New Year's Eve events will probably end an hour earlier this 31 December due to newly introduced restrictions that close events and venues at 11pm; for the Minister of Health and Labour there is no reason to hope that the restrictions will be relaxed

Enefit Green and AFRY signed a contract to provide Front-End Engineering Design services for the 1.000-megawatt Liivi Bay offshore wind farm in Estonia, which could cover half of Estonia's current electricity consumption

Funding for extracurricular education has decreased by a third in the last five years, and most hobby schools are now concentrated in larger municipalities; the Saare County has seen a 60% decline

To contrast the city's off-season slump, Pärnu entrepreneurs have proposed building an indoor bathing facility downtown

Services accounted for 68% of Estonian GDP 15 years ago and this year they will reach 74,5%; the service sector of the economy is growing steadily, while the share of industrial activities is declining