| NEWS MFA | · Government adopts the principles of Estonia’s UN Security Council membership
· Estonia joins the statement of the Friends of Georgia Group · British PM Boris Johnson met with PM Ratas and served Christmas lunch to British troops stationed in Estonia on 21 December |
| JANUARY VISITS |
· President – 6-7 Bavaria, Germany
· Prime Minister – 17 Stockholm/ 21-23 Davos/ 31 Brussels · Foreign Minister – 9 New York/ 15-17 New Delhi/ 20 Brussels |
| ECONOMY |
· Estonian brewer wins gold and silver medals from an international beer competition · Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland opened · Eesti Pank forecasts that the economy will start to lose momentum after running at full power · Estonian Garage48 holds an Empowering Women hackathon in Kabul · Taxes from international students and graduates in work exceed €10 million · AirBaltic announces four new direct routes from Tallinn |
| CULTURE | · Estonian film streaming website launched
· ‘Truth and Justice’ wins International Press Academy Film Award and shortlisted for best international feature Oscar · Estonian video game ‘Disco Elysium’ scoops up four wins at Game Awards in LA, declared one of the best games of the decade by TIME Magazine · Estonian Maritime Museum surprises visitors with 700 years old ship wreck · Reconstruction project of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow among the winners of Estonian Architecture Awards · Salary agreement: wage fund for people working in the cultural field will increase by 2.5% |
| OTHER | · PISA study: Estonian pupils are the best in Europe, BBC: Why Estonian pupils shine in global tests
· You can buy a Christmas tree online from the state forest · Lumebot snow-robots started to clean snow in Tallinn · sTARTUp Day, the biggest business festival in the Baltics taking place for the fourth time in January 2020 in Tartu, tickets available · The next European Sauna Marathon takes place in February 2020 in Otepää · Estonia to host the European final of the Bocuse d’Or gastronomic competition |
