25.01.2022, Tallinn Müügisaal, ostlejad, toidukaupade hinnad Järve Selveris. Toidukorv Foto Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees Photo: Mihkel Maripuu A price comparison of Estonian and Finnish food products made by Helsingin Sanomat revealed that food is already more expensive here than in Finland. At the same time, the wages of Estonians amount to only half of those of […]
Jelena Ostapenko. Picture date: Sunday July 3, 2022. Photo: Aaron Chown Latvian number one Jelena Ostapenko (WTA 16) has confirmed her participation in the Tallinn Open WTA 250 tennis tournament. «I have always enjoyed playing in front of Latvian fans. Unfortunately, there are no Billie Jeane King Cup or WTA events in my home country this […]
The mess led a person to a two-year dispute for his rights, among other things, it turned out that an incompetent official works in the municipality. Photo: Evelin Sammel/Virumaa Teataja The rural municipality closed the road used by the resident to reach her property. The official who made the decision lacks training in construction. A […]
It is beneficial for the Saudis to buy oil from Russia because the prices are down due to the sanctions. Yet buying from the Russians means supporting the war. Photo: KRISTIAN BUUS Russian oil has not yet been sanctioned. This is why the business can be run through Estonia. Nobody can tell exactly how much […]
Internet cable. Photo: Urmas Luik / Pärnu Postimees The builder of the last mile will have to shoulder 30 percent of the expenses. Network builders consider it too high and hesitate to take part in the tender. Municipalities may build the final and decisive part of the network. Although more than a hundred million euros […]
The green area between the two roads at the Ülemiste traffic junction was so cut at the beginning of this year’s drought that only now are the first plants starting to raise their heads there again. Photo: Mihkel Maripuu The contracts for the next seven years no longer require golf turf everywhere. Plans are left […]
Minister of Health and Labor Peep Peterson. Photo: Madis Veltman Last March, the previous government adopted a best practice for dealing with lobbyists. According to this, for example, trade unions can also be lobbyists. Peterson should recuse himself from decisions concerning the labor market. Suspicions have been raised regarding the suitability of the new Minister […]
CEO of Capital Mill Kaarel Loigu predicts difficult times for the real estate market. Photo: Sander Ilvest The real estate portfolio of Capital Mill in Baltics amounts to more than 400 million euros. Rapid inflation gradually reaches the rents of commercial real estate. Besides rising prices of building material the wage pressure continues. According to […]
Estonia hopes to receive the HIMARS systems by the end of 2024. The rocket systems will take the defense forces’ capabilities to a new level. Developing air defense will become even more urgent due to HIMARS. The HIMARS (abbreviation of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) rocket systems to be purchased from the United States will […]
Swedish startup company Klarna has lost 85 percent of its value. Photo: Thiago Prudencio Europe’s most valuable startup has lost 85 percent of its value within a year. The volume of venture capital investments saw the biggest decline of a decade in the second quarter. However, raising funds for Estonian startups is continuing unabated. Swedish […]