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The world ATM Congress on air traffic management, which ended last week, was marked by the presentation of a new product from Estonian developers. The concept of "remote tower" was implemented in a new, more versatile application.

Last week Tallinn hosted a meeting of representatives of companies and organizations associated with the work of cruise ports in the Baltic and North seas. As a result of the conference, the concept of development of port tourism Green Cruise Port was approved.

Last week, representatives of the ministries of Estonia and Iceland confirmed the intention to connect the Viking country to the Estonian development in the field of secure data exchange X-Road. For now, only Finland is connected to the system except the Estonia such country of the developer.

Last week the Ministry of economy and infrastructure of Estonia published the approved plans for the development of the railway industry of the country. In the next 6 years, it is planned to invest more than 400 million euros in the railway net.

Estonian entrepreneurs, together with the EAS investment fund, are actively increasing exports, including by entering the Middle East markets. This week Estonian companies take part in two of the largest expositions in their industry in the United Arab Emirates.

Tallink, as one of the largest Baltic shipping companies, plans to implement a joint project with the participation of Finnish specialists and attraction of investments from the European Space Agency (ESA). The main goal is to automate the movement of ships as much as possible.

The Estonian government expects to spend almost 1 million euros in 2019 to form a more attractive image of the country in terms of investment in the domestic economy. The developed image should be the same for use in all countries.

One of the largest Estonian companies on joint trips Taxify announced a possible exit from the country's market due to the planned changes in the legal framework, which may lead to increased pressure on aggregators.

Representatives of the relevant environmental authorities of Latvia and Estonia have started to develop a project for the establishment of a common system for the storage, processing and disposal of packaging.

Coins Marketplace Technologies OÜ, a company registered in Estonia, announced the launch of the DX.Exchange cryptocurrency platform earlier this week. The new instrument operates in accordance with the European Union regulatory framework and can be used as a depository.

A young Estonian company CoinMetro recently launched the first version of the platform to work with cryptocurrencies and conventional monetary units. The developers hope to combine traditional exchanges and blockchain companies in this way.

Representatives of the Ministry of economy and communications of Estonia announced plans to hold an unusual auction in the first half of 2019 – 5g network frequencies will be put up for sale.

The Estonian car rental company Autolevi plans to increase its presence in Finland. Created in 2012, the company already unites more than 20 thousand users.

The directive on non-discrimination of clients depending on their citizenship and place of residence, approved earlier by the Parliament of the country, came into force in Estonia this week. So far, the issues have not been resolved only in the field of media space.

Last week, the port of Tallinn published statistics on the number of tourists arriving in Estonia this year through the sea gate of the country. The number of guests increased by almost 12% compared to last year.

In Estonia, a new information resource aimed at involving business in government projects related to the economic development of the country has been launched in a test mode.

At the current interstate forum in Kazakhstan, representatives of the Estonian government once again confirmed the desire to expand and deepen the degree of cooperation between the two countries, primarily in the field of logistics.

The Estonian tax and customs Department has entered an active phase in the fight against"grey salaries." For this purpose, the government has made some agreements with representatives of banking institutions.

Control and audit departments of the Baltic States will soon make a full-scale audit of the Rail Baltica project, which is in the final stage of design.

The international energy concern Eesti Energia, represented by its American branch Enefit American Oil, has received permission to carry out works at the shale field in Utah.