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Capital: Tallinn; GDP growth(annual %) 2016: 1.6%

Estonia's producer prices increased at a faster pace in July,

Estonia's producer prices increased at a faster pace in July, figures from Statistics Estonia showed Monday

The producer price index rose 4.1 % year-over-year in July, following a 3.3 % rise in June.
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Estonia to conduct the first cyber defence exercise for defence ministers

As a part of the programme for the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Estonia is organizing a strategic level table-top exercise 'EU CYBRID 2017' on cyber defence for the EU defence ministers in Tallinn. EU CYBRID 2017 is organized in cooperation with the European Defence Agency and the objective of the exercise is to put ministers to the test in dealing with the aftermath of a cyber-attack.

At his conference with the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency Jorge Domecq in Brussels, Minister for Defence Jüri Luik discussed how to apply the conclusions drawn from the strategic level table-top exercise in policy planning.
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Estonia to conduct the first cyber defence exercise for defence ministers

As a part of the programme for the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Estonia is organizing a strategic level table-top exercise 'EU CYBRID 2017' on cyber defence for the EU defence ministers in Tallinn. EU CYBRID 2017 is organized in cooperation with the European Defence Agency and the objective of the exercise is to put ministers to the test in dealing with the aftermath of a cyber-attack.

At his conference with the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency Jorge Domecq in Brussels, Minister for Defence Jüri Luik discussed how to apply the conclusions drawn from the strategic level table-top exercise in policy planning.
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Key Facts: Full name: Republic of Estonia
Population: 1.3 million (UN, 2011)
Area: 45,227 sq km (17,462 sq miles)
Major languages: Estonian, Russian
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: euro
Main exports: Machinery, textiles, wood products
GNI per capita: US $15,200 (World Bank, 2011
Internet domain: .ee
International dialling code: + 372

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Climate change laws around the world
2017/05/14
There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Brexit negotiations should treat energy as ‘special case’
2017/05/14
There are strong practical reasons why the UK and EU should treat energy as a appropriate case during Brexit negotiations, argues a new statement.

The statement, jointly authored by Chatham Home, the University of Exeter and the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), says finding common ground on energy during the Brexit negotiations would benefit both the UK and remaining EU27, while compromise may be relatively easier to achieve than for other areas.

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Outlook for 2013-17
2013/10/29
The country (Estonia) is situated in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia.
It has borders with Latvia for 343km and Russia for 338.6km. Land in Estonia is marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south.

The climate is maritime with wet and moderate winters and cool summers.Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7%.

Overview

The centre-right coalition has a parliamentary majority. It is expected to remain in power until the next election in 2015. Despite remaining tensions, political ties with Russia will normalise gradually. Politicians will continue to back the fiscally conservative German position on the deficit crisis. In the initial five months of 2013 national finances recorded a surplus. The budget deficit will remain well within the EU-mandated deficit limit of 3% of GDP in 2013-14.

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