Both indoor and outdoor ice rinks will have shorter opening hours in the upcoming winter season. Due to high energy prices, some rinks will stop operating earlier than usual, when spring arrives.
The City of Tallinn is discussing the possibility of opening a night bus service from next year. An application for extra funding has been submitted to support the establishment of four routes, which among other things, are expected to reduce the increasing number of scooter accidents in the Estonian capital.
Local governments in three very different parts of Estonia are facing the identical issue of soaring energy prices as fall arrives, and are dealing with them in similar ways, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Friday.
The Estonian Artists' Association (Eesti Kunstnike Liit) launched a campaign to provide everyone in Estonia with universal health insurance. As fewer and fewer taxpayers pay for the healthcare system, it is necessary to alter the current system and begin taxing income other than salary, Peep Peterson (SDE), the new minister of health and labor, said.