About: Estonia

Stop calling Putin, Estonia’s prime minister says
There is no point in talking to Vladimir Putin if we really want him to understand he is isolated, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told EURACTIV in what can be seen as a thinly veiled criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron's largely unsuccessful phone diplomacy with Moscow.
Ansip uncovered: Commission Vice-President on disinformation, Huawei, copyright
EURACTIV's Digital Editor, Samuel Stolton, sat down with Vice-President of the European Commission, Andrus Ansip, to speak about his recent decision to stand as an MEP, disinformation, 'those' Huawei comments and the difficulties with the copyright directive.
Big member states are dividing the EU on digital agenda
Four countries - Germany, France, Italy and Spain - drafted a paper outlining their priorities ahead of last Friday’s (29 September) digital summit, where heads of state gathered in Estonia. Poland’s Digital Minister Krzysztof Szubert told EURACTIV.com their paper risks dividing EU member states on digital issues.
Ansip: Estonia isn’t perfect enough to teach other countries tech
Andrus Ansip told EURACTIV.com in an interview that Estonia's digital success can't be copied everywhere and the 2007 cyber security attacks there would have been worse if EU countries hadn't shared information to help out.
Ansip: ‘Cybersecurity public-private partnership to launch early next year’
Andrus Ansip, the European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, following his launch of the Digital Single Market plan last week, says that the Commission’s proposed public private partnership on cyber security will be launched early next year. In the meantime, he remains confident that the data protection regulation can be agreed on before the end of the year.![Antonio Mugica [Smartmatic/YouTube]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/antonio_mugica_smartmatic_ceo_e-voting_credit-none.jpeg)
e-Democracy entrepreneur: ‘Online voting will boom in coming years’
More and more governments are introducing tools to have citizens vote electronically and via the internet in elections. The next step, according to the e-democracy entrepreneur, Antonio Mugica, is creating tools for people to engage with lawmakers on a daily basis.
Tallinn Mayor: Give commission more regional budget clout
The EU's large regional policy budget should be kept at its current level, but only if the European Commission gets a bigger say on how funding is allocated and to which regions, Tallinn’s Mayor Edgar Savisaar told EURACTIV in an interview, lamenting a lack of coherence in the distribution of funds.
Estonian PM: Euro has a brilliant future
The euro is still under construction but a brilliant future lies ahead, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told EURACTIV.fr in an interview.