Euro 'will be dead in five years'

[Breedingvariety]

Well... The average wage here is ~770 euros, but it has been higher before, like ~833 euros during the start of the economic crisis.

University professors probably get good wages, but lower tier teachers don't.

I suspect university professors get more money from inside information then they do from their public endeavor.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Estonia has one of the smallest economies in Europe, it's because we have about 1.2 million people. That's why we focus more on quality then quantity.

By GDP Estonia is quite obviously more successful then Bulgaria, even though Bulgaria wasn't in the USSR and in the 90's the Eastern Bloc countries which had not been in the USSR, had several advantages over the ex-USSR ones.

That's right, it's small and thus irrelevant in the face of the larger EU economy. Estonian contribution to the European economy is minuscule compared to the German or French contribution. So get off your high horse, and lol at you for comparing Estonia and Bulgaria. You think I care about the shithole that is Bulgaria?

[esaima]

By no means I can understand why Estonians feel glad to join the Euro zone.

I don´t know. Maybe because it is the only non-negative message that Estonian government can annunciate? Personally i am pretty unimpressed.

[Äike]

That's right, it's small and thus irrelevant in the face of the larger EU economy. Estonian contribution to the European economy is minuscule compared to the German or French contribution. So get off your high horse, and lol at you for comparing Estonia and Bulgaria.

We have a very small population, out of the EU, only Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus have smaller populations. Thus we have a small economy, but the Estonian people are the richest out of all the ex-USSR countries.

You don't need a big economy to invent new innovative things, like the first e-government in the world and Skype.

All of the world has to go to the polling stations to vote in the elections, while we have done it by the internet, with our computers for years now.

Small =/= irrelevant

Estonia can influence Europe greatly, with our innovation, especially in the IT-area.

You think I care about the shithole that is Bulgaria?

I thought you were Bulgarian.

[poiuytrewq0987]

We have a very small population, out of the EU, only Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus have smaller populations. Thus we have a small economy, but the Estonian people are the richest out of all the ex-USSR countries.

And that's not saying a lot by the way. More people = more difficult to deal with corruption, and corruption often lead to the degradation of an economy which is the case with Russia. If Russia could deal with corruption, it would easily be one of the richest country per capita.

You don't need a big economy to invent new innovative things, like the first e-government in the world and Skype.

And a Jew invented Facebook, what's your point? lol. Creating new applications =/ invention

It's like calling the peanut butter an invention.

All of the world has to go to the polling stations to vote in the elections, while we have done it by the internet, with our computers for years now.

Good for you?

Small =/= irrelevant

Actually small = irrelevant.

Estonia can influence Europe greatly, with our innovation, especially in the IT-area.

Germany alone has the best IT industry in Europe. Your point being?

I thought you were Bulgarian.

Maybe, maybe not.

[Äike]

And that's not saying a lot by the way. More people = more difficult to deal with corruption, and corruption often lead to the degradation of an economy which is the case with Russia. If Russia could deal with corruption, it would easily be one of the richest country per capita.



And a Jew invented Facebook, what's your point? lol. Creating new applications =/ invention

It's like calling the peanut butter an invention.


Good for you?


Actually small = irrelevant.

Maybe, maybe not.

Comparing truly innovative inventions with peanut butter... Your post doesn't even need a response.

Germany alone has the best IT industry in Europe. Your point being?

I wasn't talking about industry. There's a reason why the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence is located in Estonia. There are similar plans for an IT-center, by the EU.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Comparing truly innovative inventions with peanut butter... Your post doesn't even need a response.

Calling Skype an invention is a misnomer. Skype only improved on other similar programs. You're being ridiculous here.

I wasn't talking about industry. There's a reason why the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence is located in Estonia. There are similar plans for an IT-center, by the EU.

Oh wow, who cares where the EU chose that place to be set up in?

[Äike]

Calling Skype an invention is a misnomer. Skype only improved on other similar programs. You're being ridiculous here.



Oh wow, who cares where the EU chose that place to be set up in?

Simpleminded people like you don't care about anything I presume, you just want to live your life without knowing anything about the government nor politics.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Simpleminded people like you don't care about anything I presume, you just want to live your life without knowing anything about the government nor politics.

Only the people who know they are wrong resort to insults.

[Äike]

Only the people who know they are wrong resort to insults.

I'm just surprised at your lack of interest about the systems which govern you.