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Aseri Sadam company, which owns the terminal project with four berths, is ready to begin construction in the port of Muuga.

The Luminor Bank, which was the result of a merger of Norwegian Bank DNB and Swedish Nordea, started its working in Estonia.

Estonian Prime Minister, Juri Ratas, and the Representative of Commission on economy, finance, taxation and customs affairs, Pierre Moscovici, discussed the changes in taxation and customs regulations in the era of digital economy.

The price boost affected all food products in Estonia. However, the butter was in the forefront. It’s price rose by 44% and it was in short supply, so the price increase of it can be expected in the future.

A significant growth was observed in the construction market of Estonia. The volume of construction works both in Estonia and abroad increased by 18% compared to the same period last year. In the domestic market of Estonia construction growth is 25%.

The Estonian Minister of economy, Kadri Simson, visited the port of Muuga near Tallinn and got acquainted with its infrastructure. According to Madam Simpson, Muuga is suitable for construction of multimodal cargo terminal

A fraudulent scheme of money laundering from legal entities became widespread in the Internet.

In Estonia, nearly 400 million documents are electronically signed. This figure is impressive, since Estonia is one of the most advanced countries of the European Union in the sphere of e-services.

Minister of economic affairs and infrastructure of Estonia, Kadri Simson, responded to the request of Laanu County Government about the local railroad links.

Estonian startup SolarStone developed an engineering solution to install solar panels directly into the roof, and in different types of tile roofs that are popular in Estonia.

On the website of the Tax and customs board of Estonia the tax authorities of the country remind about the automatic addition of a fine to the amount of income tax, if this option of income tax is paid after a certain date.

Early next year the EU will charge a new sugar tax. Industrialists of Estonia expect an increase in prices of dairy products (yogurt and sugary kefir), fresh juices, sugary drinks almost twice.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania launched the Shareswall online platform for the sale and purchase of start-ups, company shares.

From July 1 Estonia becomes the Chair country of the Council of the European Union for half a year. Therefore, the state introduced additional security measures. From 15 June the passengers, coming from the ports of Stockholm and Helsinki  to the port of Tallinn, will be required to have a passport or ID when boarding the ferry.

Statistics for the first quarter of this year continues to please the government and citizens of Estonia.

The impact of Finland on Estonian economy can be called decisive.

According to Eurostat, in March of this year the growth of industrial production in Estonia amounted to 14.8% compared to the same period last year.

Under the existing agreement since 2004, on the 9th of May Estonia, Norway and the countries of the European economic area signed two contracts, according to which Estonia will receive subsidies in the amount of 68 million euros.

According to ERR informational portal with the reference to Statistics Department, Estonian industrial enterprises manufactured 15% more in March of the current year than in the same period of the last year.

During the "Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017" in Riga forecasts of self sufficiency of Rail Baltica main railway line were announced.