Estonia owes much of its economic success and international fame to startups — and its tech ecosystem more generally — but, like elsewhere in the world, the former has been hit hard by the economic turmoil of recent months.
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September 11, 2023
Estonia won’t intervene to help failing startups during economic downturn, minister says
Estonian minister Tiit Riisalo says the Baltic nation is “a true market economy” and will not “throw money around”
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