian E.L.L. Real Estate property development and management group that is majority-owned by Estonian businessman Toomas Annus plans to develop four office centres in Vilnius with a total leasable area of 44,000 sq.m at a cost of EUR 44 million euros.
Global IT report ranks Estonia 22nd, Lithuania 32nd, Latvia 41st
Estonia climbed two places to 22nd in the Global Information Technology Report 2013 of the World Economic Forum. Lithuania was ranked 32nd and Latvia was ranked 41st.
Finnish alcohol maker to move production from Latvia to Estonia
Finnish-owned alcohol maker Altia will relocate the production of alcoholic beverages from its Latvian distillery to its Tabasalu plant.
Estonian business leaders support a united Baltic airline
A poll of 130 of Estonia's leading businessmen found that most support a united regional airline or continued state subsidies for Estonian Air.
Number of foreign tourist stayovers in Estonia up 7%
In February, 91,000 foreign tourists stayed in accommodation establishments in Estonia, which is 7% more than in same period a year ago. According to Statistics Estonia, all in all, 160,000 domestic and foreign tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Estonia, which was 5% more than in February 2012.
Estonian, Russian PMs avoid thorny issues
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev made sure that no thorny political topics were raised during their meeting in St Petersburg on Friday, April 5.
Opinion: Estonia's success holds lessons for the U.S.
«Years ago, as a missionary is Sweden, I occasionally met people from Estonia — generally refugees grateful to have escaped the clutches of a long Soviet occupation that had been broken only by a few years of nightmarish Nazi occupation,» Jay Evensen, editor at Deseret News, recalls.
Businessman: Estonian state should invest more to attract investors
The Estonian state should invest more money in the economy and borrow more because this would help to make Estonia more attractive to foreign investors, says Roberto de Silvestri, an Italian-born investor who lives in Estonia.
Only Slovaks poorer than Estonians in Eurozone
Among 17 Eurozone members, Estonians are one of the poorest by net value of their assets, shows statistics published by Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri.
Gazprom may build a lubricant plant in Estonia
Gazprom Neft, a manufacturer of lubricants that belongs to Gazprom, Russian gas giant, is considering Estonia, Latvia and Finland as a location for its new plant to produce lubricants.
Economic Diary: Smash Business with Taxes
PAA bath manufacturer modernizes production plant and creates Silk Stone material
Oil deposit exploration in Latvia's waters; project managed by people close to Lembergs
Prudentia distances from the consequences of the advices it once gave
Friendship with Unity – the only thing that keeps Prudentia afloat?
Criminal proceedings initiated following searches in RCC Transport Department
Weekends expected to have +30° C heat in Latvia
Combined heat and power plants produced 64% of the total heating energy in Latvia in 2012
Latvia will not be organizing the 2017 World Ice Hockey Championship
Gold shipment worth EUR 483,000 lost in Miami
Petrol price fixing scandal: oil giant bosses to be jailed if found guilty
French President: austerity endangers EU
The most horrifying industrial disasters of all time
Cannes film festival suffers $1m jewellery theft
Greek politician slaps woman live on TV
Colombia hosts Miss Pole Dance 2012
VIDEO: Airline fined for in-flight bikini show
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