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The family doctor crisis in Estonia is worsening rapidly. In order to attract more young family doctors to work outside of Tallinn and Tartu, the state is tripling the five-year starting bonus, formally known as a beginner's allowance, it pays to young doctors from the current €15,000 to up to €45,000.

Re-interring human remains currently buried at or near war memorials in Estonia is a job likely to take years, a defense ministry spokesperson said at a time when several such projects are either underway or under application.

A total of 1,031 births were registered in Estonia in June, the interior ministry says. The figure was slightly down on June 2021, when 1,044 births were registered.

A nuclear power plant could be on-line and functioning in northeastern Estonia a decade from now, according to one private sector nuclear energy firm. The plant would likely be the new small nuclear reactors (SMR) type, which are currently under development in other parts of the world – none are as yet on-line.

Enefit Green is building a hybrid wind-solar farm in Ida-Viru County's Lüganuse Municipality which is slated to be launched next year. On Wednesday, the company laid the cornerstone of the first wind turbine to be built at the new facility in Purtse.

Effective Friday, the tariffs for public bus routes in Harju County will increase by an average of 20 percent. Andrus Niliski, the managing director of the North-Estonian Public Transport Centre says this is needed in order to maintain the current capacity of the bus network, and to further develop the service.

The Estonian Health Board is monitoring water quality in more than a hundred public bathing sites and bodies of water during this year's bathing season. Samples gathered so far show that the water quality at Estonia's open bathing sites is very good.

The midsummer's holiday passed relatively peacefully for first responders, though the situation on the roads has been highlighted as a concern, as well as the rising temperatures going into the weekend, while drink driving presented a more serious challenge, as did domestic violence issues.

The midsummer's holiday has so far passed relatively peacefully for first responders, though the situation on the roads has been highlighted as a concern, as well as the rising temperatures going into the weekend.

© Provided by Xinhua LHASA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Leaning on the grassland, their elbows and knees on the ground, villagers from Biru County in southwest