According to the Estonian Breweries Association (Eesti Olletootjate Liit), cross-border trade in beer, cider and low-alcohol beverages is not showing signs of diminishing, with beer seeing a large rise since last year. Hikes in alcohol excise duties in recent years have met with criticism, mainly due to the harm the hikes do to domestic alcohol…
While previously a net electricity exporter for many years, Estonia has recently become an importer. As the power industry’s trade union sees it, the domestic energy production sector is at risk, with the end of national electricity markets, Estonia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, and cheaper electricity available abroad conspiring to see the sector at…
Rail Baltica has announced an international competition to design the new terminal in the Ulemiste district of Tallinn. Rail Baltic Estonia OU (note the difference in spelling), the Estonian enterprise behind the project, says the contest is aimed at providing a solution for a future joint terminal, set to include a terminal for both international…
The average monthly wage for civil servants in Estonia stood at EUR 2,433 in 2018, up by 11% YoY. This covers all public sector employees across the country, in both central government and local government-related organizations, as well as other bodies. Whereas ministry bureaucrats were paid an average of EUR 1,754 per month this time…
The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) declared off-limits the territory of Aidu Wind Farm after developers Oleg and Andres Sonajalg refused to comply with an order to halt construction work on the site. The order to halt construction had been issued by the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA). “Based on the materials…
State-owned Estonian airline Nordica carried more than 102,000 passengers on their Tallinn routes in the first quarter of the year, down by 16% YoY. The result is nevertheless “in line with the company’s plans”, Nordica wrote in a press release, and the smaller numbers were due to unprofitable routes they had closed in the meantime.…
The rural municipality of Viru-Nigula in Laane-Viru county is interested in getting the small nuclear reactor Fermi Energia is planning to build in Estonia. Viru-Nigula mayor, Einar Vallbaum, said that they were very interested in the coming nuclear power station. “We’re helping along as much as we can, because seeing this nuclear power station built…