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The oil plant planned by Estonia's state-owned energy group Eesti Energia could call into question Estonia's eligibility for €340 million in European Union funding from the Just Transition Fund (JTF).
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EU Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi’s proposal to press ahead with accession talks with Albania but exclude North Macedonia for now has sparked criticism in Austria, with Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg calling the move “absurd.” Read more.
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Portuguese PM: ’unfair’ to blame Germany for vaccine patent stance. Portugal’s prime minister has said he considered arguments that blame Germany for the EU’s scepticism over the waiving of patents on COVID-19 vaccines “unfair”, stressing that most member states follow the same line. More.
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German Greens: The ‘X’ factor in EU’s debate on new genomic techniques
Estonia should spend EU funds, particularly with regard to the digital and green transition, according to its “own Estonian model” and without being influenced by other countries, Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus told the country’s parliament on Thursday.
“When searching for Estonia’s vision, some provide Singapore as an example, others the Nordics, and the third ones Switzerland. […] I think that Estonia’s vision should be Estonia – greener than grass and productive as a quantum computer – to become an example to everyone else in terms of a new economy that others are looking at and wanting to copy,” said the country’s finance minister, Estonian broadcaster