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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:40:07 +0200
“Focus needs to be on using European subsidies”
Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform Party) has the difficult task of plotting a course for fiscal balance in the healthcare crisis.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:06:46 +0200
Mölder: Dangerous economic activity at sea needs to be taxed
Minister of the Environment Tõnis Mölder (Center) finds that Estonia’s new forestry development plan could get a framework in the coming months.

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:54:14 +0200
Kristian Jaani on becoming a politician: I’m strapped in and things are getting interesting
Postimees TV talk show «Minister in the Crosswinds» hosted Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani who said that he had to promise to join the Center Party that is currently suspected of corruption offenses in exchange for his posting before the fa...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:27:23 +0200
Taavi Aas: Nuclear plant would be nice but we lack necessary specialists
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas (Center) keeps Nordica as backup in ongoing aviation crisis.

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:46:01 +0200
Jaak Aab weaning Ida-Viru County off oil shale
Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab (Center) is looking for a faster way to make European support available to Ida-Viru County.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:27:30 +0200
Liina Kersna: We have overlooked where the reform is already working
Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) is looking at a crestfallen education landscape.

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:27:48 +0200
Tanel Kiik: I have not been offered the vaccine. I also haven’t asked
Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik (Center Party) will have to solve the coronavirus crisis, protect public health and stay on top of labor market policy.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:39:58 +0200
Kalle Laanet: I will make the decision!
Postimees TV series “Minister in the Crossfire” interviews all ministers in Kaja Kallas’ cabinet. Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet is next.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:29:37 +0200
Signe Riisalo: We spend a lot of money irrationally
New Postimees TV series “Minister in the Crossfire” will interview all ministers in Kaja Kallas’ cabinet. Minister of Social Protection Signe Riisalo gets the ball rolling.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:35:56 +0200
Šimonyte: Baltic bubble persists on cooperation level
Lithuania’s new Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyte does not deny having close ties to the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in whose name she has been an MP, run for president and is now head of government. At the same time, ...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:38:43 +0200
Tsikhanouskaya: We will not trade our independence
The political leader of the people of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Estonia on January 21-23. She met with the president, prime minister and leading Riigikogu politicians and attended an extraordinary virtual session of the UN Security Cou...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:58:19 +0200
New government brings gender balance
The Reform Party and Center Party presented their ministerial candidates for Kaja Kallas’ government on Sunday morning. Seven of the new government’s 15 ministers are women and Estonia’s most gender balanced cabinet is no coincidence, political...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:44:36 +0200
No agreement over protection money
Even though the Reform Party has refrained from participating in the practice of distributing direct regional investments or so-called Riigikogu protection money for years, sides to the incoming coalition did not manage to agree on abolishing the ins...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:34:44 +0200
Coalition talks sides clash on citizenship
The Reform Party and Center Party failed to find consensus regarding citizenship topics on Wednesday and decided to continue without changes. Amendments to the Aliens Act will not be taken forward, while the recently controversial concept of marriage...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:10:53 +0200
Felling volumes and new fossil fuel investments to be cut
The Reform Party and Center Party agreed to lower felling volumes in state-owned forests and stop investing in new fossil fuel projects during coalition talks on Tuesday. The sides also agreed on an amendment to allow minors to seek psychiatric help ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:10:46 +0200
COVID-19 outbreak forces parliament to switch to remote work
Four members of the Riigikogu Isamaa faction and three Riigikogu officials were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday and have around 20 close contacts between them.

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:07:01 +0200
No clear education plan laid down
The Reform Party and Center Party decided to gradually move toward a universal Estonian school system during the fifth day of coalition talks. The parties did not agree on a timeline or any concrete steps and simply said an activity plan would be put...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:19:54 +0200
Taavi Rõivas: People peak young in Estonia
Former PM Taavi Rõivas left politics and joined Väino Kaldoja’s self-driving cars project toward the end of last year. Whether Rõivas was given a stake in the venture remains unclear nor is he forthcoming about his investments.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:48:48 +0200
Restrictions in Ida-Viru, Harju counties to continue until February
Members of the Estonian government on Thursday approved in principle the continuation of restrictions in Ida-Viru and Harju counties until February 1.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:46:16 +0200
Reform and Center to hammer out coalition agreement over week and a half
Estonia’s candidate for prime minister Kaja Kallas (Reform Party) said at a press conference on Thursday that Reform and Center will try to move quickly as the country find itself in the middle of COVID-19 and economic crises. It has been suggested...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:50:37 +0200
Kaja Kallas’ second shot at becoming prime minister
Even though Prime Minister Jüri Ratas’ resignation was initially followed by rumors of the recent coalition moving forward  together, it became clear by noon on Wednesday that the Center Party does not wish to stay in the same coalition with the ...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:58:47 +0200
Prime Minister Jüri Ratas resigns amid property project financing scandal
After a meeting of the board of the Center Party that lasted many hours, Jüri Ratas announced his resignation as the prime minister of Estonia in the early hours of Wednesday, public broadcaster ERR and Postimees reported.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:57:22 +0200
Teder promised close to a million in return for favor
Suspicions brought by the Office of the Prosecutor General suggest businessman Hillar Teder has tried to secure favorable decisions for his Porto Franco real estate development in both Tallinn and on the state level. Five individuals and the Center P...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:51:24 +0200
Kaljulaid proposes extraordinary elections in case of referendum ‘no’ answer
President Kersti Kaljulaid turned to Riigikogu parties on Monday and proposed tying the planned marriage referendum to a vote of confidence in the Riigikogu. This would mean holding extraordinary parliamentary elections should the people say “no”...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:15:35 +0200
Obstruction to end in cluster vote
The Riigikogu Constitutional Committee on Sunday decided to send the marriage referendum bill to its second reading with four individual motions to amend pertaining to marriage and a so-called obstruction cluster made up of the opposition’s remaini...



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