Wednesday's edition of ETV politics panel discussion show 'Esimene stuudio' saw representatives of the five political parties represented at the Riigikogu discussing energy, including the possible elimination of the CO2 quota component from the final electricity price to consumers, and whether to focus on constructing renewable energy-based power stations over the next decade, or to stick with oil shale-fired plants.
Forty-two Riigikogu MPs initiated a promised vote of no-confidence in Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Riina Sikkut (SDE), following a vessel bringing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) heading for Finland, rather than Estonia, ahead of the coming winter.
Forty-two Riigikogu MPs initiated a promised vote of no-confidence in Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Riina Sikkut (SDE), following a vessel bringing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) heading for Finland, rather than Estonia, ahead of the coming winter.
The level of state funding set aside to fix Estonia's roads is no longer enough to carry out the minimum required maintenance, construction companies said on Tuesday.
A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Estonia is important for the long-term guarantee of supply in the current security situation, Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications Riina Sikkut (SDE) says, regardless of the fact that a Floating Storage Re-gassification Unit (FRSU) vessel is now heading to Finland with a winter's consignment of LNG, and not to Estonia.