Estonian business stories around the world
Estonian entrepreneur Mari Martin, founder of Tallinn Dolls, a playful designer brand, wants to speed up the fashion industry, bringing clothes from concept to shelves in the shortest time ever – her new startup, FashLab, has plans to disrupt the way global fashion works; she sat down with Estonian World …
The Estonian craft brewery, Põhjala, has opened a pop-up bar in Beijing, the capital of China, for the period of two months, selling ten different beers from barrels; the selection changes constantly. Põhjala entered the world’s largest beer market in 2016 and the company is testing the market for further …
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Data from Startup Estonia shows Estonian startups’ contribution to the country’s budget is constantly increasing – from just €28 million in 2016 to over €32 million in the first half of 2019 alone. According to data, compiled by Startup Estonia, a governmental initiative aimed at supercharging the country’s startup ecosystem, …
Estonian startups have paid €150 million in taxes to state’s coffers since 2016 Read More »
A new medical service suited for expats, minudoc.ee, has launched in Estonia; in addition to English-speaking family physician video consultations, it has also started home visits by an English-speaking nurse and launched the online prescription extension service. This is a paid content. The multilingual portal minudoc.ee launched in 2018 with a …
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Enterprise Estonia, the state-run agency responsible for promoting Estonia abroad and attracting investment, on 28 October opened a representative office in New York City. The representative office was opened by the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, while the opening speech was delivered by Penny Abeywardena, the New York City’s commissioner for …
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The Estonian parliament, Riigikogu, has ratified a new legislation that allows Estonia and Japan to issue multiple entry working holiday visas to their citizens of 18 to 30 years of age with the duration of up to one year. The bilateral agreement allows both Japanese and Estonian young adults …
Estonia and Japan agree a visa-free working holiday arrangement Read More »
According to the airport guide, Sleeping in Airports, Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport is the sixth best airport in Europe, based on the overall experience determined by travellers who had taken the site’s 2019 airport survey. In the annual survey, the guide asked travellers to rate airports worldwide based on their overall …
Estonia’s Tallinn Airport voted sixth best in Europe Read More »
The Baltic Times, a Riga-based independent monthly newspaper published in English, is hosting a fundraising event in the Latvian capital to support the independent media; Estonian World’s editor-in-chief Silver Tambur is also due to speak at the gathering on 10 October. Gene Zolotarev, the publisher of the Baltic Times, told …
An event in support of the independent Baltic media to take place in Riga Read More »
According to the Tax Foundation, Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – a ranking the country has held for the last six years. The Tax Foundation’s 2019 International Tax Competitiveness Index points out that Estonia ranks first overall, the same as …
Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the OECD – for the sixth year in a row Read More »
Two Estonian-founded companies – one based in Tallinn and the other one in London – are among the 403 startups with a valuation over USD1 billion. A unicorn startup or unicorn company is a private company with a valuation over USD1 billion. In a list compiled by CB Insights, a …
Two Estonian-founded startups among the world’s unicorns Read More »