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Sour Grapes For Estonian Wine Business

Sour Grapes For Estonian Wine Business

Recent court action has unfortunately been unable to reclaim funds claimed to be owed by an Estonian group of investors developing wine in the Ukraine since 1999. Thirteen years ago, Estonian investors signed a contract with Ukraine which agreed that Estonia would invest in a wine business, Magarach, the Ukrainian state grape and wine...

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Estonian Green Energy Subsidies

April 30, 2012
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Estonian Green Energy Subsidies

Keit Pentus, the Estonian minister of environmental affairs, has decided to hire ‘Sorainen’ – one of Estonia’s most expensive law firms.  This has been done in the hope to defend the current system of renewable energy subsidies, and help the country to meet green energy targets. Last year, subsidies have been reported to be...

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Dixons Baltic?

Dixons Baltic?

Euronics may be on the brink of losing their top position as Estonia’s main supplier to the domestic electronics market. Euronics, a well known chain of electronic stores belonging to Antista AS, stocks the usual modern family essentials such as; home electronics, home appliances, audio equipment, video equipment. VCRs, DVD-players, CD players, home theatre...

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Baltic Estonian Air Growth Shoots Ahead

February 6, 2012
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Baltic Estonian Air Growth Shoots Ahead

The Estonian Airline giant Estonian Air is at the centre of attention with an over 14% increase in passengers carried at the start of 2012 – January. One key factor to play in this was the flight attendance which no doubt has kept the passengers very happy with figures of over 85 per cent being...

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Turkish Opportunities in the Baltics

January 22, 2012
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Turkish Opportunities in the Baltics

Estonian European Parliament member and former foreign minster of the Baltic nation, Kristina Ojuland will be hosting a conference at the European Parliament on the 31st January 2012 which aims to create a stronger focus on trade and investment opportunities between Turkish entrepreneurs and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The meeting...

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Subway Restaurant on the way to Baltic Estonia

January 18, 2012
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Subway Restaurant on the way to Baltic Estonia

The Restaurant Giant Subway is to hit Estonia with its first establishment to open soon. This is great news for the Baltic Country as the American Restaurant Franchise Chain has been a huge success in the UK and no-doubt it will is a huge hit there. The uniqueness of Subway is its flexibility in...

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  • Tiny Robot 3D Duplicators
    Work is underway designing tiny robotic cubes imbedded with magnets on each plane that can create a duplicate of any object, either equal in size to the original or any size version as required. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Robotics department are currently working with two dimensional cubes of four sides, each cube containing a microprocessor wit […]
  • Lumia Hits us for a score of 900
    Mobile Phone Lumia 900 is here to stay. Lumia 900 is here thanks once again to the Finland Company Nokia. This is great news for the mobile phone giant that is presenting this device at a low cost and a streamlined design with a front-facing camera for video conferencing. This is putting it on the same playing field as the likes of Samsung and Apple that now […]
  • Google And Microsoft To Encourage The Future of British ICT Education
    The government has finally agreed that creative and motivating ICT classes be reintroduced to the classroom by teaching children to program and put computer science back in the core of ICT lessons. The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove is reported as saying that the present ICT curriculum was ‘demotivating and dull’. Advising Mr Gove on implemen […]

 

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  • Qatar, UAE urge citizens to stay away from Lebanon May 19, 2012
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urged their citizens to stay away from Lebanon, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighbouring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. […]
  • Refloat of Italy's Concordia wreck to be biggest ever May 19, 2012
    ROME (Reuters) - Salvage crews will employ huge cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in the largest ever operation of its kind, according to a plan unveiled on Friday. […]