The junior coalition partner Center Party and its seven ministers were dismissed from the government by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) on Friday after weeks of political deadlock. Reform will now start negotiations with Isamaa and SDE.
Martin Helme, chairman of the opposition Conservative People's Party (EKRE), said that he has spoken over the phone to Center leader Jüri Ratas to discuss recreating the three-way coalition of EKRE, Center and Isamaa.
Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart (Center) has asked the government to increase the amount of income tax transferred to local governments to deal with rapidly rising prices.
The risk that Russia could leave the power plants in Narva without vital cooling water has spurred Estonia's public authorities into action. The state is cutting through the bureaucratic rigmarole with an expedited procedure that could allow it to break ground quickly on an alternative cooling canal.