Fisheries Council approves 2008 Baltic fishing quotas

With a majority vote the European Union’s Fisheries Council has set the Baltic herring, sprat, cod and salmon fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea for 2008 for EU member states.
While researchers recommended that the Baltic herring catch in the Gulf of Riga be reduced by 20% on this year’s figures, the European Commission proposed just [...]

Estonia has smallest national debt and third largest budget surplus in European Union

Yesterday saw the release by Eurostat of more detailed data on government sector debt and budget deficits in European Union member states in 2006. According to Eurostat, Estonia’s budget surplus is the third largest in the union after Denmark and Finland. The average government sector budget deficit among the 27 member states was 1.6 percent [...]