Estonia

Sweden-based telecoms group Tele2 's Estonian subsidiary Tele2 Estonia will buy Estonian telecoms provider Televorgu from state-owned Eesti Energia in a deal worth SEK225mn... 2012-01-24

The retail sales index in Estonia posted strong growth in November, coming in at 5.2% y-o-y. This further lends credence to our view for a strong showing from this sub-component of... 2012-01-24

Estonia's statistics office has reported a slight drop in the annual inflation rate to 4.2% in November, compared with 4.4% in October. However, the country's consumer price index jumped... 2011-12-23

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has stated that 'Russian is a language of occupants' in an interview with Swiss newspaper Der Bund. The statement was in response to a question... 2011-12-23

We expect tensions in the Baltic region to remain elevated in 2012 against the backdrop of an increasingly assertive Russian state. However, while we do not expect outright Russian... 2011-12-15

A flash estimate for Q311 real GDP growth in Estonia came in at 7.9% year-on-year (y-o-y), down from 8.4% y-o-y in the second quarter. This marked a slowdown of the real growth rate... 2011-11-18

Former president Valdis Zatlers, leader of the centre-right coalition party Zatlers' Reform Party (ZRP), has reportedly been caught on tape predicting the fall of the government for... 2011-11-18

We have revised our consumer price inflation forecast for Estonia in 2012 to average 3.6% from 3.8% previously. A combination of easing supply bottle-necks in grains markets and weaker... 2011-11-16

According to Statistics Estonia, consumer confidence in the country fell to -8 in September, a deterioration on the reading of -4 in August as the mood amongst spenders darkened. The... 2011-09-23

Inflation remains persistently elevated in Estonia, as buoyant economic growth as well as lingering cost-push factors conspire to goad consumer prices higher. We expect headline inflation... 2011-09-22