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Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:16:00 +0300
Rising electricity price hits the enterprises hard
Entrepreneurs are looking forward to autumn with fear, because in addition to the increase in consumer prices, high energy costs can lead to partial production shutdowns and layoffs.

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:44:00 +0300
The tank is gone but grudge remains
I have not seen for a long time such a large concentration of police officers as in Narva on Tuesday. Possibly during a game of the London Arsenal football team at their home field, the Emirates Stadium, years ago. The comparison is a bit inappropria...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:51:25 +0300
Russian students nearing graduation were granted ome relief
The increasing social pressure this week brought a result: the government is extending the residence permit of students who are Russian citizens and are about to finish their studies. Access to Estonia was made even more difficult for other Russian c...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:43:52 +0300
A nearly four-meter sunflower decorates a garden in Jõgeva
Tiia Vare who lives in the town of Jõgeva, planted some seeds in honor of Ukraine a few months ago, which have now grown into a giant sunflower.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:41:49 +0300
How they wanted to hand over Estonia’s LNG terminal to the Russians
In May, desperation struck Estonia: negotiations for the planned construction of the Pakrineeme port berthing pier for a floating LNG terminal, which promised a possible solution to the gas drought, were on the verge of failure. The Paldiski Northern...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:06:48 +0300
Honorary Consul of Estonia in Mozambique: Estonian companies could benefit from Africa's rapid development
Estonian companies have great opportunities in Mozambique, confirms Jose Dai, honorary consul of Estonia in the African country with a population of 31 million people.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:01:04 +0300
Attack against the prime minister continues: Russian ambassador to Estonia accuses Kallas of nationalism
The Russian ambassador to Estonia, Vladimir Lipayev, called Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (RE) statement about tourist visas nationalistic.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:30:00 +0300
Estonia leaves China's European 16+1 cooperation format
Estonia will no longer participate in the cooperation format of Central and Eastern Europe and China. 

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:04:06 +0300
Food in Estonia sometimes more expensive than in Finland
A price comparison of Estonian and Finnish food products made by Helsingin Sanomat revealed that food is already more expensive here than in Finland. At the same time, the wages of Estonians amount to only half of those of the Finns.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:57:58 +0300
Olerex customer service: clients are cheated and employees not cared about
The discount campaign of Olerex, which has tricked many customers who hoped to get a discount of 8.3 cents per liter of fuel, tests the nerves of not only the customers but also those of the customer service representatives who have to deal with the ...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:59:19 +0300
PHOTOS ⟩ Shopping in Sõle Rimi like there was no tomorrow
Since the Rimi store on Sõle Street in Tallinn will be closed for good, the store held a closing sale.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:50:39 +0300
Violations of public procurement surface by accident
It was only recently when the purchase of rapid corona tests resulted in a criminal case against the former minister of education and research. Questionable procurements which have taken place in health care now and then give the impression that part...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:37:09 +0300
Jelena Ostapenko will take part in the Tallinn Open WTA 250 tennis tournament
Latvian number one Jelena Ostapenko (WTA 16) has confirmed her participation in the Tallinn Open WTA 250 tennis tournament.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:27:18 +0300
A resident in conflict with the municipality exposed an official’s lack of education
A resident of Haljala municipality appealed to the local government because the road she used to reach her properties was in a bad condition. Some time later, the municipality repaired the road, but then closed it with signs forbidding entry. A two-y...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:18:03 +0300
PHOTOS ⟩ Large traffic jam of ships near Estonia’s coast
A traffic jam of ships waiting for the opportunity to enter Russian ports has built up in the Gulf of Finland between the Käsmu Peninsula and Finland’s Porvoo. When Postimees flew over the Gulf of Finland in a light aircraft, 21 vessels had anchor...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:04:38 +0300
Krisli Melesk, who conquered K2: this is totally different from Mount Everest
The achievement of Krisli Melesk, who reached the top of the worlds second-highest mountain, the 8,611-meter K2, quickly reached the public through the media, but the world traveler herself remained elusive. The reason was simple: Melesk kept in to...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:42:28 +0300
Russia’s black oil and fuel oil business with Saudi Arabia moves through Estonia
Saudi Arabia has doubled its imports of Russian black oil and fuel oil in the second quarter of this year. Reuters indicates that the total volume for the past three months has been 647,000 tons of Russian black oil, and a large share of this busines...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:09:23 +0300
New support measure of broadband internet might fail
Although more than a hundred million euros have been invested over the years in taking high-speed internet to the countryside, nearly 80,000 Estonian rural households are still without a modern internet connection. On Tuesday, the next 24 million eur...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:08:17 +0300
Tallinn promises to end cropping green areas
The city of Tallinn has begun to listen to the increasingly louder voices which demand that the grass should not be mowed regularly everywhere to a length of a couple of centimeters and some places be left untouched.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:45:00 +0300
New government was hit by its first staff problem
Suspicions have been raised regarding the suitability of the new Minister of Health and Labor Peep Peterson (SDE) as if his appointment as minister would go against the best practice of dealing with lobbyists adopted by the previous government on Mar...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:37:00 +0300
Stressful times in the real estate market; builders between the rock and a hard place
According to Kaarel Loigu, manager of the real estate development and management company Capital Mill, which is expanding its reach in the Baltic countries, the real estate market is currently undergoing rapid changes: loan interest rates are rising,...

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:39:00 +0300
HIMARS extends Estonia’s striking power to enemy’s territory
The HIMARS (abbreviation of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) rocket systems to be purchased from the United States will grant Estonia for the first time the ability to strike at the enemy in his own territory; until now the defense forces have ...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:16:13 +0300
Startup market has cooled down significantly
Swedish pay-as-you-go fintech company Klarna closed an $800 million funding round last week, valuing the company at $6.7 billion. It was a big shock, because Klarna was the most valuable startup company in Europe, valued by financiers at 45.6 billion...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:41:25 +0300
A loophole in the Medicines Act annoys the chronically ill
Although it is stipulated in case of some diseases that the chronically ill can buy medicines at a one hundred percent discount, a loophole in the law still deprives some buyers of this opportunity.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:54:00 +0300
Estonia gets HIMARS multiple rocket launchers
The USA has approved the sale to Estonia of up to six multiple rocket launchers M142 HIMARS and related equipment. There have been rumors about its cost to the taxpayer of hundreds of millions but the contract is still being prepared and it is know t...



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