Isamaa's opposition to the nomination of Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is petty, former prime minister and current MEP Andrus Ansip (Reform) says.
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0 >Ida-Viru County power station operated by private sector firm VKG. The large grey hill top right is a slag heap created by mining oil shale, which is then refined into oil to fuel power stations, a sector which saw major development in the Soviet era. Source: VKG.
The European Union s green policy on trading in Carbon Dioxide emissions allowances is likely to be tightened up in the near future, which is in turn likely to lead to a rise in the price of oil shale energy in the next five years. The sector dominates the economy of Ida-Viru County, but is coming under increasing political pressure due to conflicts with the union s environmental stance.
On Monday and Tuesday, social media was awash with messages of support for Estonia s first female prime minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and her (almost) gender-balanced government. ERR s Estonian portal compared the number of men and women in previous coalitions.
Kallas government, which was sworn in on Tuesday, has seven female ministers and eight male ministers, meaning women make up 46.67 percent of ministerial roles in government - the highest proportion for a government in independent Estonia s history.
In Kallas new coalition, women hold the positions of prime minister, justice, foreign, culture, education, social protection and finance ministers.
But how do previous governments compare?