A planned pulp mill to be located in Ida-Viry County should be of more modest proportions than originally drawn up, due to the realities of the timber industry at present, Environment Minister Madis Kallas (Reform) says.
Russian authorities' decision to take away war refugees from Ukraine that had been waiting to cross the border into Southeastern Estonia on Wednesday cannot be a coincidence, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa), warning that behind the move may be a plan to organize provocations.
Russia has loaded more than a thousand people waiting to cross the border into Southeastern Estonia, primarily refugees from Ukraine, into trucks and taken them away somewhere, Minister of the Interior Lauri Läänemets (SDE) said Wednesday. The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) is trying to find out more about the refugees' fate.
State rail operator Eesti Raudtee will be getting €12 million in support as part mitigation of its 2022 losses of around €20 million, the company's director says. The deficit, which will grow in 2023, largely follows sanctions put in place on the Russian Federation and Belarus, following the invasion on Ukraine.
Martin Helme, the leader of the Conservative People's Party (EKRE), said that the government should aim at building an additional oil shale power plant and begin constructing a nuclear power plant. Eesti Energia has to exit the Nord Pool power exchange and sell electricity directly to consumers and companies at a price of €25 per megawatt-hour.