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Posts from ‘March, 2011’

Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Coalition agreement sets reforms…

Starting 2014, there will be a ceiling in place for the social tax and the plan is to reduce income tax to 20 percent from 2015, Ansip said. The parties agreed on reforming the special pension...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Arctic Sea pirates convicted…

It was supposedly carrying timber but its disappearance led to speculation that it was smuggling illicit weapons, possibly Russian missiles destined for Syria or Iran. There were reports that Isra...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Unity lacking…

Now we have to work through them and make a choice on what to focus,” State Secretary Heiki Loot said in an interview with ETV’s morning program. State institutions and ministries ...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Ilves enters Afghan conflict…

and ISAF leading state ambassadors in Tallinn, as in the initial version of it there was delicate health information about Estonian soldiers who were injured and killed in Afghanistan. “...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Contribution cut…

The exception is in force for up to 12 years. The final result means that Estonia’s share in the 700 billion euros crisis fund will form around 9 percent of Estonia’s GDP (1.3 bill...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Stations plan for electric cars…

The nearly 250 speed chargers network will cover the main towns, highways and transport hubs. “Based on current information, we are ready to readjust our stations by the end of the year as n...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Social support lags EU average…

“In 2007, the 20 percent growth can be explained by a successful economic year and expanding budget opportunities,” said Marve Randlepp of Statistics Estonia. “In 2008, the main ...

Wed, 9 Mar 2011, Capitalizing on mistakes…

“Making Andrus Ansip prime minister is one of the biggest regrets of my life,” complained its leader Edgar Savisaar. After winning the 2007 general election, Ansip formed a new gov...



ESTONIA is a state in Northern Europe which has borders with Latvia and Russia. Across the Baltic Sea lies Finland in the north and Sweden in the west. Estonia covers around 45 thousands square kilometers. The Estonians are part of Finnic people. The only official language in Estonia is Estonian, which has too much in common with Finnish language. Estonia as a state is a parliamentary republic with internal division of 15 regions. The largest city and the capital as well is Tallinn. Estonia is one of the least-populous countries of the European Union - its population is less than 1.5 million. Various international ogranizations highly ranked Estonia regarding press, democracy and political freedom.