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Thursday, 20 November 2008

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Estonia country news

FlyLAL, the Lithuanian national carrier, has announced its decision to suspend its Estonian service during the upcoming winter. The decision came just within a year... full story

Producer prices up slightly in May

Finnish-Estonian nuclear power station

Tallinn, Moscow tough rhetoric escalates further

Russian, Spanish enterprises eye the Estonian market

Parliament bans nighttime alcohol sales

Estonian Riigikogu ratifies the Lisbon Treaty

Sales flat in April

March trade deficit shrinks

First major slowdown since joining EU - IMF report

Political

Estonian minister calls for Nord Stream alternative

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said his country would like to see an alternative on the mainland to the Russian-backed Nord Stream natural gas pipeline... full story

Merkel wants common stand, talks with Russia

EU may take Tallinn to court over oil shale ash

Estonia may allow mobile voting

Estonians debate border treaty with Russia

OECD calls for measures to tackle foreign bribery

Paet calls for more respect from Russia

Estonia wants energy, customs issues addressed

Tallinn, Prague urge EU to develop common energy policy

Azerbaijan to sign new visa deal with Estonia

more political news...

Business

Threat of deceleration imminent

The Bank of Estonia last week reiterated the long chanted warning on the overheated economy of the tiny Baltic nation – the economy now faces... full story

Car sales fall back to the level of 5 years ago

Analysts speak about real estate recession

Tele2 Estonia reachs turnover of 454 mln kroons

Fortum invests in a new power plant in Estonia

Carlsberg Estonia increases stake in Saku Olletehas

Elcoteq to wrap up mobile production operations

Proact opens business in Estonia

Premia Tallinna Kulmhoone buys Russia’s Hladokombinat

Attractive climate for insurers, but risks remain

Economic

VAT revenue? There isn’t much, it falls

The value added tax revenue in Estonia at the end of September fell 15.7 billion kroons (one billion Euro) from the beginning of the year... full story

Number of economic crimes nearly doubled with in a year

Euro would help Estonia recovery

Risk of recession

Current account deficit shrinks in May

Finnish-Estonian nuclear power station

Producer prices up slightly in May

GDP grows at a slower pace in first quarter

Unemployment rate takes a record drop in 2007

Economy slows down to 0.4%, a flash estimate shows

more business news...

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