In Estonia

Posts from ‘April, 2012’

Wed, 25 Apr 2012, College, not toys…

At the same time, half of the population of the Baltic States noted that they could only start saving money for their child when their financial possibilities permitted. In the Baltic States, Lith...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Gender pay gap worst in EU…

“We do not have the level of statistics that would enable us to explain what this problem stems from,” he said, adding that it would make more sense to look to Latvia, which has among ...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Paet tough on Syrian regime…

“The Syrian authorities must grant full and unhindered humanitarian access to people in need,” Paet emphasized. He added that Estonia has decided to support the victims of the Syrian c...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Tree planting begins…

For the first time, we are going to bring together scientific and cultural events. (..) The goal is to bring French culture to different audiences, so that both children and adults would find some...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Aid funding insufficient…

We are informed that there is a certain amount of money, but not about how big the house will have to be that is to be built with it. We are facing a situation where we do not control how much fre...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012, High taxes promoting criminal society…

Wages paid ‘under the table’ are most frequently found in Latvia. The pan-Baltic poll on illegal goods, the first one in these countries with a representative sample, was carried out...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Breakaway MPs register union…

“In order to achieve that aim, a citizens’ initiative has to be advocated for and interest has to be awakened in people towards developments in politics again,” they said in a st...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Estbuild Fair gets underway…

During the following days a number of seminars will be arranged by exhibitors and industry players. On Friday and Saturday we especially invite the general public to visit the fair,” Estbuil...



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.