Estonia Lives the European Dream

"The Estonians, with little debt, an enthusiastic attitude toward Europe and a stoic approach to austerity measures, are a model EU nation in the midst of a crisis. They live in a digital republic defined by a business-friendly atmosphere and government transparency, an image that is attracting European expats."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,790293,00.html

"Europeans casting for a way out of their economic crisis have spent the past 18 months devising spendthrift schemes to bail out spendthrift governments (and their creditors), with results that have so far ranged from the meager to the counterproductive. But there's a spot of hope. It's called Estonia."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631063451649544.html

"PLUNGING unemployment, rocketing growth, soaring exports and a budget surplus: that is the story of Estonia as it bounces back from a precipitous economic collapse. This burst of good news shows not only the virtues of flexibility and austerity (a sensitive subject, as other euro countries taste the same medicine); it also gives heart to Latvia and Lithuania."

http://www.economist.com/node/18959241

"In 20 Jahren Unabhängigkeit hat sich das kleine Estland zur nachhaltigsten Volkswirtschaft Europas gemausert – dank Hausverstand und einer opferbereiten Wählerschaft."

http://www.format.at/articles/1141/525/309016/musterstaat-estland-der-baltenstaat-zukunft

Estonia looks like...

Clean air

Estonia ranks FIRST in the world when it comes to the air quality in its cities:
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/2011/09/26/18739911.html

Estonian girl

There are some words that you can not find from the dictionary.

Introducing Estonia through fairy tale films.

There are several short films based on fairy tales, which introduce Estonia. One example is "The Goldfish".

Some other similar films based on fairy tales can be found here.

What are your nationality's stereotypes?

You know you are from Estonia when someone says "Estonians are so beautiful" you answer almost without emotions "I know".

Here are this and other pretty true stereotypical sentences collected by Some_Belgian_Guy:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jsstx/what_are_your_nationalitys_stereotypes/c2etx1m

The Baltic model for fiscal responsibility

The Washington Post made a nice example of  Estonia (and Latvia) to the United States. Obviously it is very difficult to implement everything done in tiny Estonia in the USA, but maybe a few tips could be useful after all.

The Baltic model for fiscal responsibility