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	<title>Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia &#187; Estonia</title>
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		<title>Barroso to be involved in Estonian-Finnish LNG terminal dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the meeting with Prime Minister Andrus Ansip this week, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has agreed to provide neutral assessment whether the LNG terminal should be in Estonia or Finland.]]></description>
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		<title>Ilves: Estonia is a world power in IT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves who is on a working visit to the UK to attend the <i>Google</i> conference <i>Zeitgeist 2013</i> said in his speech that IT solutions have made Estonia a world power in terms of IT.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia&#8217;s unemployment at 10.2% in Q1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Slow-down in Estonia’s growth expected</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/slow-down-estonias-growth-expected-95077</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund: pace of growth in Estonia is to slow down this year because of euro-area's struggle to recover.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonians offer credit scoring solution based on social media</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-offer-credit-scoring-solution-based-social-media-94438</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-offer-credit-scoring-solution-based-social-media-94438#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian company <i>Big Data Scoring</i> that is managed and co-owned by Erki Kert, former board member of <i>LHV Pank</i>, is offering credit scoring based on social media data.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian PM: Lithuanians need a new referendum</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-pm-lithuanians-referendum-94391</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-pm-lithuanians-referendum-94391#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian retailers selling smuggled food</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-retailers-selling-smuggled-food-93901</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey by <i>Äripäev</i> 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.]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Estonians are selling their work too cheaply</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public relations expert Janek Mäggi writes in <i>Äripäev</i> that Estonians need to ask a better price for their work because this is the only way to increase people’s wealth.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonians to develop four office buildings in Vilnius for EUR 44m</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-develop-office-buildings-vilnius-eur-44m-93443</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-develop-office-buildings-vilnius-eur-44m-93443#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Global IT report ranks Estonia 22nd, Lithuania 32nd, Latvia 41st</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/global-report-ranks-estonia-22nd-lithuania-32nd-latvia-41st-93365</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/global-report-ranks-estonia-22nd-lithuania-32nd-latvia-41st-93365#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Violations uncovered in Estonian fur farm</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/violations-uncovered-estonian-fur-farm-93322</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/violations-uncovered-estonian-fur-farm-93322#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian media got a hold of last year's secret video footage of the Karjakilas village based fur farm. The footage features animal welfare violations. The fur farm in Karjakilas village is the only one in Estonia and the largest in the Baltics.]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish alcohol maker to move production from Latvia to Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/finnish-alcohol-maker-move-production-latvia-estonia-93304</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/finnish-alcohol-maker-move-production-latvia-estonia-93304#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finnish-owned alcohol maker <i>Altia</i> will relocate the production of alcoholic beverages from its Latvian distillery to its Tabasalu plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian business leaders support a united Baltic airline</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-business-leaders-support-united-baltic-airline-93192</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-business-leaders-support-united-baltic-airline-93192#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll of 130 of Estonia's leading businessmen found that most support a united regional airline or continued state subsidies for <i>Estonian Air</i>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why are Estonian products so expensive?</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-products-expensive-92920</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-products-expensive-92920#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of relatively low labor costs, producing in Estonia is expensive because of high cost of raw materials, small production volumes and lack of local raw materials.]]></description>
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		<title>Number of foreign tourist stayovers in Estonia up 7%</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/number-foreign-tourist-stayovers-estonia-7-92714</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/number-foreign-tourist-stayovers-estonia-7-92714#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian, Russian PMs avoid thorny issues</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-russian-pms-avoid-thorny-issues-92554</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-russian-pms-avoid-thorny-issues-92554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian investments in Cyprus at EUR 1.2 billion</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-investments-cyprus-eur-1-2-billion-92384</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-investments-cyprus-eur-1-2-billion-92384#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly for many, Estonia’s main destination for outward foreign investment is not one of its main trading partners in Scandinavia, but Cyprus.]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Estonia&#8217;s success holds lessons for the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/opinion-estonias-success-holds-lessons-u-s-92335</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/opinion-estonias-success-holds-lessons-u-s-92335#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[«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 <i>Deseret News</i>, recalls.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden&#8217;s berry supplier Skogsmat sues Estonian partner for EUR 0.4m</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/swedens-berry-supplier-skogsmat-sues-estonian-partner-eur-0-4m-92050</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/swedens-berry-supplier-skogsmat-sues-estonian-partner-eur-0-4m-92050#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish berry supplier Skogsmat i Uddeholm has sued its Estonian supplier Saarek for EUR 0.4m.]]></description>
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		<title>Businessman: Estonian state should invest more to attract investors</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/silvestri-estonian-state-invest-attract-investors-91965</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/silvestri-estonian-state-invest-attract-investors-91965#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia to lure foreign specialists with softer laws</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-lure-foreign-specialists-softer-laws-91838</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-lure-foreign-specialists-softer-laws-91838#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiring top foreign specialists will be easier and the necessary residence permits will be issued within a few weeks, according to the Estonian Ministry of Interior.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia may get one of the world&#8217;s largest offshore wind farms</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farms-91780</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farms-91780#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Baltic Blue Energy</i>, a company owned by oil and logistics businessman Enderl Siff, plans to build an offshore wind farm between the two islands.]]></description>
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		<title>More Finns want to work in Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/finns-work-estonia-91691</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/finns-work-estonia-91691#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently it is mainly Estonians who are commuting to Finland for work, but more Finns will soon be heading for Estonia for employment, businessmen agree.]]></description>
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		<title>Ilves: euro is a great currency that has benefited Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/ilves-euro-great-currency-benefited-estonia-91554</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/ilves-euro-great-currency-benefited-estonia-91554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said at a meeting of European leaders in Finland held last weekend that the euro was a great currency and that Estonia's decision to adopt it in 2011 has only benefited the economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Only Slovaks poorer than Estonians in Eurozone</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/slovaks-poorer-estonians-eurozone-91389</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/slovaks-poorer-estonians-eurozone-91389#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among 17 Eurozone members, Estonians are one of the poorest by net value of their assets, shows statistics published by Swedish business newspaper <i>Dagens Industri</i>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gazprom may build a lubricant plant in Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/gazprom-build-lubricant-plant-estonia-91312</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/gazprom-build-lubricant-plant-estonia-91312#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Gazprom Neft</i>, a manufacturer of lubricants that belongs to <i>Gazprom</i>, Russian gas giant, is considering Estonia, Latvia and Finland as a location for its new plant to produce lubricants.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian Air pays fine for cancelling aircraft order</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-air-pays-fine-cancelling-aircraft-order-91236</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-air-pays-fine-cancelling-aircraft-order-91236#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian national carrier Estonian Air has returned two aircraft and paid the contractual penalty. The airline has agreed on return of two Embraer E190 aircraft that had been ordered, but that Estonian Air did not need.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian labour productivity up 7.6% a year</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-labour-productivity-7-6-year-90979</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonian-labour-productivity-7-6-year-90979#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the basis of industrial production, labour productivity per person was 28,190 euros in the fourth quarter of 2012, 7.6% more than in the same three-month period in 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Ansip: I envy salary of Enterprise Estonia&#8217;s CEO</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/ansip-envy-salary-enterprise-estonias-ceo-90744</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/ansip-envy-salary-enterprise-estonias-ceo-90744#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[6,500 euros a month that is paid to the new head of Enterprise Estonia is too much, according to Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.]]></description>
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		<title>Former CEO on Estonian Air: Should we still try to breathe life into this dying horse?</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/ceo-estonian-air-breathe-life-dying-horse-90659</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/ceo-estonian-air-breathe-life-dying-horse-90659#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is the time to replace the troubled <i>Estonian Air</i> with an entirely new budget airline, says Toomas Peterson, ex-CEO of Estonian Air.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia&#8217;s 2012 GDP growth confirmed at 3.2%</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonias-2012-gdp-growth-confirmed-3-2-90327</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonias-2012-gdp-growth-confirmed-3-2-90327#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, Estonia's gross domestic product (GDP) was up by 3.2%, compared to the previous year, according to the second estimates of Statistics Estonia.]]></description>
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		<title>Pension funds start investing in Estonian real estate</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/pension-funds-start-investing-estonian-real-estate-90286</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/pension-funds-start-investing-estonian-real-estate-90286#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funds managing Estonians' pension assets have started actively investing in the Estonia real estate market and shares. Fund managers say that Estonian real estate fits the pension fund portfolios very well.]]></description>
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		<title>Professor: Estonian wage system is too hierarchical</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/professor-estonian-wage-system-hierarchical-90120</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/professor-estonian-wage-system-hierarchical-90120#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Estonia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Estonian wage system is too hierarchical, which means that managers are usually paid more than specialists, although the latter may turn out to be more valuable for the company, says Milvi Tepp, visiting professor of the Tallinn University in organization management.]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish official: we can learn from Estonian tax system</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/finnish-official-learn-estonian-tax-system-89954</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/finnish-official-learn-estonian-tax-system-89954#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Estonian income taxation system is not perfect, it is based on the right foundation, says Martti Hetemäki, the new permanent undersecretary of state of the Finnish Ministry of Finance.]]></description>
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		<title>Prices in eurozone still growing fastest in Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/prices-eurozone-growing-fastest-estonia-89670</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/prices-eurozone-growing-fastest-estonia-89670#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonia continued to have the highest annual inflation in the eurozone also in January, at 3.7%, according to <i>Eurostat</i>.]]></description>
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		<title>Non-citizens struggle to find work in Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/non-citizens-struggle-find-work-estonia-89608</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/non-citizens-struggle-find-work-estonia-89608#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest official data show that despite similar education level of non-Estonians and Estonians, the former have more difficulties in competing with Estonians on the labour market.]]></description>
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		<title>Tallinn seeks to limit opening hours of Old Town bars</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/tallinn-seeks-limit-opening-hours-town-bars-89574</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/tallinn-seeks-limit-opening-hours-town-bars-89574#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tallinn City Government is demanding that the central government prepares legislation that would limit the opening hours of night bars from Tallinn Old Town to 3 am.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Estonian producers are optimistic</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/survey-estonian-producers-optimistic-89444</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/survey-estonian-producers-optimistic-89444#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey by the Estonian institute of market research EKI shows that in spite of volatile economic situation, most producers plan to increase production volumes from last year and are generally optimsitic.]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia’s accession to the eurozone would benefit Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/latvias-accession-eurozone-benefit-estonia-89133</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvias-accession-eurozone-benefit-estonia-89133#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian logistics expert and former minister of transport, Raivo Vare, says that Latvia’s accession to the eurozone would be more beneficial for Estonia than if Latvia were to stay outside the eurozone.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia average monthly wages up 5.9%</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-average-monthly-wages-5-9-89036</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-average-monthly-wages-5-9-89036#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in Q4 2012, average monthly gross wages were 916 euros and the average hourly gross wages and salaries were 5.53 euros.]]></description>
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		<title>Republic of Estonia celebrates 95th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/republic-estonia-celebrates-95th-anniversary-89048</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/republic-estonia-celebrates-95th-anniversary-89048#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republic of Estonia will celebrate it 95th anniversary on Sunday, 24 February.]]></description>
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		<title>Intel to invest in Estonian developer of mobile payment systems</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/intel-invest-estonian-developer-mobile-payment-systems-88936</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/intel-invest-estonian-developer-mobile-payment-systems-88936#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intel Capital and Greycroft Partners will invest in Estonian developer of mobile payment systems Fortumo, the company has announced.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia’s anniversary gets country-wide photo action</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonias-anniversary-country-wide-photo-action-88914</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonias-anniversary-country-wide-photo-action-88914#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 24th, to celebrate 95th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, a photo initiative is organised, asking all to shoot a picture within one minute, at 1 pm to 1:01 pm, of oneself or surroundings.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonians question Schibsted&#8216;s latest acquisition in Latvia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-question-schibsteds-latest-acquisition-latvia-88765</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonians-question-schibsteds-latest-acquisition-latvia-88765#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Estonian weekly <i>Eesti Ekspress</i> has questioned the recent sale of Latvian entertainment portal <i>Spoki.lv</i> to the Latvian news portal <i>TVNet</i>, itself owned by the Norwegian media group <i>Schibsted</i>.]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia opens the first chain of electric car recharge stations</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-opens-chain-electric-car-recharge-stations-88732</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/estonia-opens-chain-electric-car-recharge-stations-88732#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, February 20, the first chain of electric car recharge station was opened in Estonia. The stations include ABB Terra 51 DC recharging installations. The Terra 51 DC recharging technology allows vehicles to recharge within 15-30 minutes' time, while standard (AC) chargers require 8 hours.]]></description>
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		<title>Hunters: foreigners have too much power over hunting rights in Estonia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/hunters-foreigners-power-hunting-rights-estonia-88654</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/hunters-foreigners-power-hunting-rights-estonia-88654#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian hunting clubs are unhappy with the new hunting bill that allows forest owners to ban hunting in their forests.]]></description>
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		<title>Swedes generally satisfied with Baltic business climate</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/swedes-generally-satisfied-baltic-business-climate-88522</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/swedes-generally-satisfied-baltic-business-climate-88522#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study of Baltic business climate made by the Swedish Trade Council based on interviews made in 147 Swedish companies that operate in the Baltic countries showed that they were generally satisfied with this region as a place for doing business.]]></description>
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		<title>Study: a third of Estonians consider leaving</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/study-residents-leaving-estonia-88486</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/study-residents-leaving-estonia-88486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[37% of Estonian residents have considered the possibility of leaving Estonia in the last six months, according to a new study.]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia outpaces Estonia, Lithuania in Q4 growth</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/latvia-outpaces-estonia-lithuania-q4-growth-88294</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvia-outpaces-estonia-lithuania-q4-growth-88294#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Estonia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Latvia shows the strongest growth from all three Baltic countries: Estonia and Lithuania reported 3.4% and 3.1% growth, respectively, in Q4 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Secretive Swede becomes Estonia’s largest forest owner</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/secretive-swede-estonias-largest-forest-owner-88274</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish businessman Jonas Wahlström is now the largest private forest owner in Estonia and now owns about 23,000 hectares of land, mainly forest, in Estonia.]]></description>
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