The European Commission has presented a proposal to the Council for a decision to grant €230 million in financial support to Estonia under the SURE instrument. The proposal brings overall financial support proposed under SURE to a total of €90.6 billion and covering 19 member states. Once the Council approves this proposal, the financial support […]
According to a recent survey conducted by pollster Norstat, the coalition-heading Reform Party is going through a major hike in support while their coalition partner Center is trending downward.
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Singer Koit Toome, who rejected a Center Party proposal to take up the position of culture minister in the Reform/Center coalition sworn-in last month, is still a member of the Isamaa Party.
Online portal Delfi wrote (link in Estonian) on Wednesday that when Kaja Kallas coalition was being formed, Tanel Kiik (Center) contaced Toome, who has represented Estonia twice at the Eurovision Song Contest, offering him the culture minister position. We took a conscious approach with the party to think outside the box, Kiik explained. Koit Toome pondered the offer and discussed it with his family, but rejected it in the end.
0 >Jüri Ratas (right) with host Arp Müller in the Uudis+ studio last Friday. Source: ERR/ Anna-Maria Kurrel
Former prime minister Jüri Ratas (Center) recently reflected on life after leaving the post last month, saying that he now has more time not only for family and friends, but also for the sauna. We had an old [sauna] heater that we had used for over a couple of decades which just packed up. Since sauna has always played an important role in our family, I went to look for a new heater, Ratas told Vikerraadio show Uudis+ last Friday, after being spotted in a hardware store checking out such products on the same day Kaja Kallas (Reform) new government was being sworn in.