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	<title>Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>Estonian budget 90.2% full after 11 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the end of November revenues in the amount of 76.7 billion kroons had been paid into Estonia&#8217;s state budget, which makes up 90.2% of the target for the full year, finance ministry data show. Expenditures made during the period totalled 78 billion kroons, corresponding to 85.4% of the outlays planned for the year, the ministry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3167&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President: creative solutions bring success to Estonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the European common currency should be seen as something that will improve the quality of life in Estonia.
At the “Estonia After the Euro” conference yesterday, President Ilves, in his public discussion with Edward Lucas, a journalist from the British journal “The Economist”, focused on the key aspects of Estonia’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3137&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia&#8217;s government debt the lowest in EU</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Eurostat, Estonia had the lowest ratio of government debt to GDP in 2008 at 4.6%. Estonia was followed by Luxembourg (13.5%), Romania (13.6%), Bulgaria (14.1%), and Lithuania (15.6%).
In 2008 the largest government deficits in percentage of GDP were recorded by Greece (-7.7%), Ireland (-7.2%), Romania (-5.5%), the United Kingdom (-5.0%), Malta (-4.7%), Spain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2970&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia clocks in highest ever local election turnout at 60 pct</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday&#8217;s elections saw a higher voter turnout than any local elections in Estonia since the restoration of independence.
The turnout figure released by the national election authority shortly after 9 p.m. was 60.3%.
Voter turnout was highest in the capital Tallinn, where it reached 65.3%. It was also 60 % or higher in Harju County (64.3%), Jõgeva [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3006&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over 100 000 people participate in e-voting</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/over-100-000-people-participate-in-e-voting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the advance voting period for this year&#8217;s local elections that ended on Wednesday night, 236 386 votes were cast in polling stations and over the Internet, which accounts for 21.6% of the Estonian electorate.
The National Electoral Committee said 104 415 people voted electronically during the week this was possible, and in addition 131 971 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3008&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The state budget for 2010 focuses on reviving economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian Government sent the 2010 Draft Budget Act to Riigikogu on 30th of September 2009. According to the draft Act the expenditure of the state total 89.6 and revenue 84 billion kroons (EEK). The public sector budget for the next year has been planned in a deficit below 3% of GDP.
 
The expenditure planned in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3162&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2008 budget deficit was 2.7 pct of GDP</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/2008-budget-deficit-was-2-7-pct-of-gdp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to adjusted data of Statistics Estonia, the Estonian general government sector deficit in 2008 was 2.7% and gross debt level was 4.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). General government budget’s deficit remained within the limits set out in the Maastricht Treaty.


In 2008, the total expenditures of the general government sector budget exceeded the revenues [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2910&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram:&#34;State and Local Governments’ debt levels, 2005–2008&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Estonia will collect 3.5 bEEK from the sale of Eesti Telekom</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/estonia-will-collect-3-5-beek-from-the-sale-of-eesti-telekom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state will improve its budget balance by EEK 518 mln already this year, but not all small shareholders and analysts are pleased about the state accepting the offer, Äripäev reports.
Yesterday the Ministry of Finance announced that the state has agreed in principle to sell its holding in Eesti Telekom. The price for the holding would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2898&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contact between businesses and embassies has increased significantly</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/contact-between-businesses-and-embassies-has-increased-significantly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Estonian ambassadors residing outside of European Union nations met with representatives of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and businesses. Estonian businesses and foreign service members are interested in increasing co-operation to promote Estonia’s economic interests abroad.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the Foreign Ministry would like to continue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2820&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>46 pct of budget revenue was received by 30.06</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/46-pct-of-budget-revenue-was-received-by-30-06/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Finance informs that by the end of June the budget revenue amounted to 39.4 billion kroons (i.e. 46.3% of the total budget ).
The expenditure incurred in the six months amounted to 43 billion kroons, which is 47.1% of planned expenditure.The 2009 state budget has been planned with a deficit and therefore current [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2770&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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