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Estonia

E-residency as a New Opportunity to Develop Entrepreneurship
Economy
E-residency as a New Opportunity to Develop Entrepreneurship
In the second half of the 1990s and the first years of this millennium, the secure information exchange system “X-TEE” developed in Estonia and an ID card enabling identification provided us with the possibility to offer Estonian undertakings e-services unique to the whole world: establishing companies online, submitting reports, tax returns and entry applications with legal meaning through online information systems.
Work Capacity Reform Approaches Estonia
Economy
Work Capacity Reform Approaches Estonia
Estonia is about to undergo a work capacity reform which will establish a new system to support capacity for work. The aim of the changes is to shift the attitude towards people with reduced work capacity and help them find and keep jobs.
Wherein Lies the Crisis and What to Do with It
Economy
Wherein Lies the Crisis and What to Do with It
The aging Estonia and Europe need to accept that the state has to earn and save before it can spend and must remain within its limits both financially and functionally, writes Jürgen Ligi, the Minister of Finance. Right now, large English language news channels could bear the common name ‘eurozone crisis’ and they could all […]