According to preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, the production of milk amounted to 791,800 tons in 2017, up by 1% YoY. The number of dairy cows increased slightly by the end of the year, and the average annual milk production per cow increased as well. On December 31, 2017 the number of bovines in Estonia…
Estonia hasn’t fallen behind in its preparations for the Rail Baltica project’s next phase, CEO of Rail Baltic Estonia, Riia Sillave, declared. This year the marking-out of the railway’s route as well as first negotiations with land owners are on the agenda. Rail Baltica’s next phase started on January 23 with the chief executives of…
Port of Tallinn is announcing an auction for the equipment and structures of the coal terminal located in Muuga Harbor. The equipment and structures of the coal terminal located on registered real estate No. 10033802 and No. 13352702 that belong to AS Tallinna Sadam constitute the object of the auction. The list of the objects…
The Bank of Estonia has come up with a plan to reduce the use of 1-cent and 2-cent coins before eventually removing them from circulation. The central bank floated a proposal at the tax environment forum to discuss how to start rounding off cent values at vendors up and down to the nearest 5 cent-rounded…
The Road Administration will install electronic traffic signs with changing information permanently in the second half of this year, as the one-month testing period of the signs has been successful. The initial tests of electronic traffic signs were successful, Siim Vaikmaa, head of the Road Administration’s traffic management center, declared. Vaikmaa added that the development…
The number of green energy contracts concluded by customers with the state-owned Estonian energy group Eesti Energia tripled during 2017, hitting 10,045 by year-end. Households with a green energy contract consume energy generated 100% from renewable sources, Eesti Energia says. “By buying green energy, our clients are influencing the development of electricity production, with a…
AS Tallink Grupp has published its statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year. In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815255 passengers, up by 6.2% YoY. The number of cargo units increased by 10%, to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6%, to 87672…