According to the information released by Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index in September decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month and increased by 3.7% YoY. Compared to September 2016, goods were 3.7% and services 3.5% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.4% and non-regulated prices by 2.7% compared…
While Estonia’s modern eastern border with Russia was initially planned to be completed by 2018 or 2019 at the latest, currently even test sections of the border have not yet been finished. Last November, then-Minister of the Interior Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said that the Estonian government had set the ambitious goal of building the new…
Due to increased demand, TS Laevad, the Port of Tallinn subsidiary which operates ferry routes connecting Saaremaa and Hiiumaa to the Estonian mainland, will operate its Virtsu-Kuivastu route with three large ferries on October 15, bringing in the Tiiu to increase capacity on the route that day. On October 15, the Tiiu will serve the…
The total volume of state aid handed out in Estonia in 2016 fell by 8%, to EUR 199.6 million, with the share of the total volume of state aid in GDP decreasing by 0.12%, to 0.95%. A total of EUR 150.9 million in the form of support, or 75.6% of the total volume of state…
The railway companies of Belarus and Estonia are set to increase bilateral cargo transportation operations, the press service of the Belarusian Railways reported. The heads of the Belarusian Railways and the Estonian Railways met in Minsk to discuss cargo transportation on the Belarus-Estonia route and their prospects. In January-August the volume of transported cargo exceeded…
Some 3,000 people need to amend their 2016 tax returns in connection to income received in another country, while another 1,157 who have earned such income have yet to file a tax return. “Information exchanges with other European countries are getting better and better, which is why we have more information about Estonian taxpayers who…
Linda Line, which operates the high-speed catamaran Karolin connecting Tallinn and Helsinki, has canceled all of its October 3 departures due to poor sea conditions on the Gulf of Finland. Linda Line, which operates under the Linda Line Express brand, has a policy of canceling departures due to conditions involving wind speeds in excess of…