http://www.arengufond.ee/news en-uk 06.10.2009 - Ott Pärna, CEO: In order to move forward, we need a Big Plan. Let's make it together! http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1498/ Four university rectors, the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications and the Estonian Development Fund in the cooperation agreement "Estonian IT academy". http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1468/ 25.08.2009 - So far it’s not even known whether we met Maastricht criteria last year, not mentioning this year, Heido Vitsur, an economy expert at the Estonian Development Fund told ERR News. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1456/ 13.08.2009 - TigerBriefs: Estonian start-up Fortumo, that offers possibilities to create your own mobile service in 5 minutes and earn money with it, is expanding rapidly. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1440/ 12.08.2009 - Estonian e-health software developer Raintree is anticipating what will be the outcome of Barack Obama’s plan to invest 17 billion dollars into electronic health information technology and records under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1437/ 12.08.2009 - TigerBriefs: Estonian start-up iComTV has launched it’s next Out-Of-Home (OOH) Media solution – iN-Store TV. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1439/ 11.08.2009 - Morningstar, Inc. aprovider of independent investment research, today launched a new Web site to bring free investment funddata and analysis to investors in Estonia, the company announced. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1436/ 10.08.2009 - Last week I talk to the founders of Smartdust Solutions - an Estonian technology company that specializes in wireless sensor networks. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1435/ 10.08.2009 - Edicy, the Estonian startup that enables people to create their own websites without knowing any technical issues affiliated with website design. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1442/ The minister of economic affairs and communications of Estonia Juhan Parts signed the regulation that will increase the amount paid as subsidies for start-up and growing enterprises, expending the range of activities to be supported and expenses eligible for aid and will decrease the amount of own financing required, writes Postimees Online/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1420/ 04.08.2009 - Why have companies choose the Estonian Development Fund for a VC investment? http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1423/ 03.08.2009 - Not too long ago I wrote a post about an entertaining Estonian start-up called Pledgehammer.com. Now there’s another amusing project called Mangaforme.com. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1422/ 23.07.2009 - The Enterprise Estonia Foundation gave 315 million kroons (EUR 20 mln) support to technology investments of 39 industrial companies. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1438/ 20.07.2009 - In the first half of 2009, the foundation Enterprise Estonia has supported new products for a total of 2.54 billion kroons, writes Äripäev.ee/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1418/ 15.07.2009 - When Kitty Kubo first heard about the Baltic Sea Strategy, she was sceptical as to its value. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1455/ 14.07.2009 - The European Commission approved of the plan of Estonia to temporarily grant aid of up to 500,000 euros for supporting the economy, writes Postimees Online/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1400/ 13.07.2009 - Estonia should be a prime focus for emerging market investors for 2009, says Hadley Barrett, CEO of Oxford Sustainable Group. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1399/ 06.07.2009 - The number of Estonian investors, who have invested to Riga and Vilnius stock exchange increased to history’s highest level, it appears from the statistics of Estonian central register of securities (CSD), aripaev.ee reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1322/ 06.07.2009 - Experts polled by the Estonian Institute of Economic Research estimated that the economy has well adjusted to the crisis and that gives hope that the country will soon be able to overcome the most difficult state, writes the National Broadcasting/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1323/ 06.07.2009 - In the next three months new jobs will be established in the IT-sector, also summer jobs in the restaurants and hotels, it appeared from the survey conducted among entrepreneurs by the Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI), E24.ee reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1329/ 02.07.2009 - Since June 2008 when the foundation Enterprise Estonia launched its product development programme, enterprises are planning to use it to invest more than 400 million kroons, writes Äripäev.ee/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1320/ 01.07.2009 - On 1 July at the Development Fund Supervisory Board meeting the Fund's Supervisory Board members elected Raivo Vare to be Chairman. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/press/news1319/ 25.06.2009 - Experts offer 18 ideas to save Estonia from the economic crisis, Eesti Ekspress writes. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1310/ 19.06.2009 - Estonia's recession is bottoming out and the economy should contract in the third quarter less than in the previous two quarters, Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi said. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1308/ 19.06.2009 - The continual main concern in the Estonian economy: structural weaknesses - the euro, budget cuts and global market optimism are no cure. Estonia should also be ready for the case if the transition to the euro will not be possible at the ideally hoped time: we have to make ready a "plan B", which should be the crisis package. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1316/ 18.06.2009 - Estonia placed 24th, up four places, in the e-readiness index of The Economis and IBM that covered 70 countries, writes Äripäev. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1305/ 18.06.2009 - In an environment where cutting staff - or at least their wages - is the norm, it can be good to look at other strategies that are being employed to survive the crisis and prosper in 2009 and beyond. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1306/ 17.06.2009 - The European Commission decided today to appoint Henrik Hololei, current head of office of vice president Siim Kallas, to deputy head of DG Enlargement, writes Eesti Päevaleht. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1296/ 17.06.2009 - According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2009, 1,700 enterprises operated in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector, which gave 5% of the net sales of the business sector. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1297/ 17.06.2009 - An appliance for monitoring power consumption, Wattson, together with its software counterpart Holmes are measuring, recording and graphically displaying four-week power consumption. The appliance is unique and now available also in Estonia. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1298/ 17.06.2009 - Ambulances built in Estonia can also be seen on the roads of Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. By delivering a better quality, the biggest Estonian vehicle rebuilding company OÜ Profile Vehicles Baltic is giving a tough competition to American cars in the Persian Gulf states. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1299/ 17.06.2009 - Borthwick-Pignon Solutions, a mysterious Estonian technology company develops high tech "bugs", i.e. surveillance devices. However, very few know of it because the company avoids publicity. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1300/ 17.06.2009 - There was no crane-building here in Soviet times, or maybe there was some in the military plant Dvigatel. Cranes were ordered from other parts of the Soviet Union and it could take a year before it was delivered. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1301/ 17.06.2009 - We would like to let our innoLab friends know that the 18th of June was the last innoLab for this season. We will open our doors again for Thursday evening discussions on the 3rd of September. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/foresight/news1309/ 16.06.2009 - From 16–18 June 2009 the expert group of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will be visiting Statistics Estonia in order to elaborate the report estimating the ability of Estonia to meet the statistical requirements for joining the OECD. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1293/ 16.06.2009 - At its general meeting the EstVCA chose Kristjan Kalda from BaltCap as the head of the association http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/investment/news1294/ 15.06.2009 - Estonia had a current-account surplus for the third month in April as a deepening recession slashed imports more than exports, Bloomberg reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1287/ 15.06.2009 - The economic overview of the year 2008, compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Russia rose to the third most important exports partner for Estonia while Latvia fell to the fourth place, writes Postimees Online/LETA. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1290/ 12.06.2009 - Estonia’s plan to adapt euro in 2011 is ambitious, but achievable, Joaquin Almunia, European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner said, ERR News reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1281/ 12.06.2009 - A web site www.isepankur.ee, which was launched in February this year, wants to be listed on London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market in three years, also to expand to Sweden and Finland, aripaev.ee reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1288/ 11.06.2009 - Although the rest of the world looks at Estonia and Latvia as if they had a common disease, analysts and investors bring out remarkable advantages that help Estonia to distinct and shot itself in better light than Latvia, Äripäev reports. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1277/ 10.06.2009 - Estonia will quicken efforts to join the eurozone to avoid facing the same devaluation pressure as neighbouring Latvia, says Andrus Ansip, prime minister. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1271/ 10.06.2009 - Makers of Uniteddogs and Unitedcats, the Estonia-based United Dogs and Cats Ltd (UDC), received an investment of €480,000. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/investment/news1274/ 10.06.2009 - Foreign direct investment in Estonia totaled 2.6 billion kroons (EUR 166 mln) in the first quarter of the year, the central bank said today. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1276/ 10.06.2009 - The Estonian company, ultraKUB OÜ, developed an innovative energy-efficient modular home solution called Elumaja which transforms the current understanding of construction and the general way of life for all people. This is the first zero energy modular home concept in Estonia, and also in Europe so far. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1278/ 10.06.2009 - The Tallinn Technology Park, Tehnopol, and its five partners from four different countries have launched a joint project under the Central Baltic Interreg IVA programme, which is intended for small and medium-sized companies and which aims to boost international business and expansion. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1279/ 10.06.2009 - From the end of March until the beginning of May, Estonian companies were able to submit their applications for the second round of the technology investment support programme for industrial companies. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1280/ 10.06.2009 - A decade can be long time in politics and seem like history in today's fast moving Internet driven information age. Yet, it was only after 1999 that Estonian policy makers began to focus on innovation faced by the first severe economic crisis since re-gaining independence. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1282/ 10.06.2009 - The satellite which is to be built by Estonian university students might take off as early as the end of 2011. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1283/ 10.06.2009 - On 21 May, the Parliament of Estonia discussed innovation as a matter of significant national importance. The discussion had primarily been prepared by the Economic Affairs Committee, and therefore innovation was primarily discussed in the context of economic development. http://www.arengufond.ee/eng/news/media/news1284/