OREANDA-NEWS. November 09, 2011. CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer was in Tallinn to take part in staff meetings at the Estonian branch of Skype.

Ballmer was accompanied by CEO of Skype, Tony Bates, wrote Aripaev. The fact of the visit, however, was announced only after it was over, by Sten Tamkivi, head of Skype Estonia.

"We are a division of Microsoft and Ballmer was taking part in a staff meeting," said Tamkivi. He said there were no discussions at the meeting about relocating the Estonian offices to another country. “We only talked about the work ahead and our next steps. Undoubtedly we will start hiring more people,” Tamkivi said.