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On the 11th of September the Central Union of agricultural people of Estonia ran an extensive campaign at the Lossi square in an attempt to draw attention of the government to the farming problems.

Jussi Niemelainen, a journalist of the famous Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, writes in one of his reports that Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is just about to leave his office of Estonian president, has soured relations between Estonian and Finland.

Today, on August 29, the first stage of presidential elections takes place in Riigikogu.

Inspite of the fact that the bulk of on-line purchases of the Estonians is Chinese goods, the statistics shows the rise of interest of Estonian buyers in European shops in the current year.

According to the contract made on August 16 between Tax and Customs Board and Nutech company, border check points in Narva, Luhamaa and Koidula will be equipped by new scanning devices worth a total of 12,1 million euros by the end of 2017.

In the middle of July the DBT company has informed the authorities about its intention to expand a BCT (Baltic Chemical Terminal) port terminal and to install by two additional reservoirs for ammonia and liquid fertilizer, and also a burner for ammonia vapors.

Comparison of industrial outputs of Estonia in June 2016 and the similar period of the last year has shown a general decrease by 5%.

According to officials of European Parliament, Great Britain tends to improve its already advantageous position in the EU trying to get additional discounts.

The “IMHX 2016” exhibition is held once every three years in Birmingham and enters the largest ten industrial exhibitions of Great Britain.

The “China Beijing International Logistics Expo” exhibition annually brings together representatives of more than 1000 entities of the transport and logistics sphere from more than 80 world countries.

The producer of lifting equipment - Alekon Holding company which is the official representative of the group of Kranunion plants including Ardelt and Kocks Crane plants has taken part in the anniversary 15th International transport week of "Inter-TRANSPORT" held in Odessa on June 1-3, 2016.

From June 27 to July 1 the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service together with representatives of control departments of Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan will inspect fishery enterprises of Estonia and Latvia.

According to the Statistics Department, in May of 2016 compared with the same period of the last year the indices of Estonian export prices have decreased by 3% and of import prices - by 5,1%.

According to statistics, cargo turnover of the Tallin port has decreased by 15,5% for the first five months compared with the same period of the last year and amounted to 10,4 million tons.

Statistics Estonia released the numbers on business sector profits for the first quarter of 2016.

European mass media reports that European Comission President Jean-Claude Juncker has taken an invitation to attend an International economic forum which will take place 16-18 May in Saint Petersburg.

Based on stability of Estonian core indicators, Fitch rating agency has predicted growth of national economy in the current year by 1,8%, and in 2017 - to 2,7%.

Estonian manufacturers of diary products are looking forward to signing of a food safety protocol which is to be held on May 16 during the meeting between Minister of Agriculture of Estonia, Urmas Kruuse, and representatives of People’s Republic of China.

According to the information portal E-News, the decision to withdraw from the shareholder's structure of the Estonian company “Eesti Gaas” will be taken during the “Gazprom” Board of directors meeting on May 11.

In the run up to the summer the Estonian department of veterinary and food control offer the farmers to think of the pig breeding expediency.