e-residency

Estonian e-residency services to have a codefest in Vormsi

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An international e-residency hackathon, taking place in September in Vormsi island, will focus on building apps and services using the‪ Estonian‬ open ID-platform to benefit both the e-residents and service providers. The hackathon aims to attract web and mobile developers, designers, project leads, marketeers and visionaries in the field to spend a weekend to create working prototypes […]

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E-residency platform named the best Estonian e-service 2015

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A jury comprising industry experts selected the e-residency digital ID application environment as the winner of the Best Estonian E-Service 2015 prize, with the environment increasing the number of e-residency applicants dozens of times over in its first week of service. Jury chairperson Aet Rahe said the jury’s decision was based on the presumption that

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SignWise – the e-signing solution from Estonia

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SignWise is a two-year-old Estonian company that has developed an e-signature and authentication technology that aims to be at the forefront in the digital signature world. And it may very well be possible, too, as this little country just started off with the ambitious national startup project of giving e-residency to people around the globe. Estonia

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Estonia becomes the first country in the world to offer e-residency

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Estonia is set to make a history by starting the first supranational e-residency scheme in the world. More than a hundred years ago, the renowned Estonian poet Gustav Suits proclaimed: “Let us remain Estonians, but let us become Europeans!” This task has successfully been accomplished for the ancient Nordic nation, but from 1 December, foreigners can turn the old call around

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Estonia plans to create 10 million “e-Estonians” by 2025

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The Estonian government has approved the concept of issuing digital IDs to non-residents, meaning from the end of 2014, foreigners will be able to receive a secure Estonian e-identity, forging a unique opportunity to create a new set of remotely usable global services. According to Taavi Kotka, the Deputy Secretary General on ICT at the

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Edward Lucas: Estonia is now an insider, not an outsider anymore

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Estonian World’s founder and editor-in-chief, Silver Tambur, interviews the Economist’s senior editor, Edward Lucas, discussing Estonia’s past, present and future. Edward Lucas is the senior editor of the Economist, the London-based global weekly news magazine, and also oversees the paper’s political coverage of Central and Eastern Europe. He has been covering the region of Europe since 1986,

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