Electoral alliances taking part in the October 2021 local elections in the eastern Estonian towns of Kohtla-Järve and Jõhvi obtained discounts of well over 90 percent when placing campaign ads in a local free paper owned by a businessman in the town who is at the center of the corruption case which started to unfold last week.
Minister of Internal Affairs, head of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) Lauri Läänemets has sent a letter to Minister of Justice Lea Danilson-Järg (Isamaa), urging the ministry to expedite its own bill to empower the Political Parties Funding Surveillance Committee (ERJK).
Businessman and president of the Estonian Olympic Committee Urmas Sõõrumaa told ERR on Wednesday that the current economic growth is deceptive, as it is not based on traditional models.
Businessman and president of the Estonian Olympic Committee Urmas Sõõrumaa told ERR that he is considering stopping donations to political parties because of the state's handling of the healthcare sector. He added that he will direct his money to the Patarei fortress development.