Estonia-Latvia co-operation projects to get 4.8mEUR support

Latvia and Estonia are set to start active co-operation in sea transportation, enterprise and social matters, with seven projects in these spheres to get 75 million kroons (EUR 4.8 mln) in European Union support.
For instance, the small ports of Mersrags in Latvia, Ringsu on the Estonian island of Ruhnu and Roomassaare on the island of [...]

PM discussed economic co-operation with Finnish PM

At today’s meeting, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen discussed co-operation between Estonia and Finland. The prime ministers stated that great strides had been made in strengthening co-operation in the fields of information and communications technology, developing energy infrastructure and improving the business environment.
According to Prime Minister Ansip, success has accompanied [...]

Estonia to open embassies in Tel Aviv and Cairo

Today the government endorsed the decision to establish embassies of the Republic of Estonia in Tel Aviv, Israel and Cairo, Egypt. The Estonian Embassy in Tel Aviv is scheduled to be opened in November of this year already, while the embassy in Cairo will be opened in the first half of next year.
Foreign Minister Urmas [...]

Ilves to Zatlers: Latvia is Not Alone With Its Worries

“The reforms and budgetary cuts that many countries are addressing, under pressure from and with the support of international organisations, are essential for improving the financial state of these countries, for their own future,” President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said at his meeting with Latvian Head of State Valdis Zatlers.
“It is only the purposeful and decisive [...]

Netherlands will represent Estonia for issuing visas in Jordan

The government approved an agreement by which the Kingdom of the Netherlands will begin to represent Estonia in visa matters in Amman in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The agreement will come into force on 1 November.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet noted that the ministry works continually to find new opportunities for issuing Schengen visas for [...]

Finland wants to store grain in Estonia

Finland wants to ship a part of its grain crop into Estonia for storage, the Finnish daily Turun Sanomat says.
Finnish storage facilities cannot hold all domestic grain so a plan was made to bring 200 000 tons or 50-100 shiploads into Estonia. The amounts of grain have grown owing to the poor market situation and [...]

Visa freedom with Brazil will improve our relations

While meeting with members of a delegation from Brazil’s foreign ministry, who are in Tallinn for political consultations, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet expressed his satisfaction over an agreement finally being reached regarding the visa freedom agreement between the European Union and Brazil.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet noted that the text of the visa freedom agreement was [...]

EU and Brazil reach agreement on visa freedom

During the European Union-Brazil summit in Stockholm on Tuesday, the European Union and Brazil approved the text of a visa freedom agreement, which when implemented will allow the citizens of Estonia and the other EU member states to visit Brazil for tourism or business purposes without a visa. The agreement should come into effect in [...]

Estonia concluded visa representation agreement with Austria

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger signed a visa agreement in Tallinn today according to which Austria will begin to represent Estonia in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that Austria’s help in issuing visas is very important because it is an indicator of the European Union’s [...]

Six applications for asylum lodged in July

According to data provided by the Citizenship and Migration Board, 16 people have sought asylum in Estonia during this year, with six applications filed in July.
Asylum applications have been lodged by citizens of Belarus, DR Congo, Georgia, Iraq, Mongolia, Russia, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine and the United States, and by stateless persons, spokespeople for the citizenship [...]