A focus on security and unity in working together to arrest the continued rise in energy prices, along with an unwavering support for the defense of Ukraine, are vital interests for both Estonia and Latvia, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) says.
Neither the European Union nor NATO will sit idly by in the event of any surge in activity by the Russian Federation, whose military forces have been amassing on the Russian side of the border with Ukraine, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) says.
Governmental policy, along with individuals failing to comply with coronavirus restrictions, are to blame for recently soaring coronavirus rates in Estonia, President Alar Karis says. Karis singled out governmental communication on the pandemic and its ensuing restrictions in particular.
The interests of all offshore wind farm developers must be observed in the construction of an offshore wind farm network and equal opportunities for all developers must be ensured, the Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) says, in the light of its concerns over potential competition distortion surrounding an Estonian-Latvian offshore wind farm planned for the Gulf of Riga area.