Shipper Planning to Launch Ferry Traffic between Sillamäe and Kotka

Stella Company Group, a shipper mainly known for its cargo operation between Germany, Finland, and the Russian city of St. Petersburg, is planning to open a ferry line between the Estonian town of Sillamäe and Kotka, Finland, in May.
Manager Kari Juvas said that according to plans the ship would sail between the two port towns [...]

Construction grew a tenth in 2007

According to preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in 2007 the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and in foreign countries amounted to 39 billion kroons, which is 10% more than a year earlier.
The construction market which had shown a rapid growth in the last years, slowed down during 2007. It was mainly [...]

Size Gives Estonia Advantage in EU Internal Market

“Being a small country, Estonia possesses an advantage in the European Union’s internal market as far as equal opportunities are concerned,” visiting EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said.
Speaking at a meeting with members of Estonian parliamentary committees, McCreevy said it was difficult to find the best regulations for the arrangement of the EU internal [...]

Number of students is decreasing

According to the Statistics Estonia, at the beginning of academic year 2007/2008, 68,168 students or 599 less students than a year ago were acquiring higher education.
The admittance has increased by 885 students and the number of graduates by 1066. 46% of the students enrolled obtain higher education at state-financed and 54% at non-state-financed study [...]

400 MEEK to support exports

Tomorrow, 27 February, Enterprise Estonia will open an export marketing support programme, lasting until the year 2013, which will significantly increase the export capacity of Estonian companies on foreign markets. The support, co-funded from the European Regional Development Fund, amounts to more than MEEK 400.
According to Ülari Alamets, director of Enterprise Estonia, the purpose of [...]

Media advertising market expanded 29 percent in 2007

Estonia’s media advertising market grew by 29 percent year-on-year in 2007, reaching a size of 1.788 billion kroons.
On the basis of information provided by TNS Emor, it can be said that the Estonian growth rate is one of the fastest in the world. The advertising market grew by more than 20 percent in all sectors [...]

Foreign trade turnover decreased substantially in December

According to the preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in December 2007 the Estonian foreign trade turnover made up 22.4 billion kroons.a Compared to December 2006, the foreign trade turnover decreased 6% and, compared to November 2007 it decreased 19%.
In December 2007 the exports were 9.3 billion kroons (42%) and imports 13.1 billion kroons (58%). Compared [...]

President’s speech at the country’s birthday celebration

In his speech at the festive concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Estonia, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves stressed that it is time for Estonians to focus on lasting values, such as family, tolerance and effective use of one’s knowledge.
“A 90-year-old country is a young country, but a mature [...]

European Union supports development of Estonian water management

The Ministry of the Environment has completed the draft regulation on the measure for the development of water management infrastructure, which establishes the principles of distribution of the 6.4 billion kroons in funding provided by the European Union’s Cohesion Fund, the activities the funding will support and the potential grant applicants. The regulation also sets [...]

Regular waste centres not meeting requirements to be closed

The Ministry of the Environment has completed the draft regulation of a measure which establishes the conditions for the provision of funding for the closure of regular waste centres that do not meet requirements.

630 million kroons has been allocated from the European Cohesion Fund for the closure of such waste centres between 2007 and 2013 [...]