Nobel Prize winner in Economics Paul Krugman will not participate in the First Riga Economic Forum due to the controversy that his invitation to the forum has caused in Latvia, reported the Baltic Course.COMMENTS (16)
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A group of Estonian investors represented by lawyer Viktor Särgava are bidding for Lithuanian investment bank Finasta, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
The traces of the horsemeat scandal in one of Estonia’s largest meat packing companies Nõo Lihatööstus lead to a secretive meat trader living in Hungary and France’s largest meat packing industry, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (2)
The first Riga Economic Forum will be held July 24 to July 26, which will also be attended by American economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.COMMENTS (12)
Shady money helped to bring Reform Party to power in Estonia, show balance reports of bank accounts which indicate that former heads of Reform Party were financed by secretive donors who made cash donations to the party, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (7)
Estonia climbed two places to 22nd in the Global Information Technology Report 2013 of the World Economic Forum. Lithuania was ranked 32nd and Latvia was ranked 41st, reported ERR.COMMENTS (1)
One of Estonia’s richest businessmen Anatoli Kanajev who owns and operates container terminal Muuga CT in Muuga is taking over the container terminal development from Russian-owned Rail Garant, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
Estonian co-founders of Skype may have earned ten times its investment by selling Mendeley to Reed Elsevier.COMMENTS (3)
Economy Minister Juhan Parts (IRL) opposes proposal made by influential Reform Party MP Kaja Kallas to unbundle Eesti Energia’s distribution grid operations.COMMENTS (4)
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev made sure that not thorny political topics were raised during their meeting in St Petersburg on Friday, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (6)
Estonian prosecutor’s office and the national security agency KAPO suspect that Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar had been hiding bribery money in a Swiss bank account.COMMENTS (20)
Several Estonian software developers feel that the Estonian market is too small for them and are actively looking abroad.COMMENTS (4)
The list of biggest-earning executives of state enterprises in 2012 was dominated by former executives of Estonian Air and former and current executives of state power company Eesti Energia, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (12)
While Prime Minister Andrus Ansip keeps telling everyone about his dream to make Estonian state one of the five richest countries in Europe in 15 years, this has already become reality in Tallinn, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (30)
Estonian tax authority Maksuamet is considering a radical plan by which VAT paid on goods would be first transferred to a bank account in the tax authority and released to the sellers only after it has been checked.COMMENTS (2)
Hiring of a top specialist from abroad will soon become easier and the necessary permits would be issued within a few weeks.COMMENTS (19)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal of the Estonian cross-country skier Andrus Veerpalu against the decision of the Doping Panel of the International Skiing Federation (FIS).COMMENTS (5)
Economic growth in Eastern and Central Europe, in particular in Baltic countries, writes SEB in the latest issue of its twice-yearly Eastern European Outlook.COMMENTS (4)
Among 17 Eurozone members, Estonians are one of the poorest by net value of their assets, shows statistics published by Dagens Industri, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (30)
Eesti Ekspress weekly writes that people who have joined the Temple Knights hold several executive positions in Estonian Defence Forces.COMMENTS (2)
Estonian market has seen the arrival of several so-called fast fashion retailers that have become very successful.
City of Tallinn is already spending 5% of its annual budget on private public partnership or PPP contract, writes Äripäev.
Centre Party executives say heav-handed tactics of Mayor of Tallinn and Centre Party chairman Edgar Savisaar are justified.COMMENTS (1)
Finnish business newspaper Kauppalehti wrote this week that British airline Flybe is considering not only expansion on the Estonian market, but also Latvia and Lithuania.COMMENTS (1)
Ministry of Social Affairs is doing everything to allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to ban exports of certain medicines by sellers, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
In January, Estonia was visited by more Russian tourists than Finns, Statistics Estonia reported today.COMMENTS (1)
Funds managing Estonians' pension assets are increasingly investing in Estonia, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
Two large grocery chains Rimi and Maxima in Estonia have removed cans made in Latvia that are suspected to contain horsemeat, according Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)