Estonia ranks highest in Europe and fifth in the world in cybersecurity, according to the 2017 cybersecurity index, compiled by the International Telecommunication Union. “Estonia enhanced its cybersecurity commitment after a 2007 attack. This included the introduction of an organisational structure that can respond quickly to attacks as well as a legal act that requires […]
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In August 2018, the Estonian capital, Tallinn, will be the host of its inaugural full-distance Ironman race. Tallinn will become only the second capital in Europe to host an Ironman event, sharing this with Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. The Tallinn race will be the second Ironman event in Estonia after the 70.3 event to be held
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The Estonian e-residency now includes a solution that helps new businesses, created via the e-residency programme, also accept payments. The new service is called “Passport” and it was launched on 14 August by the international payments company, Paymentwall, in collaboration with the e-residency programme. The e-residency programme said in a statement that the purpose of
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According to a Japanese e-government ranking survey, Estonia has the fifth best e-government system in the world. The 2017 survey, compiled by the Waseda University Institute of e-Government in Japan, evaluates 10 main indicators and 35 subindicators. In Estonia’s case, the report notes most of the indicators are above average among OECD countries, except for
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The Estonian wind energy developer, Nelja Energia, is planning to build an offshore wind farm near the island of Hiiumaa and has signed a cooperation agreement with Hiiu municipality. The country’s first offshore wind farm will, according to the plans, be comprising 100-160 wind turbines with an aggregate capacity of 700 to 1,100 megawatts in
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Fifty-two per cent of Americans agree that the United States should help defend the Baltics if Russia were to attack them, according to a Chicago Council survey. This is the first time a majority of the US public would support using US troops to defend a Baltic NATO member. Also, according to the survey, 53%
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Estonia, as the current holder of the presidency of the council of the European Union, is to hold a cyber exercise in Tallinn for the defence ministers of the EU to test their readiness to deal with the consequences of a cyber attack. The Estonian defence minister, Jüri Luik, met with Jorge Domecq, the chief
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Cleveron, an Estonian logistics startup, has launched a service in a small town in southern Estonia, delivering cold drinks to a public beach in Viljandi using drones – and promising to deliver them within five minutes from ordering. The company said in a statement that “never before has drone delivery been that fast”. The company’s
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Ethnic Russians in Estonia and Latvia tend to want a strong Russia and don’t view it as a military threat, as opposed to their non-Russian countrymen. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey in Central and Eastern European countries, many ethnic Russians are more favourably inclined towards Russia than their fellow, non-Russian citizens in
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Estonia is about to grow a little taller as the country prepares to abandon the previously used Kronstadt tide gauge for measuring heights above the sea level and switch to the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum used in Western Europe. The change goes into effect on New Year’s Day 2018, and as the difference between the Kronstadt
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