Starting this season, all games from the men and women Estonian and Latvian leagues will be broadcast on television and streamed over the web TALLINN, Estonia, RIGA, Latvia & TEL AVIV, Israel, 25-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — AS Levira, Estonia’s leading TV … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Estonia, Internet & Online, Latvia, Marketing, Media, News, Sports
Tagged AI, AI-automated sports production, Alon Werber, AS Levira, basketball, broadcast, Edgars Berzins, Estonian leagues, games, Keio Kuhi, Latvian leagues, live stream, Martti Kinkar, Pixellot, sports, streaming, television, Telia TV
HELSINKI, 7-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and Maxima LT, UAB sign ten-year EUR 52 million loan agreement to finance Maxima’s investments in its retail network renewal in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Lithuanian retail company will upgrade 31 of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Finland, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Retail
Tagged cooling systems, energy efficiency, energy efficient buildings, energy-saving lighting, Estonia, food retailer, Henrik Normann, investment, Latvia, Lithuania, MAXIMA GRUPĖ, NIB, refrigeration technology, solar panels, store refurbishment programme, Vitalij Rakovski
HAMBURG/ KIEL, 20-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank will provide international investment managers First State Investments (FSI) as the mandated lead arranger (MLA) with € 75 million as part of an acquisition loan totalling € 364 million. FSI will use these … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged acquisition, bank, Dr Marcus Kleiner, Estonia, First State Investments, FSI, heating, HSH Nordbank, infrastructure, investment, loan, utilities
STOCKHOLM, 29-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström today presented Sweden’s gift in the form of three anniversary funds the Government intends to set up for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on the occasion of their 100th anniversaries … Read the full press release
HEIDELBERG, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EMBO announces today seven life scientists as recipients of EMBO Installation Grants. These grants will support the early-career researchers in establishing their independent laboratories in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. EMBO Installation … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Science, Technology, Turkey
Tagged EMBO, EMBO Installation Grants, life scientists
The only UK Security company ever funded by the EU H2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 research and innovation programme Plymouth, UK, 30-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Body Worn Video pioneers Audax Global Solutions are showcasing at SRIEE 2017, an event organised … Read the full press release
Posted in Estonia, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Adam Liardet, Audax, Audax Global Solutions, Bio-AX®, Body Camera, body camera market, camera, camera system, DG HOME, EASME, EU Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, EU H2020, evidence-gathering technology, fire departments, GPS mapping, h2020, Horizon 2020, INNOVATION, intelligence agencies, live streaming, police, policymakers, public security providers, SECURITY, SRIEE 2017, Tallin, videos
STOCKHOLM, 18-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Estonian Armed Forces to deliver BT46 training systems to the Estonian Army. The deliveries will be made in 2018. The Estonian Armed Forces ordered the … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Estonia, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged BT46 training systems, Estonian Army, Saab
NIB and Estonia’s AS Tallinna Lennujaam have agreed on a loan of EUR 24 million for the expansion of the airside traffic area and the development of other investments at Tallinn Airport. HELSINKI, 19-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The 13-year maturity loan will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Estonia, Finland, Investment, Travel
Tagged AS Tallinna Lennujaam, Estonia, Gunnar Okk, NIB, Tallinn Airport, Tallinn Airport expansion
The loan and lease portfolio continued to increase relatively quickly in July, growing by 5% over the year The average interest rate on loans has risen slightly in recent months The volume of deposits was 7.3% larger in July than … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Estonia, Financial
Tagged Eesti Pank, Estonian companies, lease portfolio, loan, Mari Tamm
The fall in the price level was again mainly due to cheaper energy Services prices are rising, reflecting wage and inflation pressures in Estonia The price of industrial goods has not reacted to rises in incomes and demand The consumer … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia
Tagged Consumer prices in Estonia, Eesti Pank, fall in the oil price
Saku Brewery has been participating in the Responsible Entrepreneurship Index competition for the 4th time, and this year for the first time it received a silver award to prove its quality level. Thus the company’s contribution to environmentally friendly production, … Read the full press release
The two-euro circulation coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Paul Keres will be issued on 7 January Coins will be available from the Eesti Pank museum and online shop from 12.00 noon on 8 January The … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Banks, Estonia, Society
Tagged chess player, Eesti Pank, Paul Keres, two-euro commemorative coin
Rapid wage rises have encouraged people to participate in the labour market more actively: despite the decline in the working age population the labour force increased in the first half of the year. Annual growth in employment was fast in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Estonia
Tagged Eesti Pank Economist, labour force, Orsolya Soosaar, working age population
At the end of its recently finished annual visit to Estonia to assess Estonian economic policy, the IMF projected the near-term potential output growth of the Estonian economy at 3% per year, which is slightly below the estimate of Eesti … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Estonia
Tagged Eesti Pank, Estonian economy, IMF
Tallinn, Estonia, 27-02-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Data from Statistics Estonia show that the average gross monthly wage increased by 5.3% over the year in the fourth quarter of 2014, and the gross hourly wage by 6%. This growth was faster than … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Estonia, Financial
Tagged Eesti Pank, gross monthly wage, Hanna Jürgenson, Orsolya Soosaar, Statistics Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia, 5-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Eesti Pank executive board has decided to put the Maardu manor estate up for sale at a starting price of two million euros. The real estate company Colliers International Advisors OÜ has been chosen … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Estonia, Financial, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Ardo Hansson, Colliers International Advisors OÜ, Eesti Pank, Maardu manor estate
BRUSSELS, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union is increasing its humanitarian assistance in Ukraine where the latest surge of violence has deepened an already desperate situation. Thousands of people are suffering from the combined impact of the conflict, displacement, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Society, Ukraine
Tagged Christos Stylianides, EU airlift, humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, Jean-Claude Juncker, recovery aid, The European Union, UNHCR, UNICEF, violence
Tallinn, Estonia, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The exhibition ‘Lithuanian Money from the Litas to the Euro’ opens on 13 January in the Eesti Pank museum. It tells the story of the history of money in Lithuania and is being presented to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Estonia, Financial, Lithuania
Tagged Eesti Pank, Eesti Pank museum, exhibition, Siiri Ries, the Litas to the Euro’, ‘Lithuanian Money
Brussels, Belgium, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Estonia officially became EUROCONTROL’s 41st Member State on 1 January 2015. With the accession of Estonia, EUROCONTROL covers all 28 European Union states. This event reinforces EUROCONTROL’s status as being truly pan-European. Even before becoming … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Estonia, European Union, Management
Tagged Estonia, EUROCONTROL, Frank Brenner, Mrs Urve Palo
At the end of October a new beer from Saku Brewery, in the series of Humulus and Barley, arrives to the stores – American ale-type red beer. Saku, Estonia, 23-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Humulus and Barley Ale is brewed … Read the full press release
Posted in Estonia, Food & Beverage, Marketing
Tagged beer, Humulus and Barley beer, Saku Brewery
Tallinn, Estonia, 15-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Data from Statistics Estonia show that the number of employed fell by 1.2% year on year in the second quarter of 2014. A low rate of participation in the labour force meant that the unemployment rate … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Estonia, Financial, Society
Tagged Eesti Pank, Labour market statistics, Orsolya Soosaar
Zurich, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the central banks of the euro area (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Belgium, Business, Cyprus, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Tagged ECB, fourth gold agreement between central banks, SNB, Swedish Riksbank, the central banks of the euro area, The European Central Bank, The Swiss National Bank
Tallinn, Estonia, 27-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A notable feature of the Estonian payment environment is the large share of electronic payments. In the fourth quarter of 2013, 99.6% of all payments between banks were initiated electronically. An average of only 1100 payments per … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 04-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden Technology Fast 50 is an objective ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Sweden as well as an annual award to those companies. Cloudmore is pleased to be recognized from such a credible … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Estonia, Finland, Internet & Online, Ireland, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, Bolagsverket, Cloud, cloud services provider, cloud services unified, Cloudmore, Deloitte, Erik Olin, Michael Wicander, ranking, revenue growth, Rising Stars, Sweden Technology Fast 50, Swedish Fast 50
Riga, Latvia, 27-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — For 4th time already CRN/RE (edition which is dedicated to IT business in Russia) has rated Russian IT distributors to name the best distributors for different customer categories – channels. The results of year 2013 rating … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 27-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — ELKO Group, one of the leading IT product wholesalers in the Eastern Europe and one of the largest companies in Latvia, announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with Transcend, a leading global provider of … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Estonia, Latvia, Retail, Technology
Tagged Baltics, card readers, consumer electronics, digital music players, distribution agreement, ELKO Group, Flash cards, Guntis Tomsons, IT product wholesalers, Kevin Yen, memory modules, portable hard drives, Solid-State Drives, USB flash drives
The 2013 Eesti Pank doctoral studies research award of 2300 euros went to Anne Lauringson for her work on how unemployment benefits affected labour market outcomes in Estonia in the economic crisis. The master’s studies research award of 1300 euros … Read the full press release
On the 5-th of August Saku’s new representation will start in South Estonia. 15-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Tähtvere representation has several times bigger area than the former Tartu Office – approximately 1500 square metres-, which will serve as an office … Read the full press release
25-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The report published last week by the European Central Bank on card fraud showed that card payments have become more secure due to technological advances and that the share of card transactions that are fraudulent has fallen … Read the full press release
3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Fortum has agreed to acquire district heat operations in the city of Tartu in Estonia from the Estonian district heat company Eraküte. The district heating network accounts for approximately 20% of the whole Tartu network and is the fastest … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged acquired, acquisition, Eraküte, Estonia, Fortum, heat operations, Tartu