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Estonian postal company’s e-receipt project shortlisted among the best in Europe

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The e-receipt project of the Estonian postal company, Omniva, was shortlisted for the European Business awards for innovation. This year, about 33,000 companies from 34 countries applied for the European Business Awards that, according to a statement by Omniva, is Europe’s largest business competition since 2007. Only 350 companies from 34 countries were selected to […]

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Estonian fintech startup Monese raises USD10 million in investment

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The Estonian-founded, London-based financial technology startup, Monese, has raised USD10 million from a suit of top investors from around the world, including Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Korea Investment Partners and STE Capital to expand into mainland Europe. Monese offers a mobile banking app for immigrants and expats who might find it difficult to open a bank

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Estonia’s first satellite brings a contract for space cameras

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ESTCube-1, Estonia’s first satellite, took images of such excellent quality that the Tartu-based researchers are getting their first orders from the space industry. Estonia conducted its first space mission in April 2013, when a tiny one-kilogramme satellite, called ESTCube-1, was rocketed off to orbit the Earth from the European Space Agency’s launch site in French

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Estonian startup Guaana partners with Dubai to pioneer a new global research funding model

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The Estonian scientific collaboration platform, Guaana, has joined forces with the government of Dubai to pioneer a new global research funding model. At an official signing ceremony, attended by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, and various other ruling officials of the oil-rich Arabian Peninsula nation,

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The Estonian e-Governance Academy to develop e-services in Ukraine

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Over the next two years, the Tallinn-based e-Governance Academy will assume a lead role in creating a data exchange and information system in Ukraine, enabling up to 600 local service centres in the country to provide up-to-date public services to the people by exchanging information with national central registries. The cost of the data exchange

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Estonian startup honours Albert Einstein with a large spray-printed mural

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A Tartu-based startup, SprayPrinter, that produces wireless devices that deliver photos on the wall via a mobile app, paid tribute to Albert Einstein by spraying his iconic headshot onto the wall of a four-storey office building. The painting was created with the “very first prototype of the company’s handheld second product, SprayPrinter Mural”, Aet Rebane,

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Ex-president Ilves receives the Digital Freedom Award

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The former Estonian president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, has received the Digital Freedom Award for his contribution to promoting digital culture in the Baltics, Northern Europe and beyond. The award was established by the Digital Freedom Festival to prize exceptional people who have fostered digital freedom, raised awareness of opportunities and challenges the digital revolution can

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Estonia to kick off an international technology conference in Helsinki

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Enterprise Estonia, the e-residency programme and the Tallinn Music Week festival will host the official opening party, Enter e-Estonia, of the international technology conference, Slush, in Helsinki, Finland, on 29 November. Taking place in the three-chambered heart of the Helsinki nightlife – Kuudes Linja, Kaiku and Stidilä complex – in the colourful district of Kallio,

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Estonian scooter producer Stigo partners with a Swiss distributor

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The Estonian manufacturer of electric scooters, Stigo, has announced it has developed a partnership with a Swiss e-mobility distributor, TrendGroup. Stigo, the developer of a foldable electric scooter that can be taken indoors for parking and charging and on public transport, said in a statement its plan is to “revolutionise last-mile travel in Europe”. The

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Estonian software startup VitalFields acquired by The Climate Corporation

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The Climate Corporation, a San Francisco-based digital agriculture company that examines weather, soil and field data to help farmers determine potential yield-limiting factors in their fields, has acquired VitalFields, an Estonian farm management software company. Founded in 2011, and first called Weather Me, VitalFields is currently available in seven European countries – Austria, Estonia, Germany,

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