Posted on: 30.12.2019 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 Estonia launches accelerateEstonia, an initiative to speed up the introduction of innovative solutions Number of low-income earners drops by half in five years 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 Konrad Mägi art exhibition open in Turin, Italy until 8th of March 2020. The exhibition will thereafter reopen in Espoo, Finland in fall 2021 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
