A bill which would provide a universal electricity service at set prices to small businesses passed its second reading (of three) at the Riigikogu Tuesday.
The recent bankruptcy of a savings fund and the disappearance of around €16 million has once again raised the issue of the need to impose stricter control over the activities of such cooperatives, politicians from three parties told ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) Tuesday.
The state should invest more in infrastructure and the hospital network, and boost the revenue of local governments, precisely because the economy is cooling, one opposition MP says, in the context of the €775-million entry for national investments inserted in the 2023 state budget bill.
Center Party MPs on Wednesday proposed convening an extraordinary session of the Riigikogu for 9 a.m. on Friday to conduct the second reading of Isamaa's bill to lower the excise duty on diesel and gasoline to the minimum permitted level in the EU. President of the Riigikogu Jüri Ratas (Center) complied.
Additional measures are needed to combat the continuing, soaring energy prices, with a long way to go until the end of winter, Center Party leader and Riigikogu speaker Jüri Ratas says. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) has tasked one of Center's ministers with coming up with such proposals by tomorrow, Thursday, mid-morning, Ratas says, adding that he does not think they will fly unmodified with Reform.