Joining the largest economic and political union in the world – the European Union – was the best decision Estonia could make in 2004.* When Estonia restored its independence in 1991, it had a choice – to keep strong economic bonds with former imperial power Russia, or look to the West – towards Europe. After […]
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Estonia utilised its presidency of the European Union in 2017 to push for increased cyber norms and regulation; for the benefit of security and services, the UK would be well served to follow its example. Estonia took over the presidency of the council of the European Union in 2017, a little earlier than expected, due
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Estonia is making efforts to start the process that could eventually lead to the point where no country can impose restrictive measures to the free flow of data across the European Union member states’ borders – it is called the fifth freedom of the EU, the free movement of data between the members of the
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By signing the Tallinn Declaration, all member states of the European Union agree on common goals for e-government development over the next five years, providing direction for both national and pan-European innovation. While Estonia holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017, the country is pushing a digital
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An unprecedented street art festival Mextonia brings together Mexican, Estonian and other international artists for one purpose: to create the most remarkable gift for Estonia’s upcoming centennial. Before New Zealand artist Aaron Glasson arrived in Estonia this summer, he knew next to nothing about the country. Yet what remains of his visit is a colossal
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Estonia, as the current holder of the presidency of the council of the European Union, is to hold a cyber exercise in Tallinn for the defence ministers of the EU to test their readiness to deal with the consequences of a cyber attack. The Estonian defence minister, Jüri Luik, met with Jorge Domecq, the chief
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Taavet Hinrikus, a co-founder of the Estonian startup, TransferWise, proposed five ways to encourage innovation in Europe in a speech at the EU informal meeting of ministers responsible for competitiveness in Tallinn, Estonia, on 25 July 2017. I’m here to give you the view from on the ground as a tech entrepreneur in Europe, having
The Estonian capital, Tallinn, has introduced driverless shuttle buses on its streets that will soon start operating a short route; riding the shuttle, as all public transport in Tallinn, is free of charge for the town’s residents. The driverless Easymile shuttle buses will start operating a route between Viru Square and the Tallinn Creative Hub,
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In the second half of 2017, Estonia takes the helm of the presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months and in 2018, it will celebrate its 100th anniversary. For that period of time, the country will arrange a series of events throughout Europe to show what Estonia is about and to
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Members of the European Union are emphasising the need for the free movement of data across the bloc, and at the eve of the Estonian presidency of the EU Council, the country is trying to start the processes that could eventually lead to it becoming reality. In February 2016, the then-president of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik
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