Rainer Vakra News Today

The Environmental Board (Keskonnaamet) has initiated criminal proceedings in order to identify the cause and source of pollution in a South Estonian river which led to the poisoning of thousands of fish.

Due to Russia's war in Ukraine, the gas shortage in the region, and the availability of shale oil in Estonia, it is possible to replace nearly a terawatt-hour (TWh) of gas with shale oil in the district heating sector this winter. This will reduce Estonia's district heating gas consumption by about one-third.

Because district heating providers could run into trouble sourcing enough gas for the next heating season, boiler plants should prepare for using fuel oil instead, including by securing the necessary permits, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications recommends.

The source of oil pollution on the coastline of two of Estonia's islands first found on Sunday has still yet to be ascertained, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Tuesday.

TALLINN - Georgian environmental protection leaders are visiting Estonia on Wednesday and Thursday to strengthen cooperation between the two sta...

TALLINN – As a tentative measure, the Estonian Environmental Board has  suspended logging in forest habitat types of Natura 2000 site...

Rainer Vakra, who was announced as the next director of the Environmental Board on Thursday, told ERR on Friday morning that he promises to focus on raising environmental awareness, but considers the way the shoreline construction bill became public a communications blunder.

Sunday's local elections were a lackluster affair for nearly all the leaders of Estonia's major political parties, running as 'flagship' vote-attracting candidates but in many cases polling lower than less well-known figures. The one exception was Eesti 200 chief, Kristina Kallas; while Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) leader Martin Helme was the most-voted-for candidate from his party, his overall vote count was nothing special in the context of the elector...

Endine poliitik Rainer Vakra annab enda Facebooki lehel teada, et neid on peagi viis. Ilmselgelt viitab ta sellele, et tema kaasa Marilin ootab kolmandat last. Nagu nimesoovist võib järeldada on uueks ilmakodanikuks poiss.

Members of supervisory boards of municipal companies in Tallinn could be proposed by a special appointments committee similarly to how it works on the central government level, Raimond Kaljulaid, Tallinn mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) says in an interview. Kaljulaid adds that Rainer Vakra leaving will not cost the Social Democrats much in terms of votes. How goes your campaign for a nude beach in Tallinn in support of which sexual consultant Epp Kärsin and yourself made...