Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) said in a lengthy interview with ERR that the quick increase in costs in the public sector necessitates a pay raise. Rosimannus also added that it is too soon to predict whether the budget will be in surplus.
Noting the high cost of retrofitting, the Chancellor of Justice found that the Estonian state and its local governments should help support the addition of elevators to walk-up apartment buildings. Mustamäe City District Elder Lauri Laats (Center), however, recommends elderly people move to local nursing homes already equipped with elevators.
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The war in Ukraine is having a negative impact on the Center Party's rating, but a bigger concern right now is maintaining the peace in Estonia, which means calling off the witch hunt and putting an end to pushing the country's Russian-speakers to a point we don't want them to reach, Center board member and MEP Yana Toom told ERR on Wednesday.
If Estonia wishes to divest itself of its dependence on Russian natural gas, by purchasing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating terminal by the autumn of this year, then the government should make a decision in the coming weeks, head of radio news at ERR Indrek Kiisler, and senior ERR journalist Huko Aaspõllu, find.