Estonian public broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) is one of the most underfunded organizations of its kind in Europe, the broadcaster's board chair Erik Roose says. At the same time, cultural funding as a whole needs boosting in Estonia, while some mistruths put about by some of the private sector media leaders need dispelling, Roose says.
0 >The Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa) office on Tartu s Vaksali Street, Source: Aili Vahtla/ERR
As of Sunday, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa) had paid more than â¬24.1 million in salary compensation to companies whose activities have suffered from the restrictions imposed due to the spread of the coronavirus.
In total, the fund has paid salary compensation to 30,948 employees, at 3,809 companies and institutions.
Hansaliin, part of shipping line Tallink Grupp, has received the biggest sum of salary compensation for the month of March, and the total cost of its compensation, together with the social tax paid by the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the employer s unemployment insurance contribution paid from the gross sum, came to â¬762,400. A total of 714 employees received compensation, according to statistics published by the Unemployment Insurance Fund.