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Speaking at an international conference on e-solutions and cyber-security in London, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves urged representatives of the 65 nations attending the event not to overlook the e-state and e-government and to provide both in the interests of their citizens.

President Ilves said that although he could focus on the darker side of the issue, with Estonia having been the first country to experience a cyber-attack, he would happily talk about the positives, giving his country as an example.

Read more: EE: President Ilves: E-solutions support openness and democracy

Paralleling technology developments in human medicine, the University of Life Sciences veterinary clinic in Tartu has been developing a digital case history interface for animal patients.

The country's premier agricultural university finished the first phase of the project in October, and six months after launch, the system is ready for practical use.

The development, with Webmedia as the private sector partner, aims to improve possibilities for veterinarians to exchange information and make treatment more efficient.

Read more: EE: Veterinary Medicine Catches E-Health Trend

The Estonian-Latvian telemedicine project DELMA, which aims to enhance cross-border cooperation in the healtchare field through the usage of video conferencing equipment, will be launched in the beginning of October.

The two-year, 179,000 euro project is a joint effort of the University of Tartu and the Riga-based Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital and will involve three hospitals in southern Estonia and one in Latvia.

Read more: Estonia, Latvia Launch Telemedicine Project

Swiss elections rarely capture the i nternational imagination. However this year's general involves a daring technological leap. Switzerland willallow its citizens to vote remotely on the public internet in a binding election - but only if they live overseas. it is only the second country in Europe to make this official step.

In the 13 years since European jurisdictions (led by Germany) first started testing internet voting, early hopes - and hype - for the technology have been thoroughly dashed. The UK's experience is typical: i-voting put on indefinite hold after early trials showed it generated little or no extra turnout but posed potentially serious problems.

Read more: Estonia remains i-voting's lonely pioneer

Estonian economy minister Juhan Parts discussed possibilities of reducing corruption and bureaucracy in Greece with the help of Estonian information and communications technology (ITC) with Greek administrative reform and e-government deputy minister Pantelis Tzortsakis on Monday, the ministry said.

Parts said that when building up e-state, it is important to observe every state’s peculiarities and create solutions in line with needs.

Read more: Estonia will help Greece to build up e-state

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