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Estonian state sets a ceiling to consumer loan credit cost
The Estonian government approved today a bill that sets an upper limit to the credit cost of consumer loans and is a part of the package of legislative acts the government is compiling to solve...
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Buses in Estonia will get alcolocks for drivers
The Estonian Highways Board has begun to gradually demand installing alco-locks or alcohol activated vehicle immobilisers in public transport buses and the police estimate these would also help keep...
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New LNG terminal options presented to EU Commission
Finnish energy company Gasum Oy and Estonian energy company AS Alexela Energia presented yesterday at the European Commission the alternative models of cooperation of the liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
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One fifth of Estonian companies hit by negative effects of Russian sanctions
A poll conducted by the Estonian Chamber of Commerce indicates that Russia’s sanctions have had a direct negative impact on a fifth of the 153 polled companies, LETA/Postimees writes.The Chamber of...
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One by one, some cities re-ban public alcohol consumption
Just two months after a change to national legislation made it legal to drink alcohol in most public places, Tallinn plans to clamp down again. The southern town of Elva already instituted a local...
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President Obama’s Baltic visit is more than symbolic
The Estonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht argues in its editorial on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama´s visit to Tallinn carries importance that goes well beyong the merely symbolic.The visit...
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Obama: U.S. Navy base could be established in Estonia
The United States fully supports Estonia’s efforts to increase security in the region, the U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday, adding that a U.S. Navy base could be established in...
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First case of African swine fever possibly detected in Estonia
Last week, a wild boar piglet was found near Hummuli, South Estonia, who apparently was infected with African swine fever, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.“The dead wild boar that was diseased was...
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Clearer marking of Estonian-Russian border waiting for ratification
South Estonian Police Prefect Tarmo Kohv asserted that Estonia’s border with Russia is protected, but it would simplify the guarding of the border greatly if the border treaty between the two states...
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Estonia spends 16 million euros to implement cyber security strategy
The Estonian government approved on today the Cyber Security Strategy for the period 2014-2017, which aims to increase the state’s cyber security capacities and awareness of people of cyber threats,...
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