1. Next Monday, Estonian TV will launch its Internet-portal ETV 24. Nine journalists will work on the project. On this portal, users will be able to check home and foreign news (political, economical, cultural, etc.). Portal will renew around the clock. It had to come …
2. Three companies participated in a competition which was organized by the Transport Department of Tallinn to solve parking problems in the city. Once the best will have been chosen, the “winner” will be entitled to organize and check parking, take money for it and also, if needed, collect penalty (in case of anyone braking the parking rules). The present agreement with "Falk Eesti" will expire on the 1st of March. I guess that Falk may take the market again …
3. In 2005, for the first time for many years, the births in Tallinn exceeded the deaths (5063 births and 4988 deaths). The previous year figures were 4835 births and 5446 deaths. Statistics had to be contradicted …
4. During last year Merchant banks gave 111 151 new plastic bank cards. On the 31 of December 2005, Estonian customers had a total of 1 400 113 bank cards (1 137 841 debit cards and 262 272 credit cards). Hansapank clients got a total of 54 910 new cards (25 852 debit cards and 29 058 credit cards). It means that only 15% of the population is without a debit card which is very low …
5. Since 1993, 2728 people refused Estonian citizenship (1671 of them in favour of Finnish, 419 in favour of Swedish, 344 in favour of Russian and 200 in favour of German citizenship). The reasons are not given ….
6. Maardu town authorities ordered investigation (this will cost them EEK 295 000) to find out if Maardu is interested in having the Lasnamäe tramway line prolonged there. It could be nice but no need to say that it will cost …
7. Tallinn authorities have a plan to start widening “Grand Hotel Tallinn” and to also build houses with flats in this area (at last). Since 1980, a wide and deep pit has been dug and all that can be seen is a big pound there. Not a pleasant sight for tourists or even for the locals after 25 years … ! The plans are to build two 7 floors and seven 5 floors buildings.
8. According to the data of the Statistic Office, producing of Vodka for November 2005 went 26,4 % down (or equal 516 000 litres less) as compared with November 2004. Hard to believe but maybe that 500 000 litres too many were produced the month before … !
Source : Linnaleht
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