Responding to the award in an article published on the magazine's website on Saturday, Ligi said the honor was "about Estonia's efforts in general, not mine in particular."
"Estonians take a definite pride in their qualities of calmness and reserve, which they feel qualify them as being ‘Nordic' rather than ‘Baltic'," the magazine wrote. "Similarly, finance ministers are supposed to be the politicians who are best at keeping their head in times of crisis. Jurgen Ligi is just such a figure - unflappable and a man not given to making rash decisions."
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