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Tue, 25 May 2021 18:28:54 +0300
Well-known Scottish IT-businesswoman escaped from Brexit to Estonia
Britain's exit from the EU brought Vicky Brock, a well-known Scottish startup entrepreneur to Estonia. Her latest startup helps to combat unlawful trade over the Internet.

Mon, 24 May 2021 16:58:25 +0300
First Estonian woman on the top of the world
Krisli Melesk, a mountaineer and a traveler, accomplished one of her greatest dreams early Sunday (May 23) morning five minutes past six (Estonian time): she reached the summit of the world’s tallest mountain, the 8.848,86 meter Mount Everest.

Fri, 21 May 2021 14:54:00 +0300
Even vaccine deniers can get Covid-19 certificate
Minister of Entrepreneurship and IT Andres Sutt (Reform Party) says that the Estonia-developed Covid-19 certificate or vaccination passport in popular slang opens the same opportunities not only for vaccinated people but also those having recovered f...

Thu, 20 May 2021 17:05:25 +0300
Rural Development Foundation was the black sheep of crisis support
The National Audit Office report published on May 19 shows that the COVID-19 crisis support – be it aid, loan or guarantee – was generally used correctly: granted to those who most from the crisis and whose economic indicators were worse than tho...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:03:58 +0300
This study will create a precedent
Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus signed a decree on Monday allocating 1.6 million euros from the government reserve fund to the Safety Investigation Bureau (OJK) for underwater investigation of the wreck of the passenger ferry Estonia.

Tue, 18 May 2021 12:33:00 +0300
Seven individuals charged in relation with the ERIAL case
The number of charges as well as suspects related to the case of the savings and loan co-operative ERIAL increased on Sunday, May 16.

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:38:00 +0300
Padar: people need parcel terminals and fast highways
The Road Administration became a thing of the past this year. Now it is the Transport Administration, which is headed by Estonia’s highest-paid civil servant Kaido Padar for the past five months. And as the name hints, the new institution no longer...

Fri, 14 May 2021 14:51:16 +0300
Digital registration queue included vaccination seekers and applicants for consultation
The opportunity to book slots for vaccination via digital register was made available to those over 40 years of age late Wednesday (May 12) night. Vaccination seekers had crashed the digital registration system by Thursday morning and the resulting j...

Thu, 13 May 2021 14:29:00 +0300
Estonia’s IT talents sold international services to cybercriminals
An international investigation brought to court found IT talents residing in Estonia and Lithuania, who had provided services to an international network of cybercriminals. The US federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in cooperation with German, Brit...

Wed, 12 May 2021 15:27:31 +0300
The project «To Tartu in 1.5 hours» lives on
Although the new coalition has begun to slow down the intensive development of four-lane highways, the railway’s dreams of faster connections live on. The plan to travel from Tallinn to Tartu within 1.5 hours in 2025 is alive and strong.

Tue, 11 May 2021 13:24:18 +0300
Port of Tallinn offering plot for national opera
Valdo Kalm, a member of management board of the Port of Tallinn, would be happy to see the new opera house built on the waterfront yet the national opera seems uninterested.

Mon, 10 May 2021 17:26:20 +0300
Central bank: Estonia needs a debate about taxation system
Rasmus Kattai, an economist of the Bank of Estonia, said in an interview to Postimees that a debate over taxation is inevitable, since the expenses of the state have been exceeding revenues for a long time already.

Thu, 06 May 2021 13:43:00 +0300
Only the Võru county and the islands are all right
The general indicators of the spreading of corona virus have flattened out, says Krista Fischer, a member of the Science Council and professor of mathematical statistics of Tartu University. However, when observing regions individually, infection is ...

Wed, 05 May 2021 16:12:00 +0300
Auditor General Janar Holm: the vaccine stocks are too large
Auditor General Janar Holm said in a live broadcast "Otse Postimehest", that it is reasonable to keep the vaccine stock, but questionable is, as much.

Wed, 05 May 2021 11:17:00 +0300
Estonia dropped one level from very high risk level
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas presented in early April the white book, according to which the corona virus situation in the society can be rated by a four-level colour code. While Estonia’s risk level was initially in the red zone and we reached the b...

Tue, 04 May 2021 19:00:39 +0300
Estonia Theatre’s annex gets cooling-off time
The parliamentary Cultural Affairs Committee decided to recommend to the plenum that two regional projects should be declared cultural construction projects of national significance besides the two main favourites. This move brought the greatest publ...

Mon, 03 May 2021 17:13:16 +0300
Ministries trying to hide budget cuts until election
The state budget strategy approved by the government on Thursday plans to make cuts amounting to 60.4 million euros. The ministries are trying to hide the precise places where the axe would fall, but some painful cuts are already clear.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:41:17 +0300
Loss-making Tallink hopeful that travelling will restart in summer
Tallink, having reported a 34 million euro quarterly loss, is hopefully looking towards summer. Paavo Nõgene, chairman of the management board of Tallink Grupp, said that they hope to realize at least some plans prepared for the summer season.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:55:00 +0300
Minister: some 60 million must be cut
Interview with Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:53:00 +0300
New start-up brings the e-state closer to the people
The purpose of the start-up StateOS and its eponymous application is to reverse the current model of providing e-services – in other words, in the future people would not look for information and services, but vice versa.

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:35:15 +0300
Government to permit final-year students to resume contact learning from May 3
The Estonian governments will enable for final-year students to switch back to contact learning from May 3, instruction must be provided in accordance with all COVID-19 safety rules.

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:24:27 +0300
Russia’s neighbors hiking defense spending
Research fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) Martin Hurt said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Thursday that while fiscal balance matters, it is not as important as national defense.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:16:28 +0300
Spending cuts idea startles defense experts
The Ministry of Finance’s proposal for a universal spending cut in all areas for the 2022 and 2023 state budgets has left defense experts worried.

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:05:33 +0300
Eve Peeterson: Estonia is better than Silicon Valley
Estonia has one of the highest number unicorns per capita and as has been referred to as Europe’s Silicon Valley. Head of Startup Estonia Eve Peeterson said on “Otse Postimehest” that while people are familiar with Silicon Valley, she would go ...

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:10:09 +0300
Restrictions to be relaxed in 2 stages starting from April 26
The Estonian government is gradually relaxing anti-COVID-19 restrictions starting from April 26; stores will be permitted to open and primary school children switch back to contact learning from May 3.



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