Estonia Eurozone. The European Union Agency for large-scale IT systems is based in Tallinn, which started operations at the end of 2012. Estonia held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017. Since the early 1990s, Estonia has been involved in active trilateral Baltic states co-operation with Latvia and Lithuania, and Nordic-Baltic co-operation with the Nordic countries. The Baltic Council is the joint forum of the interparliamentary Baltic Assembly and the intergovernmental Baltic Council of Ministers. Estonia has built close relationship with the Nordic countries, especially Finland and Sweden, and is a member of
Geography of Estonia clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, forest Land use: "arable:" 14.65% "permanent crops:" 0.14% "other:" 85.21% (2012) Irrigated land: 4.58 km Total renewable water resources: 12.81 km (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): <br>"total:" 1.8 km/yr (3%/97%/0%) <br>"per capita:" 1,337 m/yr (2009) Geography of Estonia Between 57.3 and 59.5 latitude and 21.5 and 28.1 longitude, Estonia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea on the level northwestern part of the rising East European Platform. It borders the Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia. Average elevation reaches only . The climate is maritime, wet, with moderate winters and cool summers.