Estonian Review 12 - 18 March 2010

FOREIGN NEWS
DOMESTIC NEWS
DEFENCE NEWS
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FOREIGN NEWS

Malta Supports Estonia Joining Euro Zone

17 March - During his meeting in Valletta with Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonz said that Malta supports Estonia joining the euro zone. “Upon fulfilling all the requirements, Estonia would like to join the euro zone in 2011,” said Paet. Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonz stated that Malta became more attractive to foreign investors after adopting the euro. Malta joined the euro zone on 1 January 2008. The European Parliament report on Estonia’s euro suitability is being compiled by Edward Scicluna of Malta, who belongs to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Paet stated that Estonia and Malta have many things in common. “The two nations joined both the European Union and the Schengen visa space at the same time, and both are situated on the outer borders of the European Union,” he added.
During his meeting with Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg, they discussed illegal immigration from Northern Africa to Europe, which is a matter of concern for Malta, the other Mediterranean countries, and the entire EU. For Malta it is an especially great concern and problem. Paet stated that Estonia contributes to resolving the problem of illegal immigration in the Mediterranean region primarily through participation in the European Border Guard Agency FRONTEX. “It is essential to focus on development co-operation and fighting against the reasons for illegal immigration, for example poverty, military conflicts, and environmental disasters. It is also important to co-operate with the source and transit countries for immigration in order to raise their development levels and increase opportunities for people there, so that the people will desire to live in their home countries,” Paet added. Foreign Minister Paet stated his satisfaction that Malta became the location for the EU asylum agency.
Paet stated that Libya plays an essential role when it comes to immigration originating from south of the EU. “Libya has the ability to control its sea borders, which has also allowed it to significantly reduce the number of immigrants coming to Europe,” he added.
Foreign Minister Paet and Maltese Foreign Minister Borg felt that Malta and Estonia would like to promote communication between the two nations in the trade, investment, and tourism sectors. “Developing reciprocal tourism would be promising, as we could use it as a basis for facilitating the intensification of cultural, economic and educational contacts,” said Paet.
During a meeting with Deputy Speaker of the Maltese Parliament Carmelo Abela, topics of discussion were issues related to the Mediterranean Union. Foreign Minister Paet stated that Estonia supports the further strengthening of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. “Realising the implementation of regional projects will help to achieve the goals of European Neighbourhood Policy. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will help to intensify the European Union’s relations with its southern neighbours around the Mediterranean,” asserted Paet.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet also met with director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies Stephen C. Calleya, with whom he discussed Malta’s experiences with training diplomats from the Mediterranean countries.
Paet stated that Estonia’s long-term goal is to develop an Eastern Partnership training centre similar to the Mediterranean Academy in Malta, on the basis of the existing short training courses provided by the Estonian School of Diplomacy. “We would like to contribute to strengthening the institutions in our Eastern Partnership partner states, and the Estonian School of Diplomacy is prepared to offer training this spring to the specialists of partner countries and member states,” said Paet.

Estonia Supports Psychological Services for Georgian Women and Youth

12 March - The Foreign Ministry is supporting the Psycho-social Rehabilitation Centre in the region of Gali in Georgia with 55 860 kroons, donated through the Gali Women’s Association. One of the priority activities of the Gali Women’s Association is the development of the Psycho-social Rehabilitation Centre. The centre has been functional for five years, and its goal is to provide psychological support and counselling to the women and youth of the Gali region. Estonia’s contribution is the first donation the centre has received in a long time to support the maintenance of the facility. For a while the centre only functioned thanks to the volunteer work of psychologists.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that the Rehabilitation Centre offers free consultations and counselling to patients. “At the moment it is extremely difficult for residents of the Gali region to get psychological counselling,” Paet noted. The foreign minister believes that the opportunity to get professional psychological help is especially important there. “The people in this region live in an extremely difficult situation, which is why it can be hard to come to terms with everyday life. All those who need help should be able to receive psychological consultation in addition to medical aid,” said Paet.
The region of Gali, which is located on the edge of the Georgian border, is a part of Abkhazia. The region is extremely poor and was ravaged by the war. Georgians make up 95% of the population of the region and many of them are internally displaced persons that are awaiting the chance to return to their homes.
The project is being funded from the Foreign Ministry’s development and humanitarian aid budget for 2009.

President, Prime Minister Express Support for Kosovo

16 March - The reconstruction of Kosovo and Estonia’s potential support for this endeavour were the main topics discussed at today’s meeting between President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci.
Estonia is willing to contribute to the development of a democratic, administratively capable Kosovo, characterised by an open economy, observation of human rights, and a working citizens’ society within the framework of different international missions as well as bilateral projects, assured President Ilves. In his words, it is highly important to ensure peaceful development, reduction of ethnic tensions, good relations with neighbours, and compliance with European values when building up Kosovo.
“The organisation of sustainable reforms is a long-term process, which requires determined and committed action, enhanced attention to fighting corruption and organised crime, designing a neutral and professional court system, legislation in the sphere of economy, and improving administrative capacities in general,” said President Ilves. “The international community can offer some sound advice here and support Kosovo; however, Kosovo is the one who ultimately must implement and complete the reforms.”
President Ilves suggested co-operation in the sphere of information and communication technology as an example, as Estonia holds expert knowledge in the sphere of the efficient implementation of government structures and e-solutions.
“The e-Governance Co-operation Memorandum, which is to be signed in Tallinn by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication of the Republic of Estonia and Public Administration Ministry of Kosovo, provides excellent grounds for closer partnership,” stated President Ilves.
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip also met with Kosovan Prime Minister Thaci and similarly expressed support for reforms and a willingness to share Estonia’s experiences. “Estonia is mainly able to offer to the world experience in e-governance and Internet-based public services, and we are willing to share this with Kosovo as well,” he emphasised. The prime minister also noted that Estonia sees Kosovo as a future member state of the European Union, but a lot of homework must be done in Kosovo beforehand. When speaking about reforms, the Prime Minister pointed out the importance of a legal basis that prescribes clear ownership relations. “Clear ownership relations make foreign investors trust the economic environment of the country,” he stated. The Prime Minister brought the land cadastre as an example, the existence and efficient functioning of which is one of the prerequisites for attracting foreign investments.

Paet Invited to Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Finland

14 March - Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, who was invited to a meeting in Saariselkä, Finland by Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, discussed global challenges related to the European Union’s foreign policy with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton as well as his Spanish, Italian, French, Swedish and Turkish colleagues. They discussed strategic partnership with the world’s political superpowers the United States, Brazil, China and India, as well as co-operation opportunities with neighbouring countries in Europe.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the foreign ministers discussed the creation of a strong European Union foreign service. “The creation of a strong and comprehensive European External Action Service will help us make the union’s foreign policy more unified and more influential globally,” emphasised Foreign Minister Paet.
Other topics discussed included the EU’s role and co-operation with the USA, China, Brazil and India in resolving global problems like climate and nuclear issues and international conflicts. According to Foreign Minister Paet, Estonian and European security depend very much on the global security environment and on how effectively international co-operation can prevent and manage crises. “Military and civil activities and development aid must all provide equal support to stabilising and building up international crisis zones,” Paet added.
In talking about the importance of European Union Eastern Partnership in the development of the European neighbourhood, Paet noted that Estonia supports taking EU and Eastern Partnership relations to a new level. “In the near future, the European Union must focus on positive developments in Eastern Partnership countries and the Western Balkans, including our very important co-operation with Turkey,” Paet asserted. He added that the stable development of the union’s neighbouring nations is essential to increasing the EU’s global influence and competitiveness and also coming out of the economic downturn.
Eastern Partnership became an official policy of the EU in the spring of 2009. According to the Estonian foreign minister, there are plans to establish an Eastern partnership training centre in Tallinn in order to give practical support to our Eastern Partners.
Other than Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, the others participating in the meeting in Saariselkä from 12-14 March at the invitation of Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb are EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

Estonia Helping to Train Red Cross First Aid Instructors from Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus

15 March - The Foreign Ministry is supporting the Estonian Red Cross in training first aid instructors from Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus who belong to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the goal of the project is to train Red Cross first aid instructors from Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. “First aid skills are useful in both everyday life and in the case of bigger accidents. The ability to provide aid to the injured in the moments before professional medics arrive can save lives,” stated Paet. “The goal of our project is for the first aid instructors we train to continue training more experts in their home countries and to provide information to the general population about what to do when an accident occurs,” he added.
The Estonian Red Cross is prepared to train 15 first aid instructors from the International Red Cross organisations in those three countries. The training will include theory as well as practical exercises on treating injuries. The Estonian Red Cross will procure the necessary teaching materials, including medical dummies, bandages, etc., which will then remain in the possession of those attending the training.
Currently the Red Cross organisations in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus are lacking enough first aid instructors and teaching materials to meet European Union standards.
The project is being financed with 183 386 kroons from the Foreign Ministry’s budget for development and humanitarian aid.

First Residing Ambassador of Japan Presents Credentials

17 March (BNS) - Hideaki Hoshi, the first ambassador of Japan to Estonia residing in Tallinn, presented his letter of credence to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Wednesday.
The new ambassador is a career diplomat who has held several posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo and worked at Japanese embassies and consulates general in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Malaysia, the Japanese embassy said. His most recent position was that of consul general in Penang, Malaysia.
Japan opened its embassy in Tallinn in January 1993 and it has been since run by a charge d'affaires, while the Japanese ambassador to Estonia has been residing in Helsinki. Now Japan has resident ambassadors in all the three Baltic countries.

DOMESTIC NEWS

Estonia to Donate Unused New Flu Vaccine to WHO

17 March (BNS) - The Social Affairs Ministry is considering either returning the 200 000 or so doses of the new flu vaccine to be left unused in Estonia to the producers or donating them to the World Health Organization (WHO) to be provided to countries that need it, the daily Postimees said.
Most of the 250 000 doses of swine flu vaccine bought by Estonia in December and January will be left unused as fewer than 50 000 vaccinations had been performed by the end of February. Estonia is offering the vaccine to residents for free.
For the new season, a new seasonal flu vaccine will be worked out that according to WHO recommendations is due to contain also the stem of the A/H1N1 virus.
Jarno Habicht, the Estonian representative to the WHO, said that co-ordination of humanitarian aid was one of the tasks of the organization, and the WHO is trying to send the vaccine to as many countries as possible so that it would be available to people worldwide on a fairer basis. He said that more than ten countries were ready to donate their surplus vaccine to the WHO but that Estonia had not made a formal offer yet.
While the WHO's initial goal was to ensure availability of the vaccine in poor countries, now it is working to make it available also in medium-income countries. "It means that to a large degree the vaccine will be moving outside the European region -- to Asia and South America," Habicht said. He said there were still a number of countries that hadn't received any vaccine at all.
Estonia will make final calculations in April as to how much of the vaccine is redundant.

Transport Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing on Lake Ülemiste by Tallinn Airport

18 March (BNS) - It appears from video footage of Tallinn airport that the landing gear of the Polish Antonov 26 transport aircraft that made an emergency landing on Lake Ülemiste hadn't come out when the plane approached the airport.
"The pilots then tried to cut short the landing and to gain altitude again, but that didn't work out and an emergency landing was made on the ice of Lake Ülemiste," board member Erik Sakkov said.
The aircraft of the Polish company Exin with four Polish crew members and two cargo handlers on board made an emergency landing on the lake next to the Tallinn airport at 10:18 a.m. on Thursday. The plane was arriving from Finland with a cargo for DHL. The crew of the Antonov An-26 twin turboprop had informed air traffic controllers in Tallinn before the incident that the port side engine was malfunctioning and the plane was constantly veering to the left on approach to the airport, said Jens Haug, aviation expert at the Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications.
The pilots were unable to land the plane on the first attempt and during the second approach they decided to perform a belly landing on the frozen lake. At that point the aircraft had no radio connection with the tower and the emergency landing was the pilots' own decision, Haug said.
The plane's landing gear functioned properly. The pilots pulled up the gear after failing to land on the landing strip, which is usual procedure in such cases, the expert said.
Raul Adlas, chief doctor of Tallinn's ambulance service, said the plane's 60-year-old pilot suffered a contusion but his injuries were not serious. The other people on board the plane did not need medical attention.
Interior Minister Marko Pomerants said at the government press conference that fuel was leaking from the plane's wings, where fuel tanks are situated. Helen Kuuseoja, spokesperson for the North Estonia Rescue Center, said that rescuers were busy containing the leak. She said fuel would be pumped out from the plane's tanks at the first opportunity.
"Right now rescue teams are working to stabilise the situation to avoid the plane's sinking through the ice and prevent the leakage of fuel," Kuuseoja said. By late afternoon, an estimated 1.5 tons of aircraft fuel had spilled from the plane. Rescue workers are collecting the fuel with absorbent and other equipment.
Lake Ülemiste, an off-limits area, is where drinking water for most residents of Tallinn comes from. "The danger for Tallinners' tap water is not very big in the short term, as we've got a supply of clean drinking water," Priit Koff, spokesman for the water utility company Tallinna Vesi, said earlier in the day. Even if oil should end up in the lake, its reaching the area of the water purification plant would take at least a month, according to specialists at Tallinna Vesi. "We pump the water for purification from the deeper layers of the lake, therefore the impact from surface pollution will not be very big," said Koff. Tallinna Vesi already has ordered chemicals for the purification of water contaminated with fuel.
"Right now we're keeping a close watch on the quality of raw water in order to take extra measures if necessary. We definitely can guarantee that the drinking water reaching taps across the city from the water purification plant meets all quality requirements 100 percent," he said.

DEFENCE NEWS

NATO Fighter Jets Taking Place in BRTE V Exercise Land in Tallinn

17 March (BNS) - Fighter jets from France and Poland taking part in the NATO air defence event held in the Baltic countries on Wednesday landed at Tallinn airport in the afternoon. The aircraft that landed in Tallinn are two French air force Mirage 2000C fighters, two Polish air force F-16s fighters, two Lithuanian L-39 Albatross jets, a Polish CASA C-295M transport plane and a Lithuanian Spartan C-27 transport plane. Also taking part in the exercise are tanker aircraft of the United States that did not land in the Estonian capital.
Spokespeople for the Estonian General Staff said that a record number of NATO aircraft was present in Estonia's air space during the exercise. "The co-operation exercises with NATO air force units that started in 2008 have become a routine for the air forces of Estonia and NATO alike. The exercise, being held for the fifth time, shows that co-operation in ensuring the air policing of Estonia is part of day-to-day service for NATO air force personnel," Estonian Defence Chief Lt. Gen. Ants Laaneots said.
Commander of the Estonian Air Force Brig. Gen. Valeri Saar described the training event as routine training that each of the rotations policing the Baltic skies will go through to be ready when such a situation should occur in real life. There was "nothing whatsoever against anybody" in this exercise, the air force chief said.
Lt. Col. Thomas Dillschneider from the headquarters of the NATO air component said that in the first phase of the exercise a standard situation was gone through where a civilian aircraft loses contact with traffic controllers. Using standard NATO procedures, Polish fighter jets identified the aircraft and directed it to the airport. After that two French fighters and two Lithuanian aircraft identified both the radio-less plane as well as the fighters accompanying it and directed them to the airport. The exercise was conducted at an altitude of more than 6 000 meters.
Maj. Paul Wilkerson, head of the technical department of the headquarters of the NATO air component, described co-operation with the Tallinn airport as "excellent and impressive."
The Baltic Region Training Event V (BRTE V) is designed to offer training opportunities for enhancing interoperability, building capabilities and continuing the integration of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein, which oversees the training event series, said. Skills addressed in similar trainings previously have been the delivery of international aid packages to an unknown region, ensuring of air space control under conditions of electronic jamming, provision of tactical airborne fire support to a ground operation, air defence activity against an attacking enemy, and airborne refuelling.
By now fighter jets and transport planes of the United States, Britain, the Czech Republic, Germany, France and Poland have taken part in exercises of the BRTE format. The next air policing exercise will be held this summer.
France is currently the NATO ally in charge of the Baltic air policing mission, performing it with four Mirage 2000 jets.

Estonia Shall Contribute to Training of Georgian Mine Clearance Specialists

16 March - Jüri Luik, Estonia’s ambassador to NATO, signed contracts whereby Estonia will contribute 50 000 euros to the training of mine clearance specialists of the Georgian army and for establishing a rehabilitation centre at the Gori Army Hospital. The projects shall be carried out within the Georgia III Trust Fund, which is co-managed by Estonia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. The total project value shall be 2.8 million euros.
In the project, mine clearance specialists of the pioneer battalion of the Georgian army shall be trained and equipped on the train-the-trainers principle, i.e. the instructors’ team of the Georgian army shall be trained and later they shall train the mine clearance specialists of the Georgian army themselves.
The project shall enable Georgia to liquidate the unexploded ordnance left behind due to previous armed conflicts and by the Soviet army. To date, such objects have injured about 400 Georgian civilians. The project also supports Georgia’s plans to participate in NATO’s operations with their mine clearance specialists.
The establishment of a rehabilitation centre in Gori shall also be supported by the Trust Fund. Members of the Defence Forces of Georgia who suffered from serious bodily injuries in the conflict of August 2008 shall be treated at the new facility.
The project shall be carried out by NATO’s logistics agency NAMSA (the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency). The Ministry of Defence of Estonia supported the survey of cost-effectiveness of the Georgia III Trust Fund with 8 500 euros. Experts form the Estonian Rescue Board also went to Georgia to give some mine clearance related advice.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defence of Estonia has contributed 30 000 euros to the Georgia II Trust Fund in the framework of which almost 9 000 outdated missiles were destroyed.
In addition to the general development cooperation, Estonia has, in the framework of mutual defence-related support, funded the education of members of the Defence Forces of Georgia at the Baltic Defence College and donated an infantry training simulator to Georgia.

Scouts Battalion to Train for Afghanistan Mission in NE Estonian Open Pit Mine

16 March (BNS) - The Estonian personnel to be deployed in Afghanistan in the next rotation will take part in an exercise in the disused Sirgala oil shale mining area next week.
In the course of the exercise the units that will head to Afghanistan in May – the infantry company ESTCOY-10, the national support element NSE-9 and pioneers – will train co-operation and conduct live fire exercises, military spokespeople in Tallinn said. The scenario of the BAM-8 exercise is based on the tactical situations most frequently encountered in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
The exercise involves approximately 350 troops of the Scouts Battalion, an Air Force helicopter crew, a liaison team of the British unit, personnel from the rear battalion and the Defence Forces' logistics centre.
A live fire training will be held at the Defence Forces’ central training ground starting on Tuesday. After that the troops will move to north-eastern Estonia in three convoys to conduct the tactical part of the exercise at Sirgala from 22 March onwards. There the personnel will hone their skills in conducting patrols, acting at checkpoints and in dangerous areas, as well as detecting self-made explosive devices.

ECONOMIC NEWS

Estonian Convergence Programme Assessed by European Commission

17 March (BNS) - The European Commission has examined the convergence programmes of 14 member states of the European Union, singling out Bulgaria and Estonia as the only countries that plan to keep their general government deficits below 3% of the gross domestic product.
According to the Estonian convergence programme, the country will fulfil all the conditions for the adoption in 2011 of the single euro currency.
The convergence programmes will, according to earlier information, undergo assessment by both the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers by the end of April at the latest.
The EU executive called the growth assumptions in the 14 programmes on the whole rather optimistic and said that budgetary outcomes might be worse than targeted. In several cases the budgetary consolidation strategy is not sufficiently backed up by concrete measures from 2011 onwards, the Commission said.
According to the Estonian convergence programme, the inflation rate was 0.2% in 2009 and it will climb to 0.4% this year and 1.9% in 2011. The government sector deficit, estimated at 2.6% of GDP last year, is seen dropping to 2.2% in 2010 and equalling 2% of GDP in 2011.
The Finance Ministry's latest estimate of the government sector shortfall in 2009 stands at 3.7 billion kroons (EUR 236.42 mln) or 1.7% of GDP. The national statistics office will publish the exact figures on 26 March. The EU's statistics agency Eurostat will confirm the report on 22 April.

34 Large Consumers Will Change Supplier When Electricity Market Opens

18 March (BNS) - It appears from data of the Estonian transmission grid operator Elering that 34 large consumers will change their electricity supplier after 35% of the market opens at the beginning of April.
Elering CEO Taavi Veskimägi said the number of large consumers choosing another supplier shows that the electricity market is really getting off the ground.
"Latvenergo Kaubandus (the trading arm of the Latvian power company Latvenergo) has operated very successfully, estimating that by now they have in their portfolio producers with an annual generation capacity of almost 500 gigawatt-hours and consumption totalling nearly 300 gigawatt-hours. Latvenergo Kaubandus also will from April be an open supplier to the Estlink 1 cable," he said.
Veskimägi said other balance providers such as Nordic Power Management and Baltic Energy Service likewise have in their portfolios mainly producers who account for close to 120 megawatts and 45 megawatts of the installed capacity, respectively.
"Considering that many consumers still have not fully realised the competition situation, I'd say balance providers' performance in finding open market customers has been good," he added.
Starting in April, large consumers will be able to pick their own electricity supplier, having the choice of four balance providers currently operating in Estonia. The opportunity to buy fixed electricity deliveries on the exchange also will become available in April.
Eesti Energia, the state-owned power utility, said on Wednesday its share of the opening electricity market in the first month, i.e. April, will be above 60%.

Estonian Air to Increase Flights Between Tallinn, Moscow

16 March (BNS) - Estonian Air will as of 8 April increase the number of weekly flights between Tallinn and Moscow to four from the present three. The airline will be making four weekly flights between the two capitals in the coming summer season, adding a flight on Thursdays to those already made on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the company said.
Commercial vice president Rauno Parras said Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport is an important hub for travel to the CIS countries to which Estonian Air's partner Aeroflot offers connections. "It therefore is essential to offer a timetable that is as convenient and flexible as possible for flights between Tallinn and Moscow," he said.

AirBaltic to Lauch Tallinn-Stockholm Flights

18 March (BNS) - Latvia's national carrier Airbaltic will on 1 June launch a new route to link the Estonian capital of Tallinn and the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
"More than three million tourists from Scandinavian countries visit Estonia each year. We clearly see that these markets are underserved and require more direct connections to Estonia," Chief Commercial Officer of Airbaltic Tero Taskila said. Taskila described introduction of the Tallinn-Stockholm route as a strategic step.
Flights on the new route will be taking place on all workdays. The Tallinn-Stockholm route is at present served by Estonian Air and its largest shareholder the Scandinavian airline SAS.

Estonian Wins EUR 565 000 in Bingo Loto

18 March (BNS) - A Bingo Loto ticket from the Estonian state lottery company Eesti Loto won a jackpot of 8 841 133 kroons (EUR 565 000) in Wednesday's drawing.
This is the 99th lottery win of more than a million kroons in Estonia, Eesti Loto said. In the history of Bingo Loto it is the second biggest jackpot won, the biggest jackpot being 9 395 861 kroons.
Bingo Loto has brought wins of more than a million kroons to 55 players and Viking Lotto to 34 players in Estonia. The remaining 10 winnings of one million kroons or more have been drawn in other lottery formats.