The Michelin Guide Estonia this year recommends 43 restaurants. Five new venues were added to the main selection, while the country’s existing one- and two-star restaurants retained their status. Estonia’s only two-Michelin-star restaurant, 180o by Matthias Diether, retained its status, as did NOA Chef’s Hall, which kept its one Michelin star. The Bib Gourmand list,…
In the first quarter, Estonia’s unemployment rate was 7.1% and the employment rate was 68%, according to Statistics Estonia. According to Tea Vassiljeva, the labor market showed no signs of sharp changes in either direction in the first quarter. “There were 52,200 unemployed people in the first quarter, which was 5,100 more than in the…
Rigid state regulations are hampering the operation of buses in rural areas, some service providers say. In some cases, private-sector county bus line operators say they are having to scrap routes due to the requirements, which can include a bar on switching the size of a bus used to match passenger numbers. At least one…
The government approved its EUR 29.3-million supplementary budget on May 11 to fund “priority areas” and sent it to the Riigikogu for members’ approval. The money will be used for “priority areas” such as the construction of the eastern border, increasing people’s AI skills, and financing a new explosives factory. Earlier on May 11, Minister…
Estonia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.4% YoY in April, driven largely by higher fuel, housing and food costs, according to Statistics Estonia. Goods were 3.8% and services 2.8% more expensive on year in April, while the CPI rose by 0.8% from March. Lauri Veski, consumer price statistics service manager at the agency, said…
Poland’s capital, Warsaw, overtook Riga and Helsinki as the most popular route by passenger volume from Tallinn Airport for the first time in April, data from the company shows. In April, 313,000 passengers passed through Tallinn Airport, 12% more than a year earlier. The growth was driven mainly by an increase in Wizz Air’s flights…
Last year’s rainy summer damaged fields for several strawberry growers, and this year the harvest is expected to be smaller than anticipated. The impact on strawberry prices cannot yet be predicted. At Wiira Farm in Tartu County, strawberries are being grown on around two hectares of land, evenly divided between the Asia and Falco varieties.…