Environment Minister Madis Kallas (Reform) has brought a stalled proposal to merge two state bodies dealing with environmental matters back on to the table, with costs savings and the removal of duplication cited as the main reasons.
Plans drawn up by the Minister of Environment Madis Kallas (SDE) to reduce state logging volumes by 10 percent are being queried by both the coalition and opposition.
The outgoing head of the state heritage protection board, the Muinsuskaitseamet, lost the confidence both in her institution and in the area as a whole, Culture Minister Piret Hartman (SDE) says.