Estonia to build a €7m drone testing lab
Estonia is to build a rare drone and defence technology testing laboratory in Tallinn, in a move aimed at helping Baltic and Nordic companies bring […]
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The new Škoda battery trolleybuses enter service in Tallinn
Škoda Group has unveiled a new fleet of battery-powered trolleybuses in Tallinn, as the Estonian capital presses ahead with efforts to modernise its public transport
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Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe’s sovereign platform
The Estonian government, together with private investors and several figures from the country’s early tech scene, is said to be exploring a plan to buy
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A large hybrid plant to be built in Estonia
One of the largest solar parks in the Baltics, located in Kirikmäe in Pärnu County, will soon be complemented by a 55 MW battery storage
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Estonia’s Tiger Leap: the schools project that wired a nation for the digital age
Thirty years ago today, president Lennart Meri went on TV to announce an audacious plan: connect every Estonian school to the internet; it started as
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One of Europe’s largest battery parks opens in Estonia
Estonian renewable energy developer Evecon, together with the French solar power company Corsica Sole and investment manager Mirova, on 3 February opened one of the
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Poll: almost three quarters of Estonians support a nuclear power plant
According to a new poll, a striking 71% of Estonian residents support preparations for the construction of a new-generation nuclear power plant – the survey
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Estonia bets on artificial intelligence to offset demographic decline
Estonia has launched an ambitious national artificial intelligence programme designed to double the value of work carried out by its people within a decade, as
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Estonian monowheel robot developer raises €3.7 million
Rollo Robotics, an Estonian startup developing an autonomous monowheel security robot, has raised €3.7 million in pre-seed funding to further mature its gyroscopic stabilisation technology.
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Netflix buys Estonian avatar pioneer Ready Player Me
Netflix has agreed to acquire the Estonian avatar-creation platform Ready Player Me, marking another step in the streaming group’s shift away from mobile games and
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