"It is simply not acceptable for Estonia and Latvia to be out performing Wales in mathematics, for example, " she said.
What sticks in the craw for Estonia, which is now in the euro, is having to bail out much richer Greeks.
The question is particularly acute for Estonia's biggest financial institution, Hansabank.
One reason for Estonia's high-ish inflation is the rise in the oil price, which, according to the Bank of Estonia, accounts for 2.4 percentage points of the current figure.
In the global higher-education market, for example, Estonia boasts dozens of institutions (admittedly, of varying quality) offering competitively priced, multilingual courses.
Many votes in this weekend's local elections in Estonia, for example, will be cast online.
When Estonia appealed for help it could only send an observer to Tallinn to monitor the attacks.
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In the case of Estonia, for example, the Ministry of Economics and Communications was able to provide a list of professions in demand in different areas, but there was no way of finding out the specific kinds of professionals needed in each area.
Admission could then come by 2004 for the frontrunners -- Estonia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Cyprus.
But the final word goes to Eurovision favourite Jessica Garlick, who has also been popping up everywhere as she prepares for her big night in Estonia on Saturday.
For their part, Latvia and Estonia have also been told to do more to integrate their large Russian communities.
From there he will take an eight-hour flight, jumping six time zones, to get to London for England's qualifier against Estonia three days later.
Estonia's enthusiasm for the euro, and any willingness in Frankfurt and Brussels to tailor the rules to suit new applicants, may thus prove to be a one-off.
For a 10-minute spell, Estonia threatened to come into the game but never really looked capable of producing a serious fightback.
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What accounts for places with perfectly respectable histories (Estonia, Laos) suddenly finding their ways "onto the map" of the traveling masses?
The Nordic region, defined as Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (and less formally Estonia), is responsible for a disproportionate share of European innovation.
Hungary has set corporate tax at 16%, Slovakia has a flat 19% levy for corporate and personal income, and Estonia levels no tax at all on reinvested profits.
Western Europe's employees are also better wired: every new member-state is below the western average for internet penetration, and all but Estonia and Slovenia trail on e-government scores.
The Chelsea left-back fell awkwardly after he and substitute Joleon Lescott, on for Ferdinand, clumsily dealt with a rare Estonia attack.
Benzema has failed to score in any of France's five qualifying matches and hasn't found the net for Les Bleus since a friendly win over Estonia eight months ago.
The idea is not new, Estonia has been doing phone based authentication for years, but the timing is right.
Estonia's medicine may be harder for other euro-zone countries to take.
For example, companies from not only New York but Estonia and Bangalore have drawn interest.
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The satellite is also expected to drop off two secondary "passengers" - an Earth observation spacecraft for Vietnam and a "nanosatellite" built by students in Estonia.
Beyond the symbolism, Estonia's economic experience in the past decade offers some lessons for troubled euro-area countries.
Top Staff Employment, an agency based in Scotland that recruits Latvians for the catering and construction industries, is planning to expand to neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia.
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It might make sense for the four countries with exchange rates pegged to the euro: the Baltic trio of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, plus Bulgaria. (Slovenia and Slovakia have joined the euro already.) None of these will meet the Maastricht treaty's criteria for euro entry any time soon.
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