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Head of the opposition Reform Party Kaja Kallas told the “Otse Postimehest” webcast that Minister of Rural Affairs Arvo Aller’s promise to consider paying compensation to strawberry farmers constitutes an attempt to gloss over the government’s poor choices on the taxpayer’s dime.

The draft act on pre-primary education was withdrawn from the proceedings of the Riigikogu with the votes of the Center Party and EKRE (the Social Democrats indirectly contributed to it by failing to vote). In plain speech – the bill of transition to fully or largely Estonian-language kindergartens.

At the time when price rise is setting new records and old age pensioners can barely make their money last until the next pension payment day, some 5,000 of them who had their pensions delivered home had an unpleasant surprise – their pensions were not delivered in time. This may lead to dismissal of director general of the Social Insurance Board.

Searching for long-term solutions to help safeguard the Estonian economy from the price of energy crisis, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas (Center) support nuclear energy.

The Reform Party and Center Party did not manage to reach a compromise on additional energy prices compensation measures in the coalition council on Monday. Talks are set to continue on Tuesday afternoon.

During a time when electricity and gas prices are breaking records and there is talk of universal food and services price hikes, the Riigikogu has passed an amendment to almost double speed camera fines.

The market price of electricity will exceed €600 per megawatt-hour on 11 hours on Tuesday, with the price on the Nord Pool exchange reaching €1,000 per MWh in the morning. But prices are shaped by manufacturers stopping consumption rather than new power capacity.

The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has been added to the World Health Organization’s list of worrying strains has been diagnosed in many European countries. The Health Board is set to advise the government on additional measures this week.

Yes, we will be turning to the Supreme Court in this matter, Center Party leader Jüri Ratas said. The Tallinn Circuit Court decided in late October that the coalition Center Party needs to return what has been deemed an illicit donation by the party’s former campaign chief Paavo Pettai. The ruling obligates Center to return €1.02 million minus VAT.

Estonian Minister of Culture Anneli Ott announced on Tuesday that she is stepping down from her position because she is unable to implement the ideas needed for preserving the field of culture in the government led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.