Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a joint agreement to depend on security cooperation and establish a new platform that spans the four countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) and his counterparts co-signed the document in Riga, Lavia on Tuesday. It “lays the foundation for a cooperation platformContinue Reading
A Finnish company is rolling out a new smart mobility platform expanding the ride-hailing concept to the skies, which in the future could enable charter flights to once again provide passengers with a direct connection between Tartu and Helsinki. There are places all over the world that have an airport,Continue Reading
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, so much Russian pipeline gas has been imported into the Baltic-Finnish gas network that it exceeds Estonia’s annual consumption by more than two and a half times. But without purchasing the despised resource our rooms could stay cold in winter. Mid-October. BothContinue Reading
The inability to complete the development of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in time forced Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets to apologize to both the European Union and the member states of the community a few weeks ago. The need for the development of the Schengen Information System (SIS) managed byContinue Reading
Estonia’s outgoing spymaster and incoming State Forest Management Center (RMK) director Mikk Marran sheds light on speculations that have been rife surrounding his decision to quit and takes a look back at the last seven years in an interview with ETV’s “Pealtnägija.” The reason we are sitting down for thisContinue Reading
Creditors of the recently bankrupt Estonia Savings and Loan Association met for its general meeting on Monday but have little hope of seeing their savings restored to them. Estonia plans to step up supervision of savings and loan associations. A few hundred people gathered for the meeting, most of themContinue Reading
No solutions to the current energy crisis can be expected for the next four years, although Russia cannot pressure the West forever, Economic Adviser to the President Kaspar Oja and economic experts Raivo Vare and Heidor Vitsur said on Vikerraadio’s “Välistund” on Monday. According to Vare, the G7’s announcement FridayContinue Reading
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. It is known that Estonia has the fastest inflationContinue Reading
Deminers from the Estonian Rescue Board will be sent to Ukraine to help clear ordinance left in the country by the Russian military, Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani (Center) said on Friday. Plans are already in place to send a five-man rotating team along with three vehicles, the ministerContinue Reading
Newly arrived refugees face problems when looking for long-term accommodation in the capital as locals do not want to rent to them and there is a shortage of cheap apartments, realtors say. And not everybody is welcoming Ukrainians as it was showed on local TVs. So far more than 28,000Continue Reading