The Estonian ultracapacitor maker, Skeleton Technologies, was for the sixth year in a row chosen for the Global Cleantech 100 list by Cleantech Group. The 2020 Global Cleantech 100 is the 11th edition of the annual guide to the leading companies and themes in sustainable innovation. “It features the private, …
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The European Investment Bank has signed a €50 million venture debt facility with the Estonian ridesharing startup, Bolt; the financing is supported by the European Fund for Strategic Investments. According to a statement by the company, the goal of the funding is to support Bolt’s product development and research in …
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None of the Estonian leaders will represent the country in Israel at a high-level Holocaust remembrance event on 23 January even though almost all European Union member states will attend. The Estonian president, Kersti Kaljulaid, is currently in Antarctica with an expedition celebrating the bicentennial of the discovery of the …
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Reporters Without Borders, an international organisation that conducts political advocacy on issues relating to freedom of information and freedom of the press, has expressed “extreme” concern about investigative journalism in Estonia in the light of a crisis in Postimees, the country’s leading newspaper. Reporters Without Borders said in a 13 …
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The International Astronomical Union has assigned an Estonian name to a star and an exoplanet as part of a campaign to let every country in the world to propose names to unnamed stars and planets. The International Astronomical Union celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019 and as part of that, …
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When Helsinki city took down its Christmas tree on the early morning of the second day of 2020, the founders of the Saaremaa-based drinks company, Lahhentagge, were picking up the branches. Helsinki was the first of the four Baltic Sea coastal towns – alongside Loviisa in southern Finland and the …
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The Estonian capital, Tallinn, has been selected by Bloomberg Philanthropies as one of 21 European cities to join a new digital innovation programme; as part of it, the cities will receive technical support, access to a network of city leaders and training from global innovation experts to improve services. According …
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As of 1 January 2020, all 64 of the buses travelling on the urban lines of Tartu, the second-largest town in Estonia, are powered by renewable fuel, biomethane – or “green gas”. According to the Tartu officials, it is one of the few medium-sized towns in Europe where its entire …
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The American travel website, TripAdvisor, has listed the Estonian capital, Tallinn, as one of seven picturesque destinations in Europe for a “magical wintertime getaway”. TripAdvisor on 11 January published a list of seven destinations in Europe that people should visit, especially in the wintertime. And even though the holiday season …
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At the end of January, one of the biggest business conferences in the Baltics, the sTARTUp Day, will take place in Tartu, Estonia, and is to feature a speaker from a global company like Fiverr. The conference is taking place from 29-31 January, lasting for three days with four stages …
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