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Karin Kuum
Freelance journalist covering stories in Estonia and Finland.
Helsinki and Tallinn
Contact: karinkuum@gmail.com
Helsinki and Tallinn
Contact: karinkuum@gmail.com
Links to previous work
Real estate prices in all three Baltic capitals, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, have reached pre-recession levels. The Baltic Times asked three real estate experts to elaborate on what is happening in the capitals' real estate markets. Tonu Toompark, real estate expert from Estonia: How would you describe the real estate market in Tallinn?
After the UK, in the wake of Brexit, relinquished the EU presidency set for the first half-year of 2017, few other European states showed vigour to replace it with the eyes of most being set on Estonia, the next in line for the stint.
Estonians are now returning home in bigger numbers than ever before. Since regaining independence in 1991 people have been flowing out of Estonia to find better work or study opportunities, or moved away for family reasons, mostly to Nordic countries. Now, for the first time over a couple dozen years, Estonians started making their ways back to their homeland.
The new presidential election in Estonia has become a vivid display of nearly weekly pop-ups of new candidates and their subsequent rants. Even though the elections are taking place on Aug. 29, 2016, there are no official candidates yet and the situation can linger until the very end of the race, as official nominations are possible just three days before the first round of ballots.
The Baltic Times spoke to one of the candidates in the Estonian presidential race, Allar Joks, who agreed to answer a few questions. Mr Allar, you have made several proposals to change the financing of political parties. As a president, how would you influence the party financing system?
Viimase aja Eesti poliitikat jälgides tundub kohati, et poliitikute maailmavaated on vahetusse läinud - Jürgen Ligist on saanud sotsiaaldemokraat ja Jevgeni Ossinovskist liberaal, kirjutab politoloogia magistrant Karin Kuum. Haridusminister Jürgen Ligi on kujunenud egalitaarse ja ühetaolise hariduse eestkõnelejaks.
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Real estate prices in all three Baltic capitals, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, have reached pre-recession levels. The Baltic Times asked three real estate experts to elaborate on what is happening in the capitals’ real estate markets.