Latvian historian Gatis Krumins discovered detailed accounting reports of the State Bank of the Soviet Union, according to which the main investments to the Baltics went into Soviet military spending, and the Baltic states were rather subsidising other Soviet regions. When the Baltic countries were occupied by the Soviet Union, the people in these countries […]
The Tallinn-based Estonian startup, Teleport, has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by MOVE Guides, a company that moves and manages mobile workforce. Teleport was founded in April 2014 by early Skype employees Sten Tamkivi and Silver Keskküla while Tamkivi was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz, a private American venture capital firm. The company’s core
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Estonian police will start using teddy bears to comfort upset children at the scene of incidents if their crowdfunding plan comes together. A group of students were stunned when they discovered that children were involved in more than a thousand accidents a year and were often left injured or in a need of comfort –
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The Estonian robotics company, Starship, will start delivering Domino’s pizzas this summer in Germany and the Netherlands. The delivery robots are to deliver the pizzas within a one-mile radius, Domino’s said in a statement. “With our growth plans over the next five to 10 years, we simply won’t have enough delivery drivers if we do
The first British and French troops have arrived in Estonia to reinforce the eastern flank of NATO; the troops are supported by tanks and heavy artillery. The first 120 UK troops arrived in Estonia in the second half of March, accompanied by 50 French marines. Altogether, the UK will send over 800 troops to defend
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Estonia is the most entrepreneurial country in Europe – and Northern Europe and the Baltics are a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity, according to the World Economic Forum. A report compiled by the WEF, “Europe’s Hidden Entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurial Employee Activity and Competitiveness in Europe”, looked at a form of entrepreneurship beyond the typical startup – intrapreneurship,
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The Estonian ambassador to the United States, Eerik Marmei, said in a testimony to the US senate subcommittee that we need to recognise the Russian threat beyond the Eastern flank of Europe. In a written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, Marmei said Russia had demonstrated “time and
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Estonian expat organisations in Canada have decided to buy a parking lot in Toronto, Ontario, to build an Estonian community and cultural centre in the city. The project was initiated by the Estonian House in Toronto, the Estonian Credit Union, the Estonian Foundation of Canada and Tartu College, who entered into a letter of intent
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Estonian language learning startup Lingvist has partnered with a Taiwanese e-commerce provider, PChome, aiming to deliver a new type of learning technology to Mandarin speakers learning English. Lingvist is a language learning tool that uses artificial intelligence to drive the learning process. The programme adapts to the skills and knowledge of every learner, making for
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General Adrian Bradshaw, the United Kingdom’s most senior NATO commander and the alliance’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has called on NATO to come up with “a grand strategy” to counter the threat Russia poses. Bradshaw told the BBC that much of Russia’s aggressive behaviour was about the country’s president Vladimir Putin “protecting his own
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