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AI is a power game. Are Baltic companies ready?

As a result, power capacity, rather than technology or capital, is increasingly determining where artificial intelligence infrastructure can be built. Investment-ready projects are being delayed due ...
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sTARTUp Day 2026 Head Organizer Jana Saastamoinen: 'The festival’s 10th edition proves you can successfully host an impactful international event in Tartu, not only in Tallinn'

What makes sTARTUp Day stand out? Tartu is right in the middle of the word sTARTUp, and we believe that’s not a coincidence but a sign that this is the perfect place for a thriving startup ecosystem.
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Cross-Innovation Day 2026: A Deep Dive into Art-Based Cross-Sector Collaboration

This one-day programme is designed as a hands-on, facilitated environment where participants can experiment with art-based methods in real, cross-sector contexts - from defence and security to ...
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What really powers financial innovation? StarBridge has an answer

StarBridge today is known as a financial infrastructure company. But where did it actually begin? StarBridge started very simply – with frustration. I spent years in banking and engineering and saw ...
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Tallinn and Lviv to cooperate on strengthening community resilience

The cooperation with Ukrainian cities is part of Tallinn's broader and continuous support for Ukraine, which includes humanitarian aid, inter-city partnerships, and the practical exchange of knowledge ...
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Latvia has gone from being a risky financial environment to becoming an internationally recognized standard in fight against money laundering - Justice Ministry

RIGA - From a country that was recently considered a risky financial environment, Latvia has become an internationally recognized standard in the fight against money laundering, the Ministry of ...
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Moneyval assessment is good basis for faster development of Latvia's financial sector - Bank of Latvia

RIGA - The latest assessment of Latvia released by the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (Moneyval) is a good ...
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Court finds Anatoly Privalov guilty of activities against the Republic of Estonia

TALLINN - On Thursday, the Harju County Court found Israeli citizen Anatoly Privalov, 50, guilty of collecting and transmitting information to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and sentenced ...
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A real winter has brought shoppers back to stores: some winter items are already running low

After several mild winters, this year has brought steady cold weather and snowfall, resulting in significant sales growth for the sports stores at Ülemiste Centre – but also new challenges: ski ...
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Estonia and Latvia to procure hundreds of bunkers for Baltic Defense Line

Estonia has now placed all procured obstacles in forward storage areas, the first bunkers have been installed, and work continues on the construction of an anti-tank ditch. The RKIK aims to complete ...
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Have no illusions about Belarus, prisoner release not fundamental change – Nauseda

"Belarus' actions are contributing to Russia's ability to continue bombing Ukraine. (...) The fact that political prisoners are being released should not give the impression that this is a fundamental ...
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Zelenskyy calls Paralympic Committee's decision 'dirty'

KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the International Paralympic Committee's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags at the 2026 ...