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Recently the Estonian government announced its intention to establish a system capable of carrying out passport control without the participation of a border guard officer at border crossing points. Electronic systems will be rented for the testing period.

Recently the Estonian entrepreneurship development fund published a schedule of events of the Doing business in China 2.0 business forum, organized jointly with the Chinese Embassy. The date is September 12.

The largest ferry operator of the Baltic sea Tallink Grupp reported on record figures in the past month. The number of passengers in July reached almost 1.3 million people, which is a record for the entire existence of the company.

This week a new power plant that produces energy using solar panels will be opened near the city of Pärnu on the territory of the former landfill for waste collection.

In early July, an agreement was signed on the acquisition of a tank terminal for storage and transshipment of oil and fuel in the port of Muuga by a wholesale and retail seller of motor fuel Olerex AS. In this way, the company, which controls a quarter of the import market of gasoline and lubricants in Estonia, will be able to optimize costs and maintain prices at a low level.

One of the fastest growing innovative companies in Estonia Burfa Capital OU, announced its intention to build a large computer center near Narva, which will attract a significant number of customers from the international market.

The state-owned Estonian airline Nordic Aviation Group recently announced the closure of five routes to various European destinations by the autumn of this year. This measure should bring the carrier to the zone of profitability.

Estonian electricity and natural gas supply system operator Elering announced the withdrawal of part of the pipeline between Estonia and Finland on land. In the near future, almost 1000 meters of pipes should be pulled out from under the water.

Founded in 2007, the Estonian company Realeyes enters the Japanese market with a flagship development based on artificial intelligence with additional funding of 11 million euros.

According to the budget state strategy approved in April, Estonia will allocate almost 120 million euros for the design and construction of railway sections of the Rail Baltica project.

According to the report of the Ministry of economy and communications of Estonia, the volume of investments attracted to the country last year exceeded the established threshold of 150 million euros more than twice.

Recently the Tax and Customs Department of Estonia resumed the work of the personal account of the e-maksuamet/e-toll service with updated functionality.

The network of grocery stores Grossi Toidukaubad has been offering a new service to its customers for two weeks. This is the ability to cash money through the cash register. The service is particularly popular in rural areas.

Recently the statistical services summed up the results of April in the field of transport: passenger traffic of the Lennart Meri international airport of Tallinn increased by more than 11% compared to last year.

Representatives of the Department of payment and settlement systems of the Central Bank of Estonia recently announced statistics on payments made for the first months of the new year. The main increase was made by online transfers for purchases in online stores.

The Estonian EAS Found, aimed at increasing the number of exporters with high added value products in the country, has launched the next stage of applying for subsidies for young entrepreneurs. The Fund is supported by the European Commission.

Estonian ridesharing company Taxify, which began its work as a student startup 6 years ago, announced the beginning of work in St. Petersburg. Now the company, which currently operates in more than 30 countries, is called Bolt.

The Ministry of economy and communications of Estonia announced the creation of a new investment fund Early Fund II and allocation 10 million euros for its work. The main users should be small high-tech companies.

Estonian innovative company Cleveron announced plans to create robot couriers capable of moving in the flow of cars. The first prototypes are already being tested on the roads of the country.

Recently the international shipbuilding group Damen announced the launch of a bunkering vessel for the Estonian gas company Eesti Gaas. The main purpose of the ship is mobile refueling of ships with liquefied natural gas.