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Last week the first trip on the route "Amber train" was carried out within the framework of a joint project of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, aimed at the development of intermodal transport.

At the beginning of May in Estonia the updated version of the law on fuel will start to operate. According to the amendments, the fuel will become more environmentally friendly, as it will be obliged to add biological additives.

The Union of wooden house manufacturers of Estonia stated the need to expand the export market. The main direction for increasing sales is France.

According to representatives of the Estonian government, the issue of ID cards replacement has not yet been resolved completely, with losses already exceeded 3.5 million euros.

Representatives of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced their plans to attract British media companies to the country after the British exit from the EU.

EstBAN, a team of Estonian "business angels" together with the partners from Norway, Denmark and Finland, is launching a new Nordic Angel training and investment program to raise awareness of interstate investments in existing and potential startups.

Urban governance of Tallinn proposed to develop a single ticket system that would allow to use a single document for all types of public transport in Estonia and Finland.

The Omniva group, which includes the public postal operator Eesti Post, announced the results of 2017 year work. an internal market packages and information services.
An internal market of packages and information services brought the main increase in income.

Estonia's largest shipping operator Tallink Grupp has signed a contract with a young Finnish company Fleetrange Ltd to equip its vessels with the latest Internet of Things system.

Representatives of the St. Petersburg port "Sea facade" announced a project to create a special cruise company by 2019, which will allow tourists to sail calling at the largest Baltic ports, including Tallinn port, Helsinki port and Pionersky in Kaliningrad.

The Prime Minister of Estonia discussed possible cooperation with major Chinese trading platform at the world economic forum in Davos.

Enterprise development fund of Estonia (EAS) announced the publication of a plan for investment support of new business projects in 2018. The detailed information will be published at the end of the first quarter on the website eas.ee.

A joint initiative of Finland and Estonian government structures to develop transport connections resulted in the creation of the FinEst Link project in 2016. The project involves construction of the railway submarine tunnel between the capitals of two states.

Introduction of the container handling technology of bulk materials will become a new stage in the development of the terminals. It allows to improve significantly the efficiency of cargo handling. The port of Riga became the first one in Europe, where this system was used.

From January 2018, the truck owners will pay for the right to travel by the roads of Estonia, if the vehicle weight exceeds 3500 kg. Payment will be charged with the Estonian vehicles and trucks registered abroad.

A transportation conference "Cargo Transportation in 2018: how laws changes will influence on work of the sector" will be held in the Estonian capital on 23 of November. Participants of the market of transportation and freight forwarding will discuss the main problems and expectations from the new legislation bills.

It was proposed to introduce the taxation system for the first cent, the changes will be applied only to goods arriving from the Third countries.

Estonian ID-cards, issued after October 2014, ceased to be valid. The government of Estonia found that the degree of vulnerability of these cards is too high. It is possible to break their basic code and steal personal data of users.

At the conference on alcohol policy of the European Union Mr. Marek Uuskula, as a representative of the Ministry of Finance of Estonia, said that revenues from the excise tax on alcohol did not meet expectations.

International rating agency Fitch Ratings positively assessed the creditworthiness of Tallinn, the Estonian capital city, its credit policy and upgraded the city's credit rating to the A+ level.