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Estonian MedTech startup Better Medicine raises €1 million to expand AI model for kidney cancer detection
EU Startups
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August 14, 2025
Tartu-based Better Medicine, a startup developing AI-powered diagnostic tools for radiology, has raised €1 million in a pre-Seed funding round to expand in Europe, prepare for U.S. entry, and pursue clinical and insurance partnerships. The round...
Estonian nationals sentenced in Washington state for $577M Ponzi scheme
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Sujena Soumyanath / The Seattle Times (TNS) After orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that generated more than $577 million in sales and targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, two men from Estonia were sentenced Tuesday...
Estonian nationals sentenced in WA for $577M Ponzi scheme
The Columbian - Washington State
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SEATTLE — After orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that generated more than $577 million in sales and targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, two men from Estonia were sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for...
Estonia's African swine fever epidemic explained
ERR
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August 14, 2025
What is African swine fever (ASF)? African swine fever, or ASF, is a highly contagious viral disease of animals in the pig family (Suidae) — domestic pigs and wild boar — that usually kills the animals it infects. The virus spreads both directly...
Tallinn blood bank chief: Blood donations provide lifesaving components
ERR
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August 13, 2025
Blood donation in Estonia is unpaid and voluntary. However, blood as a biological substance has a limited shelf life, making regular donations essential, said Ave Lellep, head of the Blood Center at the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH). "There...
Estonia plans new projects to reduce gender segregation in education, labor market
ERR
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August 11, 2025
Estonia wants to reduce gender segregation in education and the labor market, and plans to attract more women into science and more men into education, healthcare, and welfare. The Ministry of Economic Affairs will support projects aimed at...
Līga Žūka: 'Latvia’s health technology innovation environment is infertile'
LSM
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August 16, 2025
There is no shortage of smart minds in Latvia. At the same time, there are also plenty of good ideas and scientific foundations on which to build the future of healthcare. We have universities, researchers, and knowledge centres capable of...
Estonia plans subsidies to reduce gender segregation in education and on labor market
ERR
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August 11, 2025
Based on a draft regulation being prepared by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Estonian state will support projects aimed at reducing gender segregation in education and the labor market with €2.4 million in funding over the coming years. The...
Estonian agencies: Culling the only way to handle animals infected with ASF
The Baltic Times
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TALLINN - The Estonian Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, the Agriculture and Food Board, the Center for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment (LABRIS), and Vireen AS, a company that disposes of animal carcasses, issued a joint public...
Estonian MEP Jaak Madison to support no-confidence motion against Ursula von der Leyen
The Baltic Times
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TALLINN - Estonian MEP Jaak Madison (ECR) will on Thursday vote in favor of a bill to express no confidence in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the plenary session of the parliament in Strasbourg. The motion of censure...
Healthy demand for renewable Landia mixers and pumps in Estonia
Process Industry Informer
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August 11, 2025
Home/Fluids Handling/Healthy demand for renewable Landia mixers and pumps in Estonia Landia has landed substantial new orders to provide its robust pumps and mixers to two major Estonian biogas and biomethane plants For a 0.7 MW biogas and...
Better Medicine raises €1M for AI cancer detection
TechNews180
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August 15, 2025
Estonia-based medtech startup Better Medicine has secured €1 million in pre-seed funding to expand its CE-certified AI diagnostic tools for kidney cancer across Europe and prepare for regulatory entry into the U.S. market. The round was led by...
Health Insurance Fund running a deficit for at least 15 years
ERR
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August 11, 2025
The state Health Insurance Fund's (Terviseamet) budget deficit had been known about for many years, and politicians and experts have called for an overhaul in its financing model to cover the shortfall, which is partly the result of a falling...
Estonia's disability criteria leaving those affected scratching their heads
ERR
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August 11, 2025
Last year, the number of people with disabilities fell by nearly 8,000. However, for many, it remains unclear what criteria the Social Insurance Board used to make such decisions, and later to change them. Liis, the mother of a two-year-old and a...
Estonians' donations to Ukraine have dried up in recent years
ERR
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August 11, 2025
Donations to Ukraine have decreased. For example, the nonprofit Mondo received three times less in the first half of this year than in the whole of last year. The Estonian Red Cross has also seen a drop in donations in recent months. Since the...
Interest growing but Estonia still short on nurses
ERR
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August 15, 2025
An increasing number of young people want to study nursing at healthcare colleges. However, according to the labor market monitoring and forecasting system OSKA, Estonia may still face a shortage of around 770 nurses over the next decade. In...
Today-History-Aug25
Vancouver Is Awesome
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August 25, 2025
Today in History for Aug. 25: On this date: In 1530, Ivan the Terrible, Czar of Muscovy, was born. He ascended to the Russian throne at the age of three and eventually became the first czar. Today in History for Aug. 25: On this date: In 1530,...
FEATURE: Robotics opportunities in warehouses and the last mile
Parcel and Postal Technology International
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August 25, 2025
Already under pressure from strict deadlines and rising volumes, the parcel and postal sector now finds sustainability a uniquely complex challenge to solve – and it’s a priority, too. If today’s growth continues without operational change, the...
Estonian health fund's summer retreats add up to quarter million in five years
ERR
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August 9, 2025
The EHIF itself refers to its annual summer days as appreciation events, stating that up until 2018, the fund did host two separate events: a board reception event and a summer retreat. "From then on, these were combined into one appreciation...
Estonia: Society of Saint Pius X Pilgrimage to Vastseliina
FSSPX.NEWS
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To mark the Jubilee Year, this summer retreat concluded on Saturday, August 2nd, with a day of pilgrimage to Vastseliina, a major pilgrimage site in Estonia until the 16th century, following a miracle that occurred in 1353. This pilgrimage was of...