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Estonia uses Eastern European Time (EET) (UTC+02:00) during winter, and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) (UTC+03:00) during summer. Estonia has observed daylight saving time since 1981. However, it wasn't used in 1989-1996 [citation needed] and 2000–2002. [1] Before autumn 1940, Eastern European Time was used in Estonia.
Tallinn is the financial centre of Estonia and also an important economic centre in the Baltoscandian region. Many major banks, such as SEB, Swedbank, and Nordea, have their local offices in Tallinn. LHV Pank, an Estonian investment bank, has its corporate headquarters in Tallinn.
Estonia, [b] officially the Republic of Estonia, [c] is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. [d] It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia.
Toompea Castle (Toompea loss). Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Tallinn - Toompea. [3]As an important port for trade between Novgorod and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population.
Tallinn is removed from the list of fortress cites, which marks the beginning of Tallinns rapid expansion and becoming a metropol. First baltic singing festival takes place in Tallinn. 1860 - First edition of the Revalsche Zeitung published; 1864 – Kanut Guild Hall built. [6] 1865 - The Gas factory of Tallinn is finished. 1867 – St. John's ...
A passenger helicopter en route to Helsinki, Finland crashed into the sea near Tallinn, Estonia, killing 14. 2006: 9 October: Toomas Hendrik Ilves was elected President of Estonia. 2007: 27 April: Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting left one dead. [11] Cyber attacks launched against Estonia ...
Following Sweden's loss of Estonia to the Russian Empire during the Great Northern War, religious freedom was introduced by the new authorities. In 1799, the Catholic parish had grown large enough to be granted the former refectory of the long-since closed St. Catherine's Monastery as a place of worship on the site of the present church.
At that time Estonians were still the predominant ethnic group, while all others constituted 12% of the population of Estonia. Major Jewish communities were present in Estonia between 1918 and 1940 in Tallinn, Pärnu, Kilingi-Nõmme, Narva, Tartu, Valga, and Võru. [38] Population of Estonia by ethnic group 1897–2021