More than 100 columns of up to 30 vehicles each are on the move on Estonian roads on Thursday and Friday in the framework of Siil, the large-scale Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) exercise currently underway.
April 1 marked the deadline for local governments to inform the Ministry of Education and Research of any decisions to close or restructure local schools. Among other changes, five schools in various parts of the country will be closing their doors ahead of the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year this fall.
Municipalities in central Estonia are requesting additional support from the government to cope with the arrival of Ukrainian war refugees. So far, the costs are being borne by local governments and volunteers.
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Estonia’s thriving wood pellet industry is pitting environmentalists who say it increases logging and harms biodiversity against supporters who say it makes good use of wood that would otherwise go to waste.
The subject is particularly sensitive in the tiny Baltic state once ruled by Moscow, whose forests cover more than half its surface area and are very much part of the national identity.
However, at a plant belonging to Europe’s biggest wood pellet producer, Estonia’s AS Graanul Invest, Mihkel Jugaste, the company’s head of quality and certification systems, defended the industry.
“Wood only comes to us when sawmill or plywood factories reject