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Estonians rescue wolf from freezing river, mistaking it for a dog

Estonians rescue wolf from freezing river, mistaking it for a dog

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Estonia holds annual sauna marathon

The rules of the game are simple: teams are giving a map of all the participating saunas and have to spend at least three minutes in each one as well as nominate a team-member to jump into an ice hole at each stop

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Get ready, set, run to the sauna: Estonia holds annual sauna marathon

Get ready, set, run to the sauna: Estonia holds annual sauna marathon.

Finland

EU patients could soon use digital prescriptions across the bloc

Finnish patients are now able to go to certain pharmacies in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically by their doctor back home.

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Euroviews. It's time the EU helped all farmers - not just the richest ones | View

Farmers in the Baltic states are paid the least in farming subsidies, despite needing the most financial support. It's time the EU acted and redressed the inbalance between the richer member states and those in most need of the EU's help.

Business

Two hundred billion euros flowed through the Estonian branch of Danske bank

A money laundering investigation by regulators and the financial community will scrutinise the report made by the Danske Bank

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Watch: Millions join global cleanup campaign

Millions of people marked World Cleanup Day on Saturday, joining what was set to be the biggest-ever single day of volunteer-based waste collection efforts.

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Euroviews. It is time for small states to start thinking big | View

Though, many of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at large states, it is small states that perhaps have the most to lose from Trump’s policies.

Estonia

Free public transport is launched across Estonia

Free public transport for residents across Estonia due to begin in July

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Estonian university is best performer among EU's newest states

The University of Tartu in Estonia has been ranked the best among higher education institutions in the EU's newest states.

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Meet the sea-skimming vessel from Russia set to make a splash in Europe

An Estonian entrepreneur wants to use a Russian-developed sea-skimming vessel to transport people between Tallinn and Helsinki.

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Rail Baltica: how Brexit is casting doubt over €5.8bn Estonia-Poland train line

It’s a €5.8 billion Baltics rail link that has been described as the most important project for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia since their independence. But the scheme’s CEO has admitted there are no guarantees over its future financing.

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Tallinn Music Week celebrates its 10th anniversary

East meets West, Pop meets Punk, Jazz meets Folk.

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Estonia celebrates 100 years with major art exhibition

Estonia celebrates 100 years with a major art exhibition in Tallinn exploring its national identity

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2018 Winter Swimming World Championships come to a close in Estonia

Nearly 1,500 swimmers from over 35 countries took part in the event, plunging into sub zero temperatures.

Finland

Finland and Estonia plan undersea rail tunnel link

The proposed 103 km long tunnel would shorten the travel time between Helsinki and Tallinn to about 30 minutes.

Spotlight

Eastern horizons: Japan taps in to trade potential of EU's newer members

As Tokyo seeks to develop its trade relations with Europe it's not just the traditional economic powerhouses it's turning to.

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Boosting SMEs, the heart of Europe's economy

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, was also the capital of European small and medium-sized enterprises for the SME Assembly.

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Becoming an entrepreneur: child play

Find out how children in Estonia learn about becoming an entrepreneur through role-play and games.

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Is political cynicism the reason why so few EU countries use online voting?

A look at why it's only Estonia and Switzerland who are using electronic ballots.