The owner of the French listed company Bleecker, Philippe Michel Bucheton, will build a new business building at Tuukri 1a at the start of Reidi Road in Tallinn. Demolition work has begun on the plot, replacing several warehouse buildings. The detailed plan approved in 2008 states a six-story building can be built on the plot…
Approximately 90,000 people, double the current number, may be unemployed in Estonia by the end of summer, according to CEO of the Unemployment Insurance Fund Meelis Paavel. “The number could double compared with the one present,” Paavel said. “The forecasts have been made so that we would be able to take into consideration such a…
The Estonian Association of the Club of Rome, an organization made up of former and current government leaders, bureaucrats, politicians, business leaders and other experts, says that economic recovery in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic will create an opportunity to switch to a predominantly circular economy, meaning a system which focuses on the continual…
Minister of Rural Affairs Arvo Aller (EKRE) says that Estonia requires a small amount of foreign labor, but that the workforce in the sector could be boosted from among Estonians themselves, during the current coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. Aller noted that in the current situation, where unemployment was rising at a rate of…
The ongoing effects of the coronavirus crisis have led to lower consumption of electricity and in turn, a glut in CO2 quota allowances. This has resulted in a fall in electricity prices, though the latter is largely caused by an increase in hydro-generated power, say energy sector spokespersons. The CO2 quota prices at the same…
Electricity grid distributor Elering has reported 2019 net profits of EUR 32.8 million, up from EUR 18.6 million in 2018, in part aided by lower financial expenses. The company’s main focus last year was the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland. The company’s profits from ordinary activities, according to the audited report for 2019…
A total of 2,059 newly unemployed persons registered with the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (Tootukassa) last week. According to Deputy Secretary General on Labor and Employment Policy Sten Andreas Erlich, the labor market is deteriorating. 40,125 people were registered unemployed in Estonia as of March 29. The number of newly registered unemployed last week was…