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Latvia joins EU initiative to bolster trade with Ukraine by offering export guarantees
European Investment Fund
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Latvia becomes one of ten EU countries participating in European push to support trade with Ukraine. Latvian development finance institution Altum joins the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility. Backed by EIF, initiative to support as...
Estonian high schoolers earn European spotlight with edible candle business
ERR
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July 10, 2025
An Estonian student company founded by three Põlva high schoolers has placed fourth at a European Junior Achievement competition in Greece with their innovative edible birthday candles, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees writes. Blouit, founded by Põlva High...
Estonia adds identity verification to new digital government app
Biometric Update
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July 9, 2025
Estonia has launched an identity verification feature for the country’s digital government app to make it easier to access services. The EEsti.ee app, sometimes referred to as the Estonian app, was launched in December, and connects to more than...
Estonian strawberries ripened later this year due to cold and rainy summer
ERR
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July 9, 2025
Due to the cold and rainy start to the Estonian summer, domestic strawberries have only been ripe enough to pick almost a month later than usual. According to strawberry sellers, mid-July will be the best time to pick strawberries in Estonia this...
Tallinn to Host Record-Breaking Zhik Nordic Youth Sailing Championship
Cruising World
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July 9, 2025
Young sailors head out for a day of racing during the Zhik Nordic Youth Sailing Championship. Courtesy Nordic Youth Sailing Championship This July, Estonia’s capital will take center stage in Nordic youth sailing as the 2025 Zhik Nordic Youth...
Updated law to let Estonian local governments take over unwanted property
ERR
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July 10, 2025
Previously, property owners in Estonia could only hand over unused properties to the state. Now, the government has approved an amendment to the Law of Property Act allowing unwanted real estate to be transferred to local governments instead....
Babak Jalali, Kamila Andini, Martin Koolhoven, Emily Atef & Yann Gonzalez Feature Projects Set For Venice Gap-Financing Market
Deadline
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July 10, 2025
Upcoming features by Babak Jalali, Kamila Andini, Martin Koolhoven, Emily Atef, Yann Gonzalez and Diego Lerman are among 67 projects selected for the 12th Venice Gap-Financing Market. The project incubator which is a component of the Venice Film...
FERNRIDE launches driverless operations at HHLA TK Estonia
Port Technology International
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July 10, 2025
FERNRIDE has begun transitioning to fully driverless terminal operations following the certification of its safety concept and system design by TÜV SÜD, and regulatory approval from the Estonian Transport Administration (ETA). FERNRIDE is...
Original MP desks in Estonian parliament hall reveal traces of history
ERR
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July 10, 2025
The wooden desks in the Session Hall of the Riigikogu are getting an update this summer while Estonia's parliament is out on recess. As wiring inside the desks is being replaced, hand-scrawled notes left by various politicians and visitors over...
Mayor satisified with planned location of new Estonian Defense Forces base in Narva
ERR
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July 10, 2025
The site has been selected for the location of the Estonian Defense Force's (EDF) Narva base. As most of the land chosen belongs to the City of Narva, the Estonian Center for Defense Investments (RKIK) is requesting that the city cede it to the...
Estonia launches state app to bring government to your phone
Estonian World
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July 9, 2025
In its latest push to stay ahead as a global digital leader, Estonia has launched a state-backed mobile app that lets citizens access services, verify their identity and track their personal data – all from their smartphone. Estonia, long hailed...
Estonia’s tech maverick launches bold defence fund to “re-arm Europe”
Estonian World
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July 9, 2025
Ragnar Sass, the Estonian tech entrepreneur behind Pipedrive and the Lift99 startup hub, has announced the launch of Darkstar, a pan-European defence fund that aims to inject wartime urgency – and battlefield pragmatism – into the continent’s...
Estonia may block EU's new Russia sanctions package if oil price cap not lowered
ERR
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July 9, 2025
Estonia may block the adoption of the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Russia if the price cap on Russian oil is not dropped to $45, Minister of Foreign Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) has indicated. Last month, the president of the...
GenKey banned from World Bank projects for 18 months over documentation failure
Biometric Update
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July 10, 2025
The World Bank has censured GenKey over a disclosure failure related to its involvement in Liberia’s social safety net project in 2017. The penalty is an 18-month debarment with conditional release. Commissions that were “paid or to be paid to an...
Ghana to add 16k digital govt services as part of $200M World Bank project
Biometric Update
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July 10, 2025
The drive to expand digital government services in Ghana is continuing with the government aiming to add about 16,000 new services to a dedicated portal dubbed Ghana.gov before this year runs out. The upgraded system is expected to go live in the...
“The state must not trade its forests!” – Minister Krauze rejects possibility of selling shares in “Latvijas valsts meži”
Baltic News Network
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July 10, 2025
The joint-stock company Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) must remain entirely state-owned, as state forests must not be privatized, emphasized Minister of Agriculture Armands Krauze (ZZS) in a statement to LETA. According to the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Kazakhstan’s Food Corporation paid exporters and grain producers 8.2 billion tenge in transport subsidies
APK Inform
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As of June 30, 2025, Kazakhstan’s Food Corporation paid exporters and grain producers 8.2 billion tenge for the shipment of 371.1 thousand tons of wheat. As clarified by FCC, as of July 8, a total of 495 applications for transport cost...
ECCB governor backs call for digital ID system to streamline banking services
The Antigua Observer
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July 10, 2025
- Advertisement - By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has backed suggestions for the development of a comprehensive digital identification system that would streamline banking...
Minister: airBaltic will fly from Tallinn even without Estonian stake
ERR
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July 10, 2025
Latvian carrier airBaltic must, due to its size, fly from Tallinn regardless of whether Estonia held a stake in the company or not, Minister of Infrastructure Kuldar Leis (Reform) said. The Estonian state on July 3 declined an offer from Latvia to...
FERNRIDE Launches Driverless Operations At HHLA TK Estonia Seaport
Forbes
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FERNRIDE, the European pioneer in yard truck automation, announced today that it has begun the ... More transition to driverless operation of terminal tractors at the sprawling HHLA TK Estonia logistics terminal.FERNRIDE FERNRIDE, the European...