The construction of tunnels to connect the occupied Crimea to Russia and the Finnish and Estonian capitals Helsinki and Tallinn is controlled by the same people from China, Finnish and U.S. media have...
The Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut has said, the long term plan and the strategic importance of the proposed Tallinn - Helsinki tunnel have not changed, although overshadowed with the energy crises and the on-going war...
Railtech has recently published an interview with one of the founding partners of the FinEst Bay Area Development company, Peter Vesterbacka and Kustaa Valtonen. The comprehensive article by Esther Geerts covers interesting aspects of the...
"A €15 billion project to link the capitals of Finland and Estonia via a tunnel beneath the Baltic Sea will create a metropolitan area "much, much better" for tech startups than Silicon Valley, according to CEO Peter...
Finance minister: We have money for good projects to shape the future
https://news.err.ee/1608205036/finance-minister-we-have-money-for-good-projects-to-shape-the-future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZsqMq5mXw
An important milestone for the proposed undersea tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn will be reached on Monday.
Also known as the FinEst (an acronym of Finland and Estonia) Link and 'Talsinki...
ERR reports that a protocol of common intent to build an undersea tunnel to Finland will be signed by Estonia on Monday.
https://news.err.ee/1608188227/estonia-to-sign-intent-agreement-to-build-tunnel-with-finland
"Peter Vesterbacka hopes to build a tunnel to establish a rail link between Finland and Estonia, backed by Chinese money/ But the Finnish entrepreneur must overcome Baltic nations’ growing differences with...
Estonia had previously rejected a Chinese-financed tunnel plan by Finnish group.
https://ajot.com/news/article/worldas-longest-undersea-rail-tunnel-back-on-agenda-in-estonia
I think Peter Vesterbacka oversimplifies the potential difficulties of building a tunnel from Helsinki to Tallinn. With artificial islands and so.
Here in Hong Kong where I am based at, they have been trying to build a mega crossing...
Regardless of the fact that Finland or Estonia have not yet decided on whether to build a tunnel connecting Helsinki Tallinn tunnel, yet alone who should build it, Angry Birds founder Peter Vesterbacka pushes ahead with his own plans. He will...
Peter Vesterbacka, the Finnish entrepreneur planning the Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel wants to use also the Rysäkari Island as an excavation point. The privately-owned island lies 5 km away to the south of Helsinki mainland. He thinks, by...
A multi-dicipline Estonian study says that Tallinn and Helsinki tunnel may make the water of Viimsi residents unfit for drinking.
According to the study, unlike on the Finnish side, which is mainly granite, the Estonian side of the...
FinEst, the company aiming to build a tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn tunnel unveils new floating island plans.
https://newsnowfinland.fi/economy-business/tallinn-tunnel-developers-unveil-new-floating-island-plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZsqMq5mXw
As already posted by someone in this group, Estonia's Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab had claimed that the tunnel project was not economically viable. But then he had added that such a...
I have read in this group that Estonia did not buy Vesterbacka's tunnel project. All this gives the impression that the tunnel project is over.
However the truth cannot be further away than that. If you read the Estonian minister's words...
According to an article published on Estonian Government's website on July 30, 2020, Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab will recommend the Estonian Government not to initiate the state plan for the Helsinki - Tallinn tunnel and...