Last year, the state spent nearly €600 million, or 61 percent, less of the allocated foreign funding. In the first six months of the current fiscal year, the state spent less than a fifth, or €276 million, of the budgeted €1.5 billion in foreign funds, the National Audit Office of Estonia (Riigikontroll) reported on Wednesday.
While the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (EUIF) is offering an increasing amount of training courses and associated costs continue to rise, it nonetheless lacks an overview of whether this training is useful for finding a new job, the National Audit Office found in its latest report.
Leader of the opposition Conservative People's Party (EKRE) Martin Helme is garnering support in the Riigikogu for a vote of no confidence in Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) this week.
Almost a third of conscripts from 2013 and 2014 have not continued reservist activities or attended subsequent training sessions, a new National Audit Office report shows.