Estonia granted international protection to altogether 2,107 foreigners in 2022, which was up from the usual yearly average of around 50, according to data from the Ministry of Culture, ERR reports. The number of applications for international protection totalled 2,940, which was up from the usual 100. Also, Estonia granted temporary protection to 41,639 Ukrainian…
The presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland — Egils Levits, Gitanas Nauseda, and Andrzej Duda — have sent a joint letter to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and leaders of NATO member states to warn them of the threats posed by the developments in Belarus, BNS reports. In the letter, the three presidents pointed out…
Registered unemployment in Estonia increased for the third week in a row, ERR reports. The number of people registered as unemployed totalled 50,131 as of 2 July 2023, which was 650 more than a week earlier. The registered unemployment rate rose from 7.4% to 7.5%. The highest unemployment rate was in Ida-Virumaa county at 12.3%,…
