The festival saw the participation of 120 students in school theatre, Arabic calligraphy, and visual arts
. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland and of 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227km, and influenced by a humid continental climate
. Estonia is just one hour flight or ferry away from Helsinki
. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language
. With a population of 1.3 million, Estonia is one of the least populous countries in the European Union
. Estonia is a developed country with an advanced, high-income economy that has been among the fastest-growing in the EU
. The country ranks very high in the Human Development Index and compares well in measures of economic freedom, civil liberties, education and press freedom.
. Estonian citizens receive universal health care, free education and the longest paid maternity leave in the OECD
. In 2007, Estonia joined the Schengen Area, and in 2011 the Eurozone
. The European Union Agency for large-scale IT systems is based in Tallinn, which started operations at the end of 2012
. Estonia held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017
. The GDP (PPP) per capita of the country was $29,312 in 2016 according to the International Monetary Fund
. According to Eurostat, Estonia had the lowest ratio of government debt to GDP among EU countries at 8.4 per cent at the end of 2018
. Personal data can be accessed, signed and managed, from banking to digital prescriptions, with an ID-card, mobile ID or smart ID
. The electronic ID is also issued to Estonian e-Residents (over 50,000 today)
. At least 2% of GDP-worthy time is saved due to digital signatures
. Ninety-nine per cent of Estonian public services are online and accessible 24/7. Only marriages, divorces and real-estate transactions are not possible online
. Most public services work via the 'X-Road' data exchange platform that saves over 1,400 years of working time annually for the Estonian population altogether
. People trust and use e-solutions, since they are fast, safe and convenient
. They have utilised blockchain-backed integrity throughout the government infrastructure and registries since 2012
. Almost all public e-solutions in Estonia are created by Estonian companies and state institutions
. More than 700 million digital signatures have been provided in Estonia, which is more than in the entire European Union
. Over 46.7 per cent of Estonian voters from 110 countries used e-voting in European Parliament elections in 2019
. Estonia sees the natural next step in the evolution of the e-state as moving basic services into a digital mode. This means that things can be done for citizens automatically and in that sense, invisibly
The largest lake in Tallinn is Lake Ülemiste (9.44 sq km). It is the main source of the city's drinking water. Lake Harku is the second largest lake within the borders of Tallinn and its area is 1.6 sq km. Tallinn does not lie on a major river. The only significant river in Tallinn is Pirita River in Pirita, a city district counted as a suburb. It has a population of 434,562. Administratively part of Harju maakond (county), Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, cultural, educational and research centre of Estonia. The capital is located 80km south of Helsinki, Finland, 320km west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, 300km north of Riga, Latvia, and 380km east of Stockholm, Sweden. It has close historical ties with these four cities.
The festival saw the participation of 120 students in school theatre, Arabic calligraphy, and visual arts
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