Estonian minister of education Jaak Aaviksoo says that Estonia belongs to the leading EU member states by education spending, writes Postimees.
Read full article at balticbusinessnews.com
Month: May 2011
Estonian GDP to Grow 5.9% in 2011 on External Demand, OECD Says
Estonia’s economy may expand 5.9 percent this year as increased competitiveness boosts exports, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.
Gross domestic product is likely to rise 4.7 percent next year as growth becomes more broad based due to increased employment, the OECD said in its May 2011 Economic Outlook released today.
Read article at Bloomberg.com
Estonian Art
Art from Estonia. Taming Modernism/Provocation and Confrontation is a new exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw that includes works by anti-establishment Estonian artists.
Read more at The Warsaw Voice
Back to Nature
“Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to Nature.”
— Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia
Seen at BusinessNewsEstonia.com
Doing Business in Estonia
This page shows summary Doing Business 2011 data for Estonia. The first table lists the overall “Ease of Doing Business” rank (out of 183 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.
Overview of Estonian property market
Over the past ten years, Estonia has gained its independence, the government has worked to liberalize the law on the ownership and sale of property in that country. This has opened the door wider to foreign investment in real estate in Estonia.
Read more at in-estonia.com
Learn Estonian
Across the globe there are millions of people who can speak English, but only one million speak Estonian. The language is part of the Fenno-Ugric group, related to Finnish and Hungarian. Tallinn University’s summer course in Estonian Language and Culture offers an opportunity to study an unusual and entrancing language, all amongst the backdrop of a well-preserved medieval city. The course aims to familiarize a wide range of international students not only with the Estonian language, but also with the country’s rich culture, history, art and lifestyle.
Read more at summerschool.tlu.eeÂ
Another interesting link at estonica.org
25,000 Volunteers Take Part in Civic Action
The civic action day on 7 May across Estonia was organized for the first time in 2008, bringing together over 50,000 volunteers who gathered around 9,000 tons of illegal garbage from both public and privately-owned land.
Read more at news.err.es
More luxury cars registered in Estonia
In the first four months, the list of luxury cars registered in Estonia has grown notably.
Read more at balticbusinessnews.com
Estonia won’t quit search for abducted nationals
BEIRUT: Estonia is preparing for a long-term operation to free seven nationals kidnapped five weeks ago in Lebanon, as Tallinn’s foreign minister admitted Thursday the men could be detained for several months.
Read more  at dailystar.com
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