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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.

According to the results of the Startup Visa program launched two years ago, the number of applicants for a start visa is constantly growing. In 2019, it is planned to increase the indicators by more than 2 times.

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.

Aquaphor, one of the largest Russian companies for the production of sorbents and water filters, agreed on a joint project with the Estonian investment Agency EAS to expand production capacity in the cities of Ida-Viru County.

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.

Last week the lower house of the Russian Parliament ratified the trilateral agreement between the EU, Russia and Estonia on cross-border cooperation. The main point was the harmonization of the project financing issues with the Russian legislation.

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.

The largest software developer in Estonia the Nordic Group announced the purchase of the American agency Dev9, specializing in innovative developments for cloud technologies.

The state company Estonian Railways (Elron), the largest operator of commuter and diesel trains in Estonia, reported an increase in freight traffic by almost 15% compared to last year.

Estonian national operator of power transmission lines and natural gas Elering, together with similar enterprises of Lithuania and Latvia signed an agreement with the Energy Union of European countries last week. The main purpose of the agreement is synchronization of power transmission systems.

Lietuvos Energija, one of the largest energy companies in the Baltic States, has completed negotiations with the Estonian startup Fusebox, which resulted in investing more than 50,000 euros in a new platform.