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Daga Coffee off to Estonia
NBC PNG
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Five tons of coffee from Milne Bay's hinterlands is bound for Estonia, Europe this week. Graydon Puinam of Gray Cafe Trading- Nenuma Cooperative Society says, "It wasn't an easy road, months of sleepness nights and prayers that made it possible."...
Estonian medtech Better Medicine raises €1M to accelerate rollout of AI kidney cancer tool
Tech.eu
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August 14, 2025
Tartu-based medical AI startup Better Medicine has raised €1 million in a Pre-Seed round to drive the European rollout of its CE-certified kidney cancer detection tool, prepare for FDA clearance and initiate pilot deployments in the U.S. The raise...
Estonian nationals sentenced in Washington state for $577M Ponzi scheme
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Sujena Soumyanath / The Seattle Times (TNS) After orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that generated more than $577 million in sales and targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, two men from Estonia were sentenced Tuesday...
Estonian nationals sentenced in WA for $577M Ponzi scheme
The Columbian - Washington State
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SEATTLE — After orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that generated more than $577 million in sales and targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, two men from Estonia were sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for...
Digital justice now
Pakistan Today
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August 18, 2025
Every lawyer knows that a sound judgment is only half the measure of justice. The other half is whether it arrives in time to make a difference. In Abdul Salam Khan v. M/s Bank Al-Habib Ltd. and others, the Supreme Court was asked to decide a...
Estonian government declares virtual emergency situation in agriculture
ERR
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August 14, 2025
The government is set to confirm by decree that from April to July of this year, Estonia experienced significantly worse-than-usual weather conditions that have affected agriculture. Based on this, the government plans to apply to the European...
'Busan can outshine Estonia, Luxemburg in digital transformation'
The Korea Times
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August 15, 2025
Busan has long been known for its bustling ports and global trade links. Now, the city is setting its sights on a more ambitious export: itself. At the heart of that vision is Busan Digital Asset Nexus (Bdan), launched last October as Korea's only...
Estonian MedTech startup Better Medicine raises €1 million to expand AI model for kidney cancer detection
EU Startups
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August 14, 2025
Tartu-based Better Medicine, a startup developing AI-powered diagnostic tools for radiology, has raised €1 million in a pre-Seed funding round to expand in Europe, prepare for U.S. entry, and pursue clinical and insurance partnerships. The round...
How Cybersecurity Helped Estonia Carve a Niche in Space
Bank Information Security - New Jersey
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Governance & Risk Management , Operational Technology (OT) , Video Space Policy and Tech Head Paul Liias on Dealing With Satellite Vulnerabilities Tony Morbin (@tonymorbin) • August 15, 2025 Paul Liias, head of space policy and tech, Estonia A...
Estonia's African swine fever epidemic explained
ERR
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August 14, 2025
What is African swine fever (ASF)? African swine fever, or ASF, is a highly contagious viral disease of animals in the pig family (Suidae) — domestic pigs and wild boar — that usually kills the animals it infects. The virus spreads both directly...
Locarno Takeaways, From Emma Thompson’s Savoir Faire to Why More Companies Are Using the Swiss Festival for Premieres to a Raved-About Retrospective
Variety
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August 15, 2025
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Unspooling in sweltering humidity, Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-Summer movie event, sometimes dazzled, led by an ebullient Emma Thompson. More than anything else, in industry terms, it...
Estonian Banker's Lost Ethereum Wallet Now Holds Over $1 Billion in ETH
Decrypt
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August 14, 2025
In brief In 2023 Lõhmus told Estonia’s public radio he lost access and would consider credible recovery help. On-chain records show only dust transfers, with no outgoing ETH from the labeled wallet. There have been many other cases of lost crypto...
Tallinn-Helsinki ferry evacuates 300 passengers after bus catches fire in car deck
Yle Uutiset
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August 14, 2025
The blaze started in the early hours of Thursday morning on the car deck of Tallink Silja's Megastar ship as the ferry was arriving into Helsinki's West Terminal port. There were about 11 emergency service units at the scene of the fire. A bus...
Bolt Drive rental cars in Estonia to start monitoring drivers' habits
ERR
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August 15, 2025
Bolt Drive is rolling out a new feature in Estonia that gives drivers feedback on the safety of their driving after each trip. Drivers whose records show excessive sudden braking or aggressive maneuvers may temporarily lose access to the rental...
Estonia expels senior Russian diplomat
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Tallinn - Saba: The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared the First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn persona non grata and demanded that he leave the country. The Estonian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that...
Teaching AI sustainably: How Business schools are preparing students without compromising ethics or the planet
The Times of India
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August 15, 2025
The power needed to fuel AI data centres has doubled between 2017 and 2023 according to a United States Data Center Energy Usage Report, shared by Fortune, hampering energy reduction targets. One report found that CO2 emissions produced by ChatGPT...
Estonian ministries: Working from home a routine part of the job
ERR
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August 13, 2025
Many of Estonia's ministries say working from home is a regular part of the job, most often on Fridays. Depending on their role, some officials may work remotely several days a week. Remote work surged in popularity following the start of the...
Estonian publication highlights key outcomes of President Ilham Aliyev's visit to U.S.
Azertag
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August 13, 2025
Baku, August 13, AZERTAC The Estonian publication Business-M has published an article highlighting the key outcomes of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s working visit to the U.S. at the invitation of President Donald Trump. Headlined...
Estonia's national mail carrier buys critical Facebook group
ERR
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August 13, 2025
State-owned company Eesti Post, which operates under the Omniva brand, bought a social media group critical of it last year for at least €10,000. Since December, the company has been running the group itself, appointing as administrator a...
Egypt triples mandarin exports to Estonia
Fresh Plaza
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August 15, 2025
Between November 2024 and June 2025, Egypt exported 610 tons of mandarins to Estonia, valued at US$717,000, according to EastFruit. This volume is three times higher than the total exports in the previous marketing year and eight times greater...