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Join us this week for a special edition of Tech 24 out of Tallinn in Estonia, the world's first e-nation. This Baltic state is often hailed as the most digitally advanced society on the planet, with 90% of government services available online. We tell you how technology is driving the entire nation's economic and political development.
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[@geistreichtube]

Estonishing!

[@SirBoomkov]

Geistreich im estonian and i feel offended

[@mochizuki-honami]

Mute the silent one how though?

[@zmanbdog3186]

@@SirBoomkov Estonified ?

I spent a week in Estonia in 1988.. Now it seems so different..these days of soviet domain now remain in the past...well done Estonia...

[@holoholopainen1627]

Estonia entered The EUROPEAN UNION ! They Even use EURO now - to Shop around !

[@matt-eu-poland]

Baltics are a much different countries now.

[@jesperchristoffersen8413]

What Estonia should be known and admired for globally is Tallinn-based "World Cleanup Day". What an inspiration to the rest of mankind! Please people, join the Estonians at World Cleanup Day on September 21st.

[@nameh.2239]

I can confirm, Estonia is amazing!

[@rosemarypeterson7442]

The country i love visiting. Almost every thing is digital.

[@baasimdaniel3564]

Yeah what i love most is the crypto currency aspect. Buying and selling of bitcoin is very quick and easy in this country. I have no issues investing in bitcoin.

[@harrysmith5129]

@@baasimdaniel3564 cryptocurrency is the new digital gold. Am happily reaping the benefits of my investment

[@oliverbenjamin7038]

@@baasimdaniel3564 Crypto currencies such as bitcoin are highly unpredictable, though it's been used as famous Investment vehicle.

[@jenniferwesley3932]

@@harrysmith5129 This is a very good opportunity to purchase and invest in bitcoins.

[@isabelladonald8277]

I think this is the best time to invest in cryptocurrency.

[@alexandre_pt]

I love Estonia ❤🇪🇪 from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@holoholopainen1627]

I went to see Eesti vs Portugal at Tallinn - with Eusebio !

[@berndtfuchs4794]

Its an awesome country, made three trips there so far.

[@ThaMobstarr]

An French channel broadcasting in English. What a time to be alive.

[@LISBONKULT]

there are many American channels that broadcast in different languages lol

[@platine141]

Yah and comments in English 😂

[@holoholopainen1627]

France is a Bilingual Country ?

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

The most complicated bureaucracy on earth is France.

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

@@holoholopainen1627 French and Arabic.

[@АлександрТараданов-р5я]

well done, Estonia! way to go!

[@zvezdaNYC]

Bravo, ESTONIA and hello from LA!!!:)

[@gregoryneeme9986]

sup

[@samuelhakk4578]

Tänud teile kah

[@TimmmTim]

LA - latvia or los angeles?

[@zvezdaNYC]

LA - short version for Los Angeles, California. Thank you!

[@TimmmTim]

@@zvezdaNYC Ach so :), because Latvia is Estonia's neighbor. Alles klar :) wünsche dir einen schönen Tag

[@PatrickCervantez]

If I were in charge of the naming commission, you'd be called eStonia.

[@afelix]

Or eEesti :D

[@cyclenewshour4034]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Happy-cn9vt]

If I was in charge of the commission you'd be shot xd

[@bumstibuum]

plz no

[@PatrickCervantez]

@@Happy-cn9vt That's fair.

[@ketelinkivi94]

Hi y'all im from estonia btw😃

[@MN-sd7cp]

Hey Ketelin , what's the language of Estonian people ?

[@ketelinkivi94]

@@MN-sd7cp Estonian😄

[@MN-sd7cp]

Ketelin why you laughing 😒😒😒

[@amirdeef4259]

Tere, ma tulen Eestisse. Kas on võimalik teie numbrit, palun tahan teiega rääkida

[@andreasveide]

@@amirdeef4259 112

[@aamermalik79]

I love Estonia

[@analbanianthatdoesnthatese7455]

Me too

[@rusting_chard]

Im from estonia

[@kolju]

Estonia is not only tallinn or tartu real estonia is out of towns

[@theattitudetv]

I love Estonia 🇪🇪 Am from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@rajendramoogar360]

Wow amazing Estonia country

[@570messenger]

A country that is not only beautiful but extremely progressive. I uploaded a youtube video when I was there in less than a minute. I was blown away. Free WIFI is everywhere. A proud people moving forward...fast

[@kolju]

Only in towns

[@kolju]

@Markus Alfred Levo what forests all ill be lost soon if rmk not be stopped

[@kolju]

@Markus Alfred Levo ei lõhu või alutaguse vald on varsti puudest tühi lihtsalt veetakse palki välja selmet sellest mööblit teha ja siis välja viia

[@analbanianthatdoesnthatese7455]

Love you Estonia. From Albania 🇦🇱❤️🇪🇪

[@awaispasha335]

If you not hate Serbia u r not Albanian

[@ambessashield9360]

Awais Pasha why should anyone hate an entire nation?

[@alexispap9243]

Nice name🇬🇷❤️

[@islandbee]

Interesting finding your comment. I've been on a bin watch on videos about Albania, and this video came into my recommendations. Your country looks amazing. So much unlocked potential to be a hot spot in Europe. I need to visit before everyone starts making its way over there. Greetings from America 🇺🇸

[@analbanianthatdoesnthatese7455]

@@islandbee thanks and love america 🇦🇱🇺🇲

[@vegahusadard2355]

eSTONIA is awesome

[@MrGuitars8]

AMAZING INTELLIGENCE , for a Nation . They have set the Stage for ALL other Nations to follow .

[@anilsutradhar6817]

I like to Estonia

[@miahsuik]

People like to show off eatonia as this super e-country. But to be honest as an estonian myself thats not really the case. Estonians are very close to their nateure and care about their living space. Thats why we keep our cities more or less clean. Many may not know this but 50% of estonia is made up of forest. And trust me when i say we are very protective of our forests.

[@MiracleWinchester]

That dog is fancier than me @0:18

[@kaustubhmallik]

😂😂😂

[@tobbyn.8810]

one thing to say: NO chip implants.

[@tyynymyy7770]

Why would anyone want to their chips to have boobs?

[@Arbulatov]

Actually, there are.

[@tobbyn.8810]

yes, there are but I wouldn't like to have it because I'm not religious but I mean I want to have privacy(I want to poop)

[@Arbulatov]

@@tobbyn.8810 Chip implants are for people who don't want carry ID, wallet and credit card with them always. You can do anything using a chip that is inserted in your hand. Who wants your private life? You are a nobody.

[@tobbyn.8810]

@@Arbulatov that's what you say. hahahaha Just question of time.

[@Babel2.0]

What a fantastic vision and implementation for a small country! This is a great example of the blockchain technology.

[@FeoRache]

X-road is not based on blockchain. Nothing there is on blockchain. Fake news.

[@zenithquasar9623]

How did you link it to blockchain?!

[@Smackbox]

@@zenithquasar9623 see 11:40

[@heamees4822]

@@FeoRache Blockchain is used to verify the digital signiture and every document qoing through X-road has to have one

[@ihorhometskiy2086]

У

[@abdelilah_designer93]

I love estounia from morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@holoholopainen1627]

Are You skilled with computers ?

[@constantine6490]

All thanks to Mart Laar!

[@ahmedtareq8420]

Wow! I wish be in Estonia. I want to visit here!!

[@Heena.Shaikh]

Thank you making and uploading this video,Team FRANCE 24 English.

[@mohibulazam9876]

Hi

[@mdbasir6097]

Hi friends I love u nice

[@mdbasir6097]

You supar

[@imgonewiththewindfab]

If ingria and karelia are independent nations...they will be like this.

[@charityethan254]

Looking forward to visiting Estonia next year 😊, 🫶🇰🇪

[@rockerchick4368]

I was there 22 year's ago!

[@infiltr80r]

It's completely different now. You wouldn't recognize it.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Nice ! Did You make any Videos of Your stay ?

[@postmortemarg]

What a vibrant and well organized nation, no wonder the ruskies want to annex the baltics

[@hispaaniasseoppimajajalgpa9637]

Latino Nationalist check out my Instagram exploring_tallinn

[@tarekkhan5073]

beautiful county

[@aleabogado6703]

Its increíble. Congratulations Estonia

[@НектоЛохматый]

They allow dogs to their offices, wow! Such a friendly atmosphere...

[@fordcobraboss427]

I'm America we are the dogs.

[@ambessashield9360]

Unless you’re allergic

[@Leo-jt3tc]

Here in the US u can take dogs to many stores. My mother in law can take dogs to the office as well.

[@НектоЛохматый]

@@Leo-jt3tc Cool! Here in Belarus people are not very enthusiastic about pets at public places.

[@okazee6179]

I see you idiot russia who only wants war and send nukes to america.

[@Sirjohnny]

Thank you so much for this, as this has been on my radar for a long time.I have plans to live there for a while in about 2 years from now. and still may questions, concerning taxes, etc, but have learning very much. I hope to have this ready to recommend to my society one day soon.

[@Pincad]

The Tax is only 20% meaning, if you get payed 1000€ you only have to give 200€ to the government. You don't have to do the payment yourself, we have these people who do it for you

[@Sirjohnny]

@@Pincad what I saw was that you have to stay in Estonia for almost all of the time, which is not what I am looking for in a permanent citizenship, so still evaluating many places.

[@Pincad]

Now that's a bunch of BS

[@hispaaniasseoppimajajalgpa9637]

check out my Instagram exploring_tallinn

[@mshabir6356]

Beautiful country in the world...estonia

[@markus8553]

Thank you youre always welcome to visit our country

[@customlatteart]

M Shabir yesss

[@iqbalhasan3874]

where u from?

[@dharaneeshprasad7121]

Look forward to visit Estonia.. Love from Bengaluru...

[@kaarelkoppel9559]

Describing Estonia- 1.Looks like the middle ages 2.Actually is very tech savvy 3.Bagged milk 4.Smol 5.Oof

[@ShantyTowniekKMm]

Mouse EE 6. Bagged sour cream

[@potpot5214]

it's very beautiful

[@ztdz]

So when China is making something like that (digital systems), western media are crying for lack of privacy and dystopian world, but when a European country is doing the same, everyone is happy. In fact, I think it's great and actually, I don't believe in privacy, especially online, nowadays. Anyway, Estonia is great and it's so cool they've managed to fully recover after Soviet period. Well done!

[@kazakhdoge1822]

There is a great difference on how Estonia and China are digitalizing. And privacy should always be important.

[@withnail-and-i]

@@kazakhdoge1822 Privacy is gone in E-Estonia, and France will follow suit in the next 4 years (which is why Estonia was the new prime minister's first foreign visit). Technocracy rising, Agenda 21, privacy will soon be a relic of the past like original pister said, might as well embrace it!

[@eksiarvamus8920]

@@withnail-and-i Don't talk of things you don't know of.

[@IdrisFashan]

China doesn’t waste its time with such nonsense as individual or human rights... Estonia happens to be a free, individualized, socialist democracy that is clearly open for business. I’d be afraid to be a digital nomad in China. In Estonia? Hell, yes!

[@ztdz]

@@IdrisFashan I agree with you, but I can't deny, that western media are very biased, unfortunately. And I'm not advocating China either.

[@minuhell3679]

Im from Estonia and everyone is on THEIR phone LIKE WAT DA CHIKEN WE NEED TO LIVE MORE

[@rockerchick4368]

I wish I could go there again.

[@hispaaniasseoppimajajalgpa9637]

Rocker Chick check out my Instagram exploring_tallinn

[@infiltr80r]

What's stopping you?

[@amirdeef4259]

Tere, ma tulen Eestisse. Kas on võimalik teie numbrit, palun tahan teiega rääkida

[@VacuumFluctuation]

Superb. Do such episodes more....

[@braynerpertuz6843]

🔥Estonia

[@khalidelgazzar]

That has been a very informative report. Thanks!

[@khalidelgazzar]

Nice & informative video. Seems that the future is for e-stonia

[@IP00ding]

I thought this was a legit VR Estonia where people live, virtually lol

[@spin3513]

Yeah I didn’t got it as well when looking at their site until I looked it up on YT.

[@poukeyboard45]

hi, nice to meet me puthut, i'm from the country indonesia...

[@basedpro-ua3470]

Let's play game called "Find the Russian troll" I already found 8

[@notesluke4563]

Am I right, that is saying an AI assistant named @@BowlOfNoodles1 ? Please owners, retrain that model.

[@pirdun100]

@@richardschiffman7657You are lucky, Siberia would be Estonia right now. Think what you wish for.

[@glorious_help]

You just made yourself and American troll.... just so you know.

[@soulscanner66]

@Vuk Uros Ooo ... found one! found one! Russian Wolfman!

[@soulscanner66]

@@BowlOfNoodles1 I've had this same conversation with fake telemarketers from Bangalore. Looks like it's spreading to trolls in Leningr ... err ... Saint Petersburg.

[@ClayShentrup]

watching from portland, and i see one dude has a "keep portland weird" sticker on his laptop. i think i saw this video three or so years ago when i was first getting interested in estonia. it's good one.

[@Klaharnchaiya]

isn't the first digital nation is in africa, i mean WAKANDA?

[@dragonelite1359]

wakanda? kwanda?

[@NomadicNationalist]

Karem Channel dey wuz kangz

[@rusliirawanri]

Black Panther 😂

[@mickey8817]

Wakanda 4 ever :)

[@blackchain1900]

Karem, hopefully not. But, I see your intent. It is amazing how your kind cannot help but show the wicked nature. keep it up, you serve as a great example for those who may not know. Thanks for spreading the word.

[@expired9115]

im from estonia

[@KevzzzO]

@Ayon Barua what help do you need?

[@expired9115]

@Ayon Barua What job do you like the most?

[@amirdeef4259]

Tere, ma tulen Eestisse. Kas on võimalik teie numbrit, palun tahan teiega rääkida

[@nutananivedana1807]

Wow! Obviously Estonia got great step about ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ governance... ಲವ್ ಫ್ರಮ್ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ಇಂಡಿಯ 🇮🇳

[@channelhiburan888]

Amazing Estonia country I am from Indonesia 🙏🙏🙏

[@techkickin]

Interesting story

[@KaisserVince]

So awesome!!!!

[@crazymix777]

looking at the screen 24/7, nice future for humans

[@Ritaaw1]

It’s been reality for most of us for a long time

[@fordcobraboss427]

If that allows me to see $80,000.00 per year income, sign me up

[@nomeshyadu]

I understand your concern; But that is better than dealing with corrupt officials, and standing in long queue.

[@wiselykim511]

Estonian people shouldn't be proud of that.. that will destroy humanity..

[@MajorAddiction]

future, you mean present?

[@shane9050]

Coverage very nicely done!

[@USQ1418]

Not surprised, we have all of that in Saudi Arabia. Almost everything can be done online. For example, if someone find a Crack in the asphalt, he or she can simply use an app (municipality app) and take a picture, add location and it will be fixed within 48 hrs, this is just one example of hundreds of services that are available online.

[@rapator9270]

Can you sign documents? If you cant you have no secure ID, at least EU level.

[@rapator9270]

Lots of countrys doeing it now, but Estonia started it year 2000, so littlebit behind i guess

[@EggertPlays]

Hmmm I wonder what happens if you denounce islam, you wont get persecuted or possibly hanged, no?

[@ilmarkiisk5086]

Fun fact: many of the e-services in Gulf countries have been bought from Estonia or developed on special request by Estonian companies.

[@infiltr80r]

@@ilmarkiisk5086 Yup, plenty of estonians involved in e-projects went on to sell it abroad. On top of that, Saudis don't develop anything themselves, it's foreigners building the country.

[@dumdumbrown4225]

Goooooooooooo Estonia!!!!

[@VRaySchool]

The Indian dude cracked me with his accent lol

[@arhankhan771]

Dude🙈

[@jonathanbarber8174]

I plan go move to Estonia!

[@holoholopainen1627]

Have You ? Are You learning The Language ?

[@szalailaci3722]

I

[@algerienoranais6908]

Woah Ok I need to go there I love E-Stuff

[@jamalwilliams1017]

all that glitters aint gold

[@aaroniouse]

half the story has never been told.

[@robeettreston3206]

Thank you for the context

[@Blackboarddiscover]

That's mind blowing to know. Hope in the next one year, at least one of India's millions of municipalities will be 100% digital.

[@iwrotethis4712]

I never knew taxify started in Estonia. Which language do they speak?

[@AlexLuik]

Estonian, but most of the people speak 2-3 languages, them being estonian, english and/or russian.

[@carleryk]

Estonian of course! It's similar to Finnish.

[@iwrotethis4712]

Thank you for the answers

[@Aqua.man045]

Russian

[@giovannieich7487]

@Aqua Man Triggered. 😂

[@MYFOODMYCULTURE]

great nation

[@hulksmash5754]

Anchor is beautiful

[@mdbasir6097]

I love you estonia

[@sunstorm4436]

Would be nice if america was smart & progressive like that...

[@RichMitch]

The land of vested interests

[@vulc1]

Yeah pretty nice - automatic voter registration, illegal voting not possible, all results come in within hours

[@rapator9270]

@Lukaku's First Touch I give you example how powerful WEST is. 2014 sanctioned Russia and til then Russia have negative-1,9% GDP growth. China another hand have 75% of trading partners in Western countrys and earn big money because we have high income citizens and we buy lot of China products and offer lots of jobs to China people. If WEST started to ban China, high likely China 7% GDP growth drops that level there Russia have now.

[@art_means_artificial]

NATO - North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation USA - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF ALL WARS IN THE WORLD!

[@rapator9270]

@@art_means_artificial Thanks to NATO mine country is independent now, in mine point of view NATO have saved 5 countrys past 10 years. You can hate or love NATO, everything in this life have positive and negative consequences.

[@rk4138]

Gosh, I am so jealous of Estonia's success. I wish Latvia can soon be up to par with Estonia haha

[@riseandshinetruthnow]

Without cash in hand we are screwed...

[@sassvt]

Nobody stops us using atm here to get cash or going to bank for that matter

[@texasfossilguy]

Until they require you to take vaccines or whatever you dont want, then theyll shut you off and delete your money. They control you now. Human cow.

[@ochinchin4421]

Why is no one talking about the dog with a blue scarf?

[@thetsoehtike]

population of 1.3 million is very small and very easy to managed. its more like a small city.

[@hullmees666]

Everything can be upscaled.

[@Ritaaw1]

Well if you compare it to america, then yes

[@supergreen5826]

Idk why but I hear Ross from Friends saying in his squeaky voice "EEEE" xD

[@richardsaar2874]

I didn't know that my country is so popular at the Internet😱

[@Xerophlume]

his voice is like 4 different accents fused into one

[@ryangg6012]

there is gotta be someone with indian accent

[@soxxxxxx]

Nice

[@hankerino]

Love Estonia, currently live in Berlin. Too bad Putin has his eyes on claiming them or maybe I’m too immersed in watching Berlin Station...

[@muuke]

You seem to be. Estonia is in NATO and Putin is hopefully not foolish enough to test NATO's resolve by invading Estonia. On the other hand, NATO would disintegrate if it were not to respond to a Russian invasion. But Putin's obedient trolls are spreading misinformation and stoking fears, that's for sure. There's always the option of creating cyber mischief as well

[@mosestsarai8565]

The first thing I did after watching this was to google where exactly Estonia is.....so I could send my tech-savvy 11 year old boy!! Then I looked to my right and saw MOSCOW looming large......I just got scared, I don't know why!!

[@muuke]

Moscow is 1100 kilometres away from Tallinn. We are in NATO and there is no need to be afraid. There is next to nothing to be gained by invading Estonia, a tiny country with barely any natural resources (I mean oil shale) that's also a protected by NATO Article 5.

[@tekkenfan01]

Take that America

[@reehji]

take what?

[@tekkenfan01]

Reehji watch the vid

[@reehji]

@@tekkenfan01 I did, what does it have anything to do with America?

[@tekkenfan01]

Reehji think harder

[@reehji]

@@tekkenfan01 i live and work in silicon valley, so i understand. But please, tell me what do you imply?

[@GagandeepSingh-ew1dt]

If I want to came in Estonia then how much band requirement need

[@carlennhellat3388]

Elagu

[@chansaicommerce1721]

COOL NATION

[@danthadon87]

Moving to Estonia? Don’t forget a balaclava.

[@varunreddy9578]

Appreciations to Estonia from Hyderabad, INDIA. we have somewhat similar kind of thing called T-hub. I think more of partnerships and exchanging ideas should happen on Digital future.

[@rapator9270]

Yeah, soon starts 4th generation industrial era. All should be connected, but i guess Russia and North-Korea are only ones who are left behind LOL

[@varunreddy9578]

@@rapator9270 all credit goes to communists and brainless leftists people for that

[@rapator9270]

@@varunreddy9578 Its all our fault!

[@quantumhelium]

Not a single person looks like they are sitting comfortably. Plus, it seems like chiropractors would have a field day there.

[@eesti919]

Who said design chairs need to be comfy? :P

[@hannes0000]

If you get 25Eur/h i would even stand

[@henrywindsorrurikovich9303]

💓 congrats 💓

[@yusufayobami8420]

Moving to Estonia by God's Grace... I need someone in Estonia.. Please reply me

[@Klaharnchaiya]

black immigrants not welcome.. stay in ur thirdworld country

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

MUSLIMS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.

[@Susssass]

I would recommend you come if you want to work in IT, the other replies you got about race/religion are petty. Though it will be a little bit harder if you are black or of any other non-white decent (because there simply ain't that many non-whites older people might feel weird about you in the start) or if you follow any religions. Being religious in general is a disadvantage so I hope you are not. All in all if you like to work hard and have a valuable skillset you will do well here! I recommend try to find a job with a startup!

[@yusufayobami8420]

Susssass Thanks for your reply. I am an IT expert (fullstack software developer).. I have my first degree in Physics and I also co-founded a startup company here in my country.. my coming to Estonia is to study for my masters Degree and PhD. All the negative comments I got here didn't move me.. those who don't know my history cannot define me.. I am black and I appreciate been black.

[@yusufayobami8420]

captain pinky because I'm a human and I have feet and not root... and moreover you need to read up

[@futurepastself2777]

I wanna visit there

[@tsangarisjohn]

First digital nation title, a bit of a stretch... But definitely a lovely country.

[@BetoNetwork]

Estonia can into nordic now?

[@allmine349]

:)

[@carleryk]

We've always had Nordic culture. So yeah.

[@markus8553]

Hell yeah!!

[@wajidparvez8242]

Excellent video dear

[@Ritaaw1]

In Finland you can do that already, we can do the taxes online and check our benefits from the government. Not many here have an ID card with a picture, so we use passports and driving licences. Our free public health insurance card does’t usually have a picture.

[@Susssass]

I hope finland and estonia will be working together more in the future. We can help each other a lot

[@debjyotidutta6287]

in india doctors gov teacher gangs poli politi are into humantradiking stealing mney 4m peo n asking 4m foreign gov. . . . in name of buying insulin meds books spent on other . . . . we get f up overall bt nt many bt over popu. does it too

[@debjyotidutta6287]

iwant to b in both both countries to gve my future a new future

[@juusonurmi5620]

Ugh, lived in both countries and I can just correct that you can't do your taxes on the internet in Finland. Yes, you can do some things but not as extensively as in Estonia. I never had anything on paper from Estonia whilst most of the things Finnish tax authority sends you is on paper.

[@GauravPadawe]

In India we do everything Online. Lol from almost 2 years... I guess estonia is not the only one, there are many .

[@aakashagarwal6091]

Please leave the presentation link in the description so we can download the notes easily.

[@SanthoshPonrajETE]

In INDIA , We too have Unique Identifaction Card called Aadhar . But yet it does not become a smart card

[@man7379]

Elagu Eesti!