Interviews president http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:49:23 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb "How Estonia supports wealthier countries", CNN, 21 May 2013 http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/9070-qhow-estonia-supports-wealthier-countriesq-cnn-21-may-2013 http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/9070-qhow-estonia-supports-wealthier-countriesq-cnn-21-may-2013 Estonian President Thomas Ilves talks about joining the Euro the current state of Europe's economy.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:18 +0000 "How Estonia became E-stonia", BBC News http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/9033-qhow-estonia-became-e-stoniaq-bbc-news http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/9033-qhow-estonia-became-e-stoniaq-bbc-news By Tim Mansel


In some countries, computer programming might be seen as the realm of the nerd.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Tue, 14 May 2013 21:35:39 +0000 "Estonia’s president: From austerity’s poster boy to Internet guru", Toronto Star http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8972-qestonias-president-from-austeritys-poster-boy-to-internet-guruq-toronto-star http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8972-qestonias-president-from-austeritys-poster-boy-to-internet-guruq-toronto-star By Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Reporter


Toomas Hendrik Ilves spent summers at a camp in Ontario, decades before leading a Soviet-free Estonia and turning the country into an economic tiger.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:50:37 +0000 "Estonia's Euro advice for Latvia", Financial Times http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8953-qestonias-euro-advice-for-latviaq-financial-times http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8953-qestonias-euro-advice-for-latviaq-financial-times Latvia hopes to become the 18th EU member state to join the Euro. Estonia became the 17th country to adopt the single currency in 2011. The FT's Nordic and Baltic correspondent Richard Milne spoke to the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, about his country's decision to become part of the Eurozone, its effect on the country, and his advice to Latvia.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:18:56 +0000 "Cybersecurity: A View From the Front", International Herald Tribune http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8859-qcybersecurity-a-view-from-the-frontq-international-herald-tribune http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8859-qcybersecurity-a-view-from-the-frontq-international-herald-tribune By Toomas Hendrik Ilves


The changes in the digital world today represent a dramatically sped-up version of the changes the world underwent in a century of industrialization. It is a paradigm transformation of our world: Notions of a nation's size, wealth, power, military might, population and G.D.P. mean something altogether different from what they meant a generation ago.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:45 +0000 "En Estonie, la revanche du président tweeteur“, Le Monde http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8870-2013-04-12-12-10-12 http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8870-2013-04-12-12-10-12 Par Marion Van Renterghem


Le président a encore tweeté. Pas le nôtre, occupé à de plus douloureuses affaires, mais Toomas Hendrik Ilves, élu en 2006 à la tête de l'Estonie. Ce minuscule pays balte coincé tout au nord de l'Europe, ex-République soviétique devenue indépendante en 1991, est à lui seul un cabinet de curiosités: le plus avancé en équipements électroniques, le dernier arrivé et le plus pauvre de la zone euro, le plus exemplaire en matière d'austérité budgétaire... Le seul de l'Union européenne, aussi, à s'être doté d'un président qui tweete ses humeurs personnelles au point d'en inspirer un livret d'opéra. Le seul pays où un réseausocial devient étrangement le moyen de revanche d'une petite nation humiliée par l'Histoire.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:18:08 +0000 "The Estonian Example", The Ripon Forum http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8710-qthe-estonian-exampleq-the-ripon-forum http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8710-qthe-estonian-exampleq-the-ripon-forum President Toomas Hendrik Ilves discusses how his country went from living behind the Iron Curtain to leading the world in innovation and technology.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:00:46 +0000 "Ilves: Suomi ja Viro voisivat kehittää yhteensopivat tietopalvelut", Yle Uutiset http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8495-2013-01-14-09-19-24 http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8495-2013-01-14-09-19-24 Susanna Siironen


Viron presidentin mukaan yhteistyötä pitäisi kehittää myös Ruotsin ja Tanskan kanssa. Presidentti toivoo Suomen kanssa myös tiiviimpää yhteistyötä kyberturvallisuuden saralla.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:33:12 +0000 "L’uomo che ha sconfitto Krugman", Il Foglio http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8219-qluomo-che-ha-sconfitto-krugmanq-il-foglio http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8219-qluomo-che-ha-sconfitto-krugmanq-il-foglio di Claudio Cerasa


Nell'Europa che combatte contro l'austerity s'avanza un politico che ha zittito "gli struzzi liberal" e che ha sculacciato il Nobel barbuto a colpi di tweet. Storia (con intervista) del presidente dell'Estonia.

]]> rika.margat@vpk.ee (Rika Margat) ENG Intervjuud Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:00:46 +0000 "Veidas" questions for the President of the Republic Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8089-qveidasq-questions-for-the-president-of-the-republic-estonia-toomas-hendrik-ilves http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/8089-qveidasq-questions-for-the-president-of-the-republic-estonia-toomas-hendrik-ilves Aušra Lėka


A 22-year history of all three Baltic countries seems to be a success story; still, Estonia surpasses the rest two by many parameters, including the economical ones as well as life expectancy, confidence in Parliament, corruption index and many more. Estonia reached the EU average, though, unfortunately, Lithuania and Latvia are among the outsiders.

]]> margit.teesalu@vpk.ee (Margit Teesalu-Kranich) ENG Intervjuud Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:18:36 +0000