Paavo Nõgene, chairman of the management board of Tallink Grupp. PHOTO: Madis Veltman Tallink, having reported a 34 million euro quarterly loss, is hopefully looking towards summer. Paavo Nõgene, chairman of the management board of Tallink Grupp, said that they hope to realize at least some plans prepared for the summer season. “We aim to […]
Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus. PHOTO: Madis Veltman Interview with Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus. The Centre Party deputy chairman Jaanus Karilaid said that he recommends rejecting the state budget strategy, since he considers cuts and redundancies impractical in the present situation. How united was the cabinet about the cuts? It is always easier to […]
Riho Oks, the owner of StateOS. PHOTO: Tairo Lutter/Postimees/Scanpixs Baltics The purpose of the start-up StateOS and its eponymous application is to reverse the current model of providing e-services – in other words, in the future people would not look for information and services, but vice versa. “The state can find me when it wants […]
PHOTO: Elmo Riig The Estonian governments will enable for final-year students to switch back to contact learning from May 3, instruction must be provided in accordance with all COVID-19 safety rules. The government approved a decision in principle to permit students in grades 9 and 12 to resume contact learning together with primary school pupils, […]
Research fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) Martin Hurt. PHOTO: Madis Veltman Research fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) Martin Hurt said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Thursday that while fiscal balance matters, it is not as important as national defense. The expert noted that like […]
Cuts would cancel planned developments, including the previous government’s decision of procuring coastal defense systems and naval mines. PHOTO: Handout / AFP / Scanpix The Ministry of Finance’s proposal for a universal spending cut in all areas for the 2022 and 2023 state budgets has left defense experts worried. While recent coalitions have agreed that […]
Head of Startup Estonia Eve Peeterson. PHOTO: Andres Haabu / Postimees Estonia has one of the highest number unicorns per capita and as has been referred to as Europe’s Silicon Valley. Head of Startup Estonia Eve Peeterson said on “Otse Postimehest” that while people are familiar with Silicon Valley, she would go one step further. […]