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		<title>42 pct of Estonians work overtime</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 08:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average working week of men is three hours longer than that of women. A half of males employed and a third of females employed work overtime. This has been proved in Statistics Estonia’s publication “Time Use of the Population of Estonia” published today. In the Time Use Survey 2010, the actual working hours of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6141&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>6,214 persons emigrated from Estonia, mainly to Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in 2011, 3,709 persons immigrated into Estonia and 6,214 persons emigrated from Estonia. Compared to the previous year, immigration as well as emigration increased. 899 persons more immigrated and 920 persons more emigrated compared to 2010. Similarly to previous years more women emigrated from Estonia and more men immigrated into Estonia.Most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6137&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salaries grew 7 pct compared to last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2012, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 847 euros and increased by 6.9% compared to the 1st quarter of the previous year. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2011, the irregular bonuses and premiums per employee grew 20.5% and influenced the growth of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6135&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>57 pct of enterprises were innovative in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the data of the Innovation Survey show that 56.8% of enterprises were innovative in 2010. The innovativeness of enterprises remained on the level of 2008, when the innovative enterprises accounted for 56.4%. An enterprise was considered innovative if during the last three years it had introduced to the market a new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6133&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian Air aims for Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airlines from Singapore, Oman and Qatar will participate at a two-day aviation conference in Tallinn on May 20 to 22 to start negotiations for opening new routes with Estonian Air. Minister of Economic Affairs Juhan Parts recently signed aviation agreements with Singapore and Qatar. The document with Oman is still in preparation, Eesti Päevaleht reported. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6131&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Norway funds renovation of manor houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the progress of renovations at Puurmani manor house, housing a local school, the Norwegian government announced on September 15 that it is extending renovation grants to 2014. Officials yesterday said that Norwegian funding will be about 4.5 million euros. The so-called manor school movement began in 1990. Norwegian grants have already funded the renovation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6126&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google launches street view in Estonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Street View launched its service in Estonia today, allowing internet users from anywhere in the world navigate around 360-degree photos taken of streets throughout Estonia. The free service &#8211; useful for tourists and locals, hikers and businesses alike &#8211; can be viewed at maps.google.ee by clicking and dragging the yellow stick figure onto the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6121&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Rail launches Tallinn-St Petersburg train service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International passenger transport company Go Rail launches the Tallinn-St Petersburg train route on May 27. Go Rail&#8217;s Tallinn-St Petersburg train will have one trip a day in each direction, departing at 7.03 a.m. from Tallinn and 7.32 p.m. from St Petersburg. The travelling time is 7 hours. AS Go Rail operates also Tallinn-Moscow trains. Read [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6119&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The room occupancy rate was 39 pct Q1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2012, 488,000 tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Estonia. The number of both domestic and foreign tourists increased compared to the same period of the previous year. During the first three months of the year, 288,000 foreign tourists used the services of accommodation establishments, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6098&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment increased among men</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2012, the unemployed persons numbered 79,600 and the unemployment rate was 11.5%. During the two last quarters the unemployment has slightly increased due to the growth of unemployment among men. According to the data of the Labour Force Survey, the estimated number of unemployed persons did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2383706&#038;post=6092&#038;subd=brilliantfixer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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