Wed, 16 May 2012: Estonia has budget under control…
May 16, 2012 Estonia
In 2013, inflation is expected to maintain at around 3.4 percent, pulled upwards by the completion of the electricity distribution reform on Jan. 1, 2013. The unemployment rate is expected to fa...Tags: Budget, Control, Electricity Distribution, Estonia, Forecast Horizon, Gdp, General Government, Government Debt, Government Deficit, Inflation, Unemployment Rate
Wed, 25 Apr 2012: Estonian Air tests new strategy…
Apr 25, 2012 Estonia
“Great contribution to the development of the airline was given by Estonian customers. We have not done large or expensive campaigns to grow our passenger numbers; however, we have increased...Tags: Air Fares, Air Tests, Air Ticket Fares, Airline, Campaigns, Estonian Air, Estonian Customers, Flight Frequencies, Fuel Prices, New Strategy, Passenger Numbers, Scandinavian Cities, Ticket Prices, Transit Passengers
Wed, 18 Apr 2012: Europe slump to slow Estonia…
Apr 18, 2012 Estonia
The central bank’s latest Labor Market Review reveals that employment soared in comparison with the recent past, and also with other European countries. The labor participation rate posted...Tags: Average Wage, Competitiveness, Economy, Estonia, Europe, European Countries, Finding A Job, Labor Market Policy, Labor Participation Rate, Labor Productivity, Likelihood, Long Time, Losing Hope, Private Sector, Risk, Slump, Unemployment
Wed, 11 Apr 2012: Estonia’s outlook positive…
Apr 11, 2012 Estonia
Senior researcher of the institute Leev Kuum noted that growth is likely to range from 0 to 4 percent this year and that the institute’s projections do not differ significantly from those of...Tags: Confidence Index, Decline, Domestic Consumption, Economic Confidence, Estimates, Estonia Latvia, Export Sectors, Germany, Ministry Of Finance, Number Of Countries, Outlook, Researcher, Rsquo, Second Half, Sweden
Wed, 4 Apr 2012: Estonia ramps up shale oil production…
Apr 4, 2012 Estonia
The company spent 200 million euros building the plant, and if it comes into operation without a hitch this year, Eesti Energia intends to spend another 1 billion euros on two additional 280 units...Tags: 1 Billion, Burning Oil, Carbon Emissions, Diesel, Electricity, Estonia, Fuel Products, Gasoline, Liquid Fuels, Naptha, Oil Company, Oil Production, Oil Shale, Ramps, Refinery, Shale Oil, Twh, Vgo
Wed, 4 Apr 2012: Estonia’s foreign-funded knowledge-based economy…
Apr 4, 2012 Estonia
The foreign impact is demonstrated by an export share of more than 50 percent of Estonia’s GDP. By the end of 2011 Estonia had a total foreign direct investment stock of 12.7 billion euros. ...Tags: Baltic Times, Bank Of Estonia, Economist, Estonian Economy, Export Share, Fdi, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Impact, Foreign Investors, Gdp, Growi, Inflation, Inflow, Investment Stock, Knowledge Based Economy, Knowledge Economy, Portfolio Investments, Real Gdp, Rsquo, Year 2000
Wed, 21 Mar 2012: Riga and Tallinn pick up fruit missed by Lithuania at MIPIM 2012…
Mar 21, 2012 Estonia
“As far as I know, from previous years, Riga and Tallinn have paid approximately 60-70,000 euros for rental space at the show. You have additionally to calculate expenses for installing the ...Tags: Baltic Times, Bottom Line, Cough, Investors, Largest Real Estate, Lithuania, Money, Participation, Pavilions, Previous Years, Rental Space, Riga, Rsquo, Tallinn, Western Investor
Wed, 14 Mar 2012: Domestic demand strong in Estonia…
Mar 14, 2012 Estonia
The growth in construction was supported mainly by the repair and reconstruction work of buildings. The construction volume of civil engineering works also increased rapidly,” the statistics...Tags: Business Equipment, Business Investments, Business Sector, Capital Formation, Civil Engineering, Construction Volume, Equipment Inventories, Exports And Imports, Gross Capital, Reconstruction Work, Rsquo, Statistics Estonia, Statistics Office, Transport Equipment
Wed, 14 Mar 2012: Tourism growing in Estonia…
Mar 14, 2012 Estonia
EU residents accounted for 81 percent of the total number of visitors, whereas the share of the CIS was 12 percent. Visits by EU residents increased 12 percent, year-on-year, and those by CIS resi...Tags: Cis, Estonia, Expenditures, Finland, Finns, Outbound Trips, Rsquo, Russians, Swedes, Tourism, Travel Services
Wed, 7 Mar 2012: Estonia walloped by widespread strikes…
Mar 7, 2012 Estonia
Tomberg said it was unacceptable to air union content on ERR. “The board and editors in chief of programming services are responsible for independence and balance of the programming, which...Tags: Doubt, Editors, Estonia, Estonian Air, Journalists, Losses, Menning, National Carrier, Neutrality, Practice Standards, Professional Activity, Programming Services, Recent Developments, Rsquo, Strikes, Trade Organization
Thu, 23 Feb 2012: Estonian real estate sector continues strong recovery…
Feb 23, 2012 Estonia
In 2011, the average value of a purchase-sale transaction was 47,528 euros, which is around 20 percent bigger than in 2010. The growth of the average value of a transaction was affected by the inc...Tags: Avera, Dwellings, New Developments, Real Estate Sector, Total Value
Wed, 8 Feb 2012: Estonian economy flat in Q4…
Feb 8, 2012 Estonia
10. “Developments are uneven sector by sector, and growth is continuing in several sectors, but production volumes and exports in the electronics sector have significantly declined from th...Tags: Aben, Electricity Prices, Energy Sector, Estonian Economy, Production Volumes, Sectors, Temperatures
Wed, 18 Jan 2012: Aid drives Estonia…
Jan 18, 2012 Estonia
During the period, the country itself contributed only 924 million euros to the EU budget in various payments. This means that for every euro that Estonia spent, it got back two. This so-called ...Tags: Aid Recipients, Brussels, Budget, Citizen, Denmark, Donors, Estonia, Euro, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Imf, Latvia, Net Profit, Sweden, Tax Receipts
Wed, 11 Jan 2012: New company registrations up in Estonia…
Jan 11, 2012 Estonia
Since then it has done even better. The smallest of the Baltic States has long had low taxes and clean government, not to mention high levels of Internet penetration and technical education. Als...Tags: Baltic State, Baltic States, Capital Tallinn, Company Registrations, Continent, Entrepreneur, Estonians, Facebook, Founders, Guru, Internet Penetration, Internet Telephony Company, Investment Fund, London, Mentoring Program, Microsoft, Start Ups, Technical Education, Technological Edge, Ups
Thu, 15 Dec 2011: Unbundling to reach Estonia…
Dec 15, 2011 Estonia
The Baltic nations, which have uneasy political relations with Russia, are seeking EU support for building an LNG terminal in the region, citing higher gas prices than in Western Europe and supply...Tags: Baltic Nations, Economy Minister, Economy Ministry, Eesti, Estonia, Estonian Economy, European Commission, Finland, Gas Prices, Gazprom, Germany, Juhan Parts, Liquefied Natural Gas, Lng Terminal, Rsquo, Russia, Stake, Unbundling, Western Europe
Thu, 24 Nov 2011: Estonia leads Baltic development…
Nov 24, 2011 Estonia
“If we searched for a clever teacher for teaching Europe how it should live, we would find Estonia,” said Rudzkis. Estonia stands out among the Baltic States for its better prospects,...Tags: Baltic States, Better Prospects, Economic Growth, Emigration, Estonia, Europe, Export Leads, Export Markets, Foreign Investors, Investment Services, Lithuania, Public Sector, Restructuring, Scandinavian Countries, Scant Attention, Value Added
Thu, 17 Nov 2011: Broad-based growth pushes Estonia’s GDP…
Nov 17, 2011 Estonia
According to the preliminary data, the construction sector as well as ICT had a considerable contribution to the GDP growth. At the same time, the increase in the collection of VAT and excise taxe...Tags: 17 Nov, 3rd Quarter, Construction Sector, Economic Recession, Estonia, Estonian Economy, Excise Taxes, Fourth Quarter, Gdp, Gdp Growth, Rsquo, Second Quarter, Vat, Workday
Thu, 3 Nov 2011: Estonia’s banks at risk…
Nov 3, 2011 Estonia
“Whereas financial-market tensions used to be confined to just a few euro-area countries, the debt crisis has now spread further afield. This has been accompanied by a growing lack of confid...Tags: Bank Loan, Bond Market, Bonds, Commercial Banks, Debt Crisis, Estonia, European Banking System, Eurosystem, Inflationary Pressures, Interest Rates, Lack Of Confidence, Liquidity, Loan Market, Maturities, Monetary Policy, Policy Interest, Policy Loans, Risk, Tensions
Thu, 3 Nov 2011: Estonia’s banks at risk…
Nov 3, 2011 Estonia
“Whereas financial-market tensions used to be confined to just a few euro-area countries, the debt crisis has now spread further afield. This has been accompanied by a growing lack of confid...Tags: European Banking System
Wed, 26 Oct 2011: Estonia profits from emissions’ reductions…
Oct 26, 2011 Estonia
We have proved that our small size is not an obstacle and Estonia is increasingly seen as the best environment for implementing the pioneering solutions,” said Ansip. Japan’s biggest ...Tags: Ansip, Competitive Edge, Conglomerate, Cooperation, Credit Transaction, Efficient Government, Estonia, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Initiatives, Innovative Solutions, Japan, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Group, Obstacle, Profits, Rsquo, Technical Readiness
Wed, 19 Oct 2011: Tallinn as horseshoe center…
Oct 19, 2011 Estonia
The state lacks direct access to world seas where cargo transport is more favorable. Estonia has the deepest ports in the Baltic Sea, and since Kazakhs are interested in selling an average of 100...Tags: Baltic Sea, Canada, Canadians, Cargo Transport, Central Europe, Coal, Direct Access, Fertilizers, Mediterranean, Metals, Moscow, Oil Company, Oil Products, Ports, Rail Connections, Rsquo, Tallinn, Western Europe
Wed, 5 Oct 2011: Estonia threatens EU solidarity…
Oct 5, 2011 Estonia
26, Estonia’s ombudsman had warned that its participation in the EFSF could be unconstitutional as formulated because it left the power to decide in the hands of the government, not lawmaker...Tags: Andrus Ansip, Constitution, Draft Bill, Efsf, Estonia, Finance Committee, Financial Obligations, Lawmakers, Mp, Ombudsman, Parliament, Participation, Prime Minister, Reform Party, Rsquo, S Center, Solidarity, Wed 5
Wed, 28 Sep 2011: Estonian link approved…
Sep 28, 2011 Estonia
Estonia will seek financing from the European Union’s next budget in 2014, he added. “We should concentrate on building as many physical connections with Western Europe as possible,&...Tags: Andrius, Andrus Ansip, Baltic Republics, Bloc, Budget, Counterparts, Energy Connections, Estonia Latvia, European Union, Fall Of Communism, Joint Venture, Lithuania, News Conference, Physical Connections, Prime Minister, Recessions, Rsquo, Valdis, Western Europe