HKScan Estonia, a subsidiary of the Nordic food group HKScan, hired 44 seasonal employees at Rakvere Meat-Processing Plant to help service increased demand during the summer season. “Considering that last year we reached the absolute sales record of Rakvere-brand products in June and that sales volumes this year are already exceeding last year’s, there are…
While not all counties in Estonia have agreed to begin offering free public bus transport, the Estonian Road Administration has officially set the price of bus tickets in ten requesting counties to EUR 0 beginning from July 1. As of July 1, public bus transport will be free in Valga, Voru, Polva, Jarva, Jogeva, Tartu,…
A total of 275,000 passengers passed through Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in May, up by 16% YoY. In an increase of 15% on year, since the beginning of the year, Tallinn Airport has served more than 1 million passengers. “Our summer season has had a great start, and a lot of the growth has come…
Pulp mill developer Est-For Invest board members Aadu Polli and Margus Kohava want the planned EUR 1-billion mill to be built near the town of Tabivere. According to Est-For, the mill should be built in a forest near the town of Tabivere, located 21 km from Central Tartu. “Located deep in the forest, the mill…
Estonia was the only country in the EU in which unemployment grew in April, increasing from 5.3% to 5.6%. Overall unemployment in the EU remained at 7.1% compared to March and fell by 0.7% compared to April 2017, it can be seen from data released by Eurostat. In the eurozone, employment decreased by 0.1% MoM…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia on May 30, this April the turnover of retail trade enterprises increased by 1% YoY at constant prices, totaling EUR 560.4 million. The turnover of stores selling manufactured goods increased by 7%. Turnover increased in most economic activities, except in stores selling second-hand goods and in non-store retail…
Lindaliini AS, a company operating under the Linda Line Express brand, which used to operate a fast catamaran connection between Tallinn and Helsinki, expects to resume operations on the route by the end of June. Linda Line CEO Enn Rohula said that the company expected to conclude an agreement on the purchase of a new…