France is to send five Leclerc tanks, 12 infantry combat vehicles and 300 troops to Estonia next year. The deployment was confirmed by the French defence minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to his Estonian counterpart, Hannes Hanso, at a meeting of the security forum in Halifax, Canada. “We recognise that we have to invest in the […]
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According to the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report, Estonia’s primary education system ranks eighth in the world. The Global Competitiveness Report looks at data on different areas in almost every country on earth and then compiles the data into a picture of the economy for those countries. Then, they are ranked according to the
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An Estonian startup, called Capster, has together with medical professionals developed and launched a device that flushes the nose and helps fight runny nose. The Capster device fits into the pocket and, according to the company, offers an effective and nature-based medical remedy. “The compact device is easy to use and offers the capability to
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Estonia has scored 14th in a global rule of law index, compiled by the World Justice Project, an organisation working to advance the rule of law around the world. Estonia scored 0.79 in the index where the scores range from 0 to 1 – with 1 indicating the strongest adherence to the rule of law.
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The United Kingdom will next year deploy batteries of high precision long-range missiles on the border between Estonia and Russia; the deployment is the first of its kind since the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to the British media, the rockets will be moved to Estonia next year amid fears the Russian president, Vladimir
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Kau Manor (Kõue mõis in Estonian) in central Estonia has been declared the hotel with the most inspired design in the world by Boutique Hotel Awards. Boutique Hotel Awards said Kau Manor was an “experience true serenity surrounded by art and design from around the world”. Kau Manor, owned by Estonian politician Eerik-Niiles Kross and
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NATO has put 300,000 ground troops on high alert amid rising tensions between Russia and the Baltic states; according to the alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO hopes to speed up the response time of its troops to be able to react to a combat situation more effectively. Stoltenberg told the Times newspaper that the alliance
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One of the largest newspapers in the world, the New York Times, has published a lengthy report on how the Estonian Defence League is training its members to become “insurgents” in case Russia should attack the country. “Estonia, a NATO member with a population of 1.3 million people and a standing army of about 6,000,
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British Airways is to start flying between London Heathrow and Tallinn, starting from 28 March 2017, initially twice a week. The CEO of Tallinn Airport, Piret Mürk-Dubout, said this was an important achievement in guaranteeing Estonia’s connections to the rest of the world. “British Airways is one of the most significant airlines in the world
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Estonia has scored 12th in the 2017 World Bank ease of doing business index, placing between Taiwan and Finland. In the index, economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190. “A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local
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