This week saw the release of the Eurostat and European Commission publication on tax trends in the European Union. According to the text, the tax burden in EU member states in 2005 was 39.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Compared to 2004, this is a rise of 0.4 percentage points.The tax burden in Estonia [...]
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Thursday 28 June marks the official end to the Cohesion Fund project “Tallinn waste management, phase II – closure of the Pääsküla waste centre.”
Ülle-Triin Enden, head of the Cohesion Fund Bureau at the Ministry of the Environment, says that the closure of the waste centre represents the eradication of one of the main sources of [...]
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On 21 June, Enterprise Estonia and Tallinn Airport signed a cooperation contract, which stipulates their common activities in increasing the number of foreign visitors arriving in Estonia.
“The two main concerns in Estonian tourism today are the uneven service quality and insufficient transport connections,” said Chairman of the Enterprise Estonia Management Board Viljar Jaamu. “In 2004 [...]
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