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Video: Estonia’s e-government expert describes what a digital government looks like

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One of Estonia’s digital experts, Anna Piperal, explains the key design principles that power the country’s e-government and shows why the rest of the world should follow suit to eradicate outdated bureaucracy and regain citizens’ trust. What if you never had to fill out paperwork again? In Estonia, this is a reality: citizens conduct nearly […]

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LIVE: An international digital governance conference in Tallinn hosts 110 countries

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The fifth annual International e-Governance Conference in Estonia will focus on digital transformation roadmaps and present case studies from African and European countries, and beyond; it will be attended by 110 countries. Electronic governance – or e-governance, as it’s known in Estonia – is the application of information and communication technology for delivering government services and exchange of information between government

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Estonishing Evenings: Is climate change a threat to Estonia?

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The Estonishing Evenings took a closer look on what impact does climate change have on Estonia.* Organised in partnership with Estonian World and the Telliskivi Creative City, the Estonishing Evenings series runs English-speaking events that host different speakers expressing their viewpoints and experiences on hot topics and matters concerning both the locals and non-natives living in Estonia.

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Cleveron's new autonomous robot delivery system. Image courtesy the company.

Video: Estonia’s Cleveron introduces a new robot delivery system

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The Estonian logistics startup, Cleveron, has introduced the prototype of a new robot delivery system that doesn’t need human involvement. The company introduced the Generation R robot prototype at the Robotex International conference. The purpose of the robot is to make the delivery system more automatic and guarantee autonomous delivery so that a parcel would

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UPDATED: The Estonian clean-up initiative engages 144 countries in a single day

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The Estonian-founded global clean-up initiative, Let’s Do It! World, brought together 144 countries from all over the world for a massive waste clean-up on 15 September.* The Let’s Do It! movement, which started in Estonia in 2008 when 50,000 people came together and cleaned up the entire country in five hours, has since grown into

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Video: Watch the A-10 Thunderbolt II land on Estonian highway

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Ten American A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, belonging to the 175th Wing of the Maryland Air National Guard, practiced landing and take off from an extension of a highway in northern Estonia. The landing and take-off exercise took place on 10 August on the extension of the Jägala-Käravete highway, a portion of a longer road

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Video: The Estonian president becomes a bee keeper

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The official residence of the Estonian president, Kadriorg’s presidential palace, has started keeping bees in its garden. World leaders usually have some hobbies, although politics takes much of their time. Bill Clinton, the former US president, entertained amused audiences by playing saxophone. Angela Merkel, the current German chancellor, reputedly makes the best plum cake in

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FILM: Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics

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NATO has released a short, dramatised documentary about forest brothers – the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian partisans who waged a guerrilla war against the Soviet occupation. Forest brothers (in Estonian: metsavennad, in Latvian: meža brāļi, and in Lithuanian: miško broliai) were the partisans who waged a guerrilla war against the Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during and after the Second World War. The members

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The Estonian e-Governance Academy has shared the country's digital know-how with many countries around the world. The image is illustrative.

Tallinn to host an international e-governance conference

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Tallinn will host an e-governance conference on 30-31 May, with participants from over 80 countries gathering in the Estonian capital to seek answers to the challenge of ensuring sustainable e-state development in their countries. Titled “How to ensure sustainable e-governance development?”, the Tallinn e-Governance Conference 2017 will provide a platform and a meeting place for

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