Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said that at the Thursday government meeting it was decided that Minister of Economic Affairs Riina Sikkut (SDE) will prepare an analysis of the feasibility of acquiring an LNG vessel for Paldiski for the current and the next heating seasons.
Professor of Microbiology and Virology at the University of Tartu Irja Lutsar has thrown her hat in with the Eesti 200 party and will run at next spring's general election.
The Reform Party's drop in ratings and EKRE's simultaneous increase are tied to difficult circumstances in the economy, Kantar Emor survey expert Aivar Voog said on a special party ratings segment aired by ERR on Friday.
Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus' (Reform) candidacy as Estonia's next representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has been conducted in accordance with the rules, the government office says.
A recent sea change in support for political parties in Estonia, primarily relating to the two junior coalition partners – the Social Democrats and Isamaa – relates to the 20-30 percent of the electorate who are floating voters and who tend to make voting decisions on momentary impulses, Aivar Voog, analyst at market research company Kantar Emor, said on Wednesday.