http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised Tallinn news http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Capital-of-European-Law-2012 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Capital-of-European-Law-2012 In Europe, it has become a custom to designate European Capitals of Culture, an honour that has been bestowed on Estonia’s capital Tallinn for 2011. Inspired by this tradition, Tallinn will be known as the Capital of European Law in the year 2012, when it will host one of the most distinguished EU law conferences, the XXV FIDE Congress. 2012-02-06T17:49:39+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-The-muted-revival-of-a-Baltic-tiger http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-The-muted-revival-of-a-Baltic-tiger Most European leaders would be delighted if their economy was growing as fast as Estonia's. The small Baltic state's economy is forecast to have grown by 8% during 2011, according to the EU's official statistics body. That's more than five times faster growth than the European Union as a whole. 2012-01-31T09:54:55+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-Climbs-to-3rd-in-Press-Freedom-Index http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-Climbs-to-3rd-in-Press-Freedom-Index Estonia, together with Netherlands, placed third in the 2011 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index published January 25. 2012-01-25T15:48:45+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-had-the-opportunity-to-speak-on-the-topic-of-business-innovation-at-the-Astronautical-Congress http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-had-the-opportunity-to-speak-on-the-topic-of-business-innovation-at-the-Astronautical-Congress The annual key event of the space sector, the International Astronautical Congress, was held in Cape Town, South Africa. Estonia was represented at the conference by a two-member delegation from Enterprise Estonia. Enterprise Estonia has been a full member of the IAF, which organises the congress, since 2009. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Willing-to-find-business-partners-in-France http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Willing-to-find-business-partners-in-France The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Estonia is involved in a new project in cooperation with the Estonian Honorary Consul in Lyon, France: a French – Estonian business club supported by a website. This is a great opportunity to present and promote your company! Indeed the website will gather the contacts of Estonian businesses willing to sell their products to France and be directly available online to potential French partners. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Linnavolikogu-kehtestas-noortelaagrite-toetamise-korra http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Linnavolikogu-kehtestas-noortelaagrite-toetamise-korra Tallinna linnavolikogu kehtestas linnaeelarves ettenähtud vahendite arvelt noortelaagrite toetamise tingimused ja korra. 2011-12-27T11:20:39+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-We-mean-business-5 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-We-mean-business-5 This brochure is a promotional material providing an overview about Tallinn as a business centre. One can find information about Tallinn's historical background and life in Tallinn nowadays, Tallinn's advantages as a business city, facts about Tallinn and Estonia, technology achievements and the hottest investment sectors. Additionally there are relevant quotes by specialists on every page. 2011-12-06T11:15:50+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/S-P-Upgrades-Estonia-s-Rating-to-AA http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/S-P-Upgrades-Estonia-s-Rating-to-AA On August 9, Standard & Poor's raised Estonia's credit rating from A to AA-, a perceived nod to its stringent budgetary policies. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-e-annual-reporting-voted-best-e-government-solution-of-the-world http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-e-annual-reporting-voted-best-e-government-solution-of-the-world The e-annual reporting environment, created by the Estonian Centre of Registers and Information Systems for entrepreneurs to enable filing annual reports electronically, was voted the best solution of its category from among more than 460 projects at the global e-solution contest World Summit Award 2011. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-E-stonia-Strikes-Again,-Wins-1st-Place http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-E-stonia-Strikes-Again,-Wins-1st-Place An Estonian-produced financial reports filing system won first place in the category of government services at the World Summit Award, an infotechnological innovations competition. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-PESA-Offers-Nest-for-Ideas-to-Reach-Execution http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-PESA-Offers-Nest-for-Ideas-to-Reach-Execution A creative industries clearinghouse is calling on other companies in the field to join what they say will be the country's first virtual experimental development environment, called PESA. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-Parliament-Approves-1-Income-Tax-Cut http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-Parliament-Approves-1-Income-Tax-Cut On June 16, Parliament passed a measure that will cut the nation's flat income tax rate from its current 21 percent to 20 percent starting from 2015. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-Procurement-for-Electric-Car-Chargers-Launched http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/ERR-Procurement-for-Electric-Car-Chargers-Launched A public procurement was declared by the state's credit fund KredEx for constructing the planned nationwide network of electric car charging stations. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn.-Facts-Figures-2011 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn.-Facts-Figures-2011 This folder gives a substantial overview of important information using diagrams and figures to characterize the city of Tallinn. One can find information about population, labour market, economy, culture, social scope, environment, transportation and communication of Tallinn. The folder also gives an overview of the budget and investments of the city. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-introduces-itself-to-the-world-as-an-electric-vehicle-network-developer http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-introduces-itself-to-the-world-as-an-electric-vehicle-network-developer Enterprise Estonia runs an English language seminar "The Challenges of Electromobility in the Nordic Countries", to be held on 1 June at 3 P.M., at the Sokos Hotel Viru, in Tallinn. The aim of this seminar is to attract interest by foreign undertakings towards Estonia's developments in the field of electric vehicles. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Loov-Eesti-Creative-Estonia-publishes-a-brochure-about-creative-industries-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Loov-Eesti-Creative-Estonia-publishes-a-brochure-about-creative-industries-in-Estonia Loov Eesti has published the brochure “Creative Industries in Estonia”, which is an overview, in English, of the current situation of creative industries in Estonia. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/S-P-Estonia-Is-on-a-Roll http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/S-P-Estonia-Is-on-a-Roll ERR - Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) raised Estonia's outlook to positive. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Survey-Estonia-is-a-country-with-high-Internet-freedom http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Survey-Estonia-is-a-country-with-high-Internet-freedom According to US-based organisation Freedom House, Estonia has taken the first place on Internet freedom among the countries studied, the last is Iran. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/May-26-27,-2011,-II-International-Conference-Cities-For-All-Tallinn-For-All.-Mobility http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/May-26-27,-2011,-II-International-Conference-Cities-For-All-Tallinn-For-All.-Mobility On 27 May 2011, Tallinn will host the 2nd international conference "Cities For All – Tallinn For All’, where the participants will be discussing mobility related issues, review reasons behind the success or failure of mobility projects in various countries, and discuss the social, economic and environmental impact connected with it.The speakers come from England, Finland, Austria, and France. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Mobile-Monday-Estonia-and-Estonian-companies-visit-St.-Petersburg,-Russia,-27.03-29.03 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Mobile-Monday-Estonia-and-Estonian-companies-visit-St.-Petersburg,-Russia,-27.03-29.03 A delegation of Estonian ICT representatives from different successful IT companies are visiting St. Petersburg, Russia to present our success stories, share ideas, network and why not, make some new ventures plans with our neighboring partners. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Baltic-Sea-Region-Investor-s-Guide http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Baltic-Sea-Region-Investor-s-Guide The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) Investor’s Guide introduces and highlights business and investment opportunities in the Baltic Sea Region, 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Selgus-uue-sotsiaalmajutusuksuse-projekteerija http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Selgus-uue-sotsiaalmajutusuksuse-projekteerija Varre tn 7 sotsiaalmajutusüksuse parima ideelahenduse konkursi võitis töö märgusõnaga „Umbrella“. 2011-12-27T11:20:39+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Hopneri-maja-ootab-huvilisi-lahtiste-uste-paevale http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Hopneri-maja-ootab-huvilisi-lahtiste-uste-paevale Täna algusega 12.00 korraldab Tallinna Kesklinna Valitsus vastrenoveeritud saaliosaga Hopneri majas lahtiste uste päeva. Raekoja plats 18 asuvat maja tunti seni Matkamajana, edaspidi hakkab keskaegne hoone kandma selle kunagise omaniku kaupmees Johan Hopneri järgi Hopneri maja nime. 2011-12-27T11:20:39+02:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Ryanair-makes-first-flight-to-Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Ryanair-makes-first-flight-to-Tallinn One of the world's leading airlines Ryanair made its first flight to Tallinn today. Five of the seven originally announced routes (Dublin, Dusseldorf-Weeze, Milan-Bergamo, Oslo-Rygge and Stockholm Skavsta) will start operating to/from Tallinn this week. Two more routes to London Luton and Edinburgh will commence in January 2011. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-s-new-media-analysis-reveals-interesting-results http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-s-new-media-analysis-reveals-interesting-results On Friday, 3 December a presentation of a comparative media analyis on the management of the city of Tallinn took place in the Press Center of the City of Tallinn(SOLARIS, Estonia avenue 9, 4. floor). 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/BRILLIANTLY-BIRMINGHAM-WELCOMES http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/BRILLIANTLY-BIRMINGHAM-WELCOMES As a long-established festival of contemporary jewellery design, Brilliantly Birmingham continues to support new and emerging designer-makers. This year marks the 11th annual festival and sees a collaboration with artists from the Tallinn Creative Incubator and Creative Metropoles project, all the way from Estonia. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Recognised-the-Best-Entrepreneurs http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Recognised-the-Best-Entrepreneurs On the Tallinn Entrepreneurship Day on 7 October, Chairman of the Tallinn City Council Mr Toomas Vitsut and Deputy Mayor Ms Eha Võrk announced entrepreneurship competition winners in six main categories. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Logistics-cluster-to-promote-Estonia-s-opportunities-in-China,-Vietnam http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Logistics-cluster-to-promote-Estonia-s-opportunities-in-China,-Vietnam BNS - Eesti Logistikaklaster (Estonian Logistics Cluster), a cooperation program of logistics companies, higher schools and specialist associations is now promoting Estonia's logistic location and competition advantages in several cities in China and Vietnam. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-hosted-the-MobileMonday-Global-Summit-2010 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-hosted-the-MobileMonday-Global-Summit-2010 The MobileMonday Global Summit 2010, held in Helsinki and Tallinn, brought together the cream of the mobile industry. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-City-of-Tallinn-Participates-in-an-International-Collaborative-Research-Manufacturing-Project http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-City-of-Tallinn-Participates-in-an-International-Collaborative-Research-Manufacturing-Project The City of Tallinn participates in an international collaborative project which focuses on the promotion of contemporary cooperation formats between research and manufacturing. The name of the international project, financed from the INTERREG IVA programme, is “INNOREG – development of innovative business structures for improved competitiveness”. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn.-Facts-Figures-2010-2 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn.-Facts-Figures-2010-2 This folder gives a substantial overview of important information using diagrams and figures to characterize the city of Tallinn. One can find information about population, labour market, economy, culture, social scope, environment, transportation and communication of Tallinn. The folder also gives an overview of the budget and investments of the city. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Creative-Metropoles-,-a-network-of-creative-cities-visited-Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Creative-Metropoles-,-a-network-of-creative-cities-visited-Tallinn Approximately 60 international developers and entrepreneurs of the creative industry from 11 European cities visited Tallinn on 8-10 September within the framework of the international INTERREG IVC project “Creative Metropoles”. This was a 3-day programme developed especially for the visitors, which included official meetings, an international creative seminar, contact event for companies as well as a number of visits to the creative centres. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Eesti.ee-offers-renewed-environment-for-European-entrepreneurs http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Eesti.ee-offers-renewed-environment-for-European-entrepreneurs Since August, the State Portal, eesti.ee, has been offering a more extensive and comprehensive environment in English for the entrepreneurs of the European Union. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/New-round-of-applications-for-regional-industrial-development-projects-now-open http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/New-round-of-applications-for-regional-industrial-development-projects-now-open On 1st September, following the suggestion of the Regional Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Enterprise Estonia opened a new round of applications for projects aiming to improve the competitiveness of regions outside larger cities. Applications can be submitted for three months and the projects selected will be financed by the European Regional Development Fund. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Largest-cluster-project-in-Estonia-given-almost-13-million-EEK-in-support http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Largest-cluster-project-in-Estonia-given-almost-13-million-EEK-in-support On 1st September, Enterprise Estonia decided to allocate 12.8 million Estonian kroons to a logistics cluster that unites Estonian transportation and logistics companies specialising in jointly marketing the location of Estonia on foreign markets, as they hope to increase their export turnover by almost 30% within the next five years. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Creative-Metropoles-invite-to-Presentation-at-the-Brussells-Open-Days-2010-2 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Creative-Metropoles-invite-to-Presentation-at-the-Brussells-Open-Days-2010-2 The Creative Metropoles, an INTERREG IVC programme project, uniting 11 European metropolitan cities and initiated in 2007 by the Baltic Metropoles Network, will host a presentation of the Project and best practices of creative industry support systems and innovative ideas realized in European metroples during the 8th Brussels Open Days 2010. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Baltic-China-Annual-Business-Conference-. http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Baltic-China-Annual-Business-Conference-. The conference will be held in 12th of June at Dorpat Hotel Conference Center. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-among-the-seven-most-intelligent-communities-again http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-among-the-seven-most-intelligent-communities-again Tallinn was chosen as one of the seven most intelligent communities in the world for the fourth year in a row. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/European-Commission-recommends-Estonia-for-eurozone http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/European-Commission-recommends-Estonia-for-eurozone BNS: The European Commission evaluated Estonia's readiness for accession to the eurozone and made a proposal for the country to be admitted to the eurozone in 2011. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Registration-Open-for-Technology-Conference-in-Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Registration-Open-for-Technology-Conference-in-Tallinn The International Technology Law Association in collaboration with Enterprise Estonia presents the Third Annual ItechLaw Conference in Tallinn, Estonia. The event "Preparing the Technology Company for Breakout: Challenges and Tools for the Nordic Region", is taking place May 31 - June 1. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/State-portal-eesti.ee-to-open-new-section-for-businesses http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/State-portal-eesti.ee-to-open-new-section-for-businesses The state portal eesti.ee updated its common web environment for businesses, which now offers its users clear and exhaustive information on how to set up a business and what already operating businesses should know. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EKI-exports-and-external-factors-are-key http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EKI-exports-and-external-factors-are-key Most experts interviewed by Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI) expect the economic situation to improve in six months, mainly as a result of exports and favourable external conditions, writes aripaev.ee 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-most-ambitious-innovation-project-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-most-ambitious-innovation-project-in-Estonia Approximately 1.3 billion Estonian kroons from the European Regional Development Fund, EE (Enterprise Estonia), and Estonian enterprises will be invested into eight competence centres this year and over the next couple of years, resulting in new innovative products and services and an increase in the capabilities of researchers, stems and universities. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Let-s-Do-It-is-taking-over-the-world http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Let-s-Do-It-is-taking-over-the-world On Saturday, tens of thousands of people in Portugal, including President Silva, came together to clean up Portugal’s rural areas. Similar events have taken place or are being planned in India and Brazil. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/European-metropoles http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/European-metropoles Delegates from 11 European cities met in Stockholm’ s Culture House for the second exchange of experience in the frame of Creative Metropoles project, an EU Interreg IV C project. The conference aimed to raise awareness about the impact and role of creative industries on economic development of cities and show best examples of cooperation between governments, municipalities and creative industries in European cities. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-Society-for-the-Protection-of-Animals-organizes-campaign-Sterilizing-castrating-the-cats http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-Society-for-the-Protection-of-Animals-organizes-campaign-Sterilizing-castrating-the-cats Estonian Society for the Protection of Animals along with many clinics and supporters organizes a campaign where pet owners can sterilize/castrate their cats with cheaper prizes. This campaign starts on March 15. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Your-cat-also-2 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Your-cat-also-2 Last year the animal shelters sent over 20 tons of pets to the Väike-Maarja animal waste management factory. Bargain for cat body mass, then there were thousands of pets who were perish because of heedlessness. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EMT-opened-first-4G-test-network-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EMT-opened-first-4G-test-network-in-Estonia On Thursday 25th February, The EMT network switched on the 4G data communication connection of the new mobile communication generation, and the first test network in Estonia was opened for use. “The functioning of the 4G or the fourth generation super-high-speed mobile data communication in the test network will bring the 4G commercial network within the reach of Estonian mobile communication customers,” said Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management Board of EMT. “As far as we know, this is the first time such a test network has been opened in Eastern Europe and EMT is also among the global pioneers in the field.” 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Yoga-rises-from-the-ashes-watch-out,-India,-USA,-and-the-United-Arab-Emirates http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Yoga-rises-from-the-ashes-watch-out,-India,-USA,-and-the-United-Arab-Emirates This year, technology company Yoga is building so-called sample intelligent offices in San Jose, Mumbai and Abu Dhabi. The former head of Hansabank, Indrek Neivelt, recently joined the reborn company 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-s-Eesti-Energia,-French-CNIM-group-to-sign-agreement-on-waste-to-energy-unit http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonia-s-Eesti-Energia,-French-CNIM-group-to-sign-agreement-on-waste-to-energy-unit BNS - The Estonian state owned energy group Eesti Energia is about to sign an agreement with the French industrial group CNIM on Thursday on building a waste incineration unit at the Iru cogeneration plant just outside Tallinn. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economy-expanded-2.5-for-first-time-in-eight-quarters http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economy-expanded-2.5-for-first-time-in-eight-quarters Gross domestic product rose a seasonally adjusted 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter from third quarter, Statistics Office said today. Output shrank a revised 9.5 percent from a year earlier, compared with a preliminary estimate of a 9.4 percent slump. The economy shrank an annual 14.1 percent last year, the statistics office said. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Fits.me-made-it-to-the-list-as-having-the-biggest-business-potential-solution-in-Europe http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Fits.me-made-it-to-the-list-as-having-the-biggest-business-potential-solution-in-Europe The virtual fitting room service Fits.me developed by the Estonian enterprise Massi Miliano was chosen as one of the promising enterprises in the reowned European visionary conference "Plugg". The service will be introduced on Thursday, 11. of March in Brussel in front of risk capitalists, visionaries and the experts of Economy 2.0. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Saudi-sheikh-s-next-visit-to-Estonia-may-take-place-in-early-summer http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Saudi-sheikh-s-next-visit-to-Estonia-may-take-place-in-early-summer The next visit to Estonia of Sheikh Saied Nasser Al-Badawi who was here at the second half of February at the head of a high-level Saudi business delegation can be expected in early summer and perhaps with an even bigger delegation, Enterprise Estonia said. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-Export-Directory-2010 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Estonian-Export-Directory-2010 Estonian Export Directory 2010 presents more than 1000 Estonian exporting companies in alphabetical order and also by products and services. Additionally, you will find up-to-date overview about the constantly developing economic situation in Estonia and overview about the Estonian Companies’ Competitiveness Ranking 2009. All this information in English, German and French. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Bank-of-Esonia-Resuming-economic-growth-will-also-start-stabilising-the-labour-market http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Bank-of-Esonia-Resuming-economic-growth-will-also-start-stabilising-the-labour-market According to preliminary data, productivity per employed person grew by 1.8% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2009. Since employers have widely used such measures as decreasing working hours and cutting wages, the number of jobs declined to a lesser degree in 2009 as a whole compared to the extent of the economic contraction. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Financial-services-sector-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Financial-services-sector-in-Estonia Report prepared for The Ministry of Economic Affairs of Estonia and the Development Fund of Esonia 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Ericsson-Eesti-planning-to-invest-EUR-6.4-mln http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Ericsson-Eesti-planning-to-invest-EUR-6.4-mln BNS - Ericsson Eesti, which is increasing the volumes of its output, is planning to invest 100 million kroons this year; among other things it is planning to launch two new production lines. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-TV-Tower-to-become-new-tourist-magnet http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-TV-Tower-to-become-new-tourist-magnet The modernization of the 314-metre-high Tallinn TV Tower that will start in April will cost over 100 million kroons, according to Aare Siimon, chairman of supervisory board of Teletorn, reported ERR. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economic-policy-statement-of-Eesti-Pank-2 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economic-policy-statement-of-Eesti-Pank-2 The economic upturn in the fourth quarter of 2009 was mostly driven by the improving exporting sector. Estonia's economy grew by 2.6% in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the previous quarter. The growth was mainly supported by both the recovering global economic situation and several one-off factors. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/airBaltic-to-open-two-new-routes-from-Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/airBaltic-to-open-two-new-routes-from-Tallinn Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch two new routes from Tallinn to Finnish towns Tampere and Oulu in spring. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Cargo-in-Port-of-Tallinn-up-20-in-a-year http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Cargo-in-Port-of-Tallinn-up-20-in-a-year State-owned Port of Tallinn said it handled 2.5 million tons of cargo in February that is 12% more than a year ago. Including January handling, Port of Tallinn handled 5.6 million tons of cargo or 19% more than in January-February 2009, writes aripaev.ee 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Airport-CEO-things-are-improving http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Tallinn-Airport-CEO-things-are-improving Rein Loik, chairman of Tallinn Airport, says that the airport's business results continue to improve. "February cargo figure was very good and I hope that things will get better," said Loik to Äripäev. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Saudi-business-delegation-on-visit-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Saudi-business-delegation-on-visit-in-Estonia BNS - A high-level Saudi business delegation led by Sheikh Saied Nasser Al-Badawi is visiting Estonia from Wednesday to Saturday. Saudi Arabia may be interested in the Estonian wood sector, food sector, and IT and communications sector, said Ulari Alamets, board chairman of Enterprise Estonia. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/SEB-Estonian-economy-to-grow-2-pct-this-year http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/SEB-Estonian-economy-to-grow-2-pct-this-year BNS - If in the fall SEB Pank held out a forecast of 0.3 percent decline in Estonia's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2010, then in an estimate published on Tuesday the bank predicts 2 percent growth for the economy instead. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Aripaev.ee-Estonia-is-back-in-business http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Aripaev.ee-Estonia-is-back-in-business Björn Wahlroos, chairman of the board of directors of Sampo Pank, and many other Scandinavian executives agree that the economic crisis has taught Estonians that they need to attract more foreign investments if they want to leave the current downturn behind, writes aripaev.ee 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Dog-owner-can-update-their-personal-data-and-apprise-of-death-of-the-dog-in-the-Tallinn-Register-of-Pets-through-the-State-Portal http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Dog-owner-can-update-their-personal-data-and-apprise-of-death-of-the-dog-in-the-Tallinn-Register-of-Pets-through-the-State-Portal Dog owner, check the accuracy of your personal data which is in the Tallinn Register of Pets in www.eesti.ee and apprise of death of your dog to the register! 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Europe-helps-to-track-down-export-partners http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Europe-helps-to-track-down-export-partners Enterprise Estonia has launched a web platform Tradewithestonia.com and invites to join the network. Traidewithestonia.com partnership and database usage is free of charge and opened for everyone. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Estonia-s-new-online-interface http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Estonia-s-new-online-interface As of 1 January, the website is home to Enterprise Estonia's online environment - a Web-based information channel between clients and Enterprise Estonia aimed at making communications more rapid and convenient. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-Estonian-Chamber-of-Commerce-and-Industry-has-produced-a-book-entitled-Leading-Brands-of-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/The-Estonian-Chamber-of-Commerce-and-Industry-has-produced-a-book-entitled-Leading-Brands-of-Estonia The Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has produced a book entitled Leading Brands of Estonia. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Guide-to-doing-business-and-investing-in-Estonia http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Guide-to-doing-business-and-investing-in-Estonia PricewaterhouseCoopers welcomes the opportunity through this Guide to provide relevant information for doing business and investing in Estonia. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EU-s-Rehn-Estonia-close-to-joining-euro-zone http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/EU-s-Rehn-Estonia-close-to-joining-euro-zone Estonia is likely to be the next country to join the euro zone, the nominee to be the European Union's next monetary chief said on Monday (January 11), boosting the country's hopes of adopting the single currency in 2011. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/IMF-Estonia-can-accede-to-euro-at-present-exchange-rate-in-2011 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/IMF-Estonia-can-accede-to-euro-at-present-exchange-rate-in-2011 BNS - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said that Estonia's 2011 euro adoption plans appeared in reach at the existing exchange rate, Reuters reported. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Second-newsletter-issued-in-the-frame-of-the-project-Creative-Metropoles http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Second-newsletter-issued-in-the-frame-of-the-project-Creative-Metropoles Eleven capital and metropolitan cities of Europe have joined their forces to further foster the development of their creative sectors. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economic-policy-statement-of-Eesti-Pank http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Economic-policy-statement-of-Eesti-Pank Risks to financial stability have eased. The pace of the economic downturn in Estonia has been slowing since the second quarter, as expected. At the same time, the value of goods and services exports has remained at the level that formed after the steep fall in global trade in November 2008. According to Eesti Pank's autumn forecast, Estonia's GDP will decline 14% in 2009. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/First-newsletter-issued-in-the-frame-of-the-project-Creative-Metropoles-2 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/First-newsletter-issued-in-the-frame-of-the-project-Creative-Metropoles-2 Eleven capital and metropolitan cities of Europe have joined their forces to further foster the development of their creative sectors. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/C-bank,-FinMin-Estonia-met-inflation-criteria-for-euro-in-November http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/C-bank,-FinMin-Estonia-met-inflation-criteria-for-euro-in-November Estonia met the inflation criterion for euro entry in November and is on the road to adopting the currency by 2011, the central bank said. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Publication-Top-Estonian-Enterprises-2009 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Publication-Top-Estonian-Enterprises-2009 In 2008 almost 45 000 companies which declared the total sales of 863 billion kroons operated actively in Estonia. This is some tens of billion less than at the top period of economic growth in 2007. The end of the local economic cycle in autumn 2008 matched very uncomfortably with the global financial crisis and the success opportunities of the Estonian companies and the competitiveness were put to test. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Port-of-Tallinn-visited-by-record-number-of-cruise-passengers http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Port-of-Tallinn-visited-by-record-number-of-cruise-passengers There were 416,000 cruise passengers visiting Tallinn this year which is over 10% more than a year earlier, writes aripaev.ee 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Estonia-export-support-now-totals-260-million-kroons http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Enterprise-Estonia-export-support-now-totals-260-million-kroons Since last spring, Enterprise Estonia has provided approximately 260 million kroons in support for 265 projects in the export sector in order to increase the competitiveness of Estonian companies in international markets. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28514 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28514 BNS - A sustainability analysis of the EU public sector shows that Estonia's risks in the sphere are small and the adjustments needed to ensure sustainability are some of the smallest in the European Union (EU). 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28515 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28515 Rating agency the Moody’s praised Estonia for efforts made to balance the state budget and noted that implementing the euro will help disperse the risks in the Estonian economy, ERR/LETA news portal reports. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28517 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28517 Tallinn featured prominently in the Times overview of the best places to buy gifts and enjoy the lights at a traditional festive market. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28506 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28506 If you would like to receive more information about the business environment of Tallinn, about business trainings, seminars etc, please subscribe to the newsletter, which will be issued twice a month. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28507 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28507 For the first time since World War II all the major economies in the world have slid into recession at largely the same time. The global recession will set the scene for the first half year of 2009, but Nordea’s economists see light at the end of the tunnel. 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28466 http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/uudised?id=28466 Connect Estonia Afternoon Session 2011-10-28T15:26:52+03:00