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The Ministry of Defense has chosen the location of planned new radar stations, to be erected on spoil heaps in Ida-Viru County. The two radars will cost €70 million in total, while the first will be ready in 2024.

The current, record electricity prices will barely register with one Lääne-Viru County resident, who has lived by candlelight for over 20 years and yet, thanks to the installation of his own renewable sources, also has his own electricity, investigative weekly Eesti Ekspress reports.

Three elderly people have died from the flu in Estonia this winter and more than 350 cases have been confirmed by testing since the end of October.

An accident which saw three Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) trucks leave the highway on Wednesday led to a road closure lasting several hours. Noone was injured in the incident.

Approximately 2,700 transactions for the purchase and sale of apartments took place in Estonia in November, which is more than in any single month in the last five years, SEB Bank said on Friday. Almost 90 apartments changed hands every day.

In its weekly overview (link in Estonian), the Health Board predicts the downward coronavirus infection trend to continue, which would put Estonia in the "green" risk level by Christmas. The R rate has increased some, but is still below 1.

Around a tenth of the funds in the annual regional investments distribution scheme which accompanies the Riigikogu's processing of the annual state budget will be allocated to churches or religious associations, pending approval of applications.

ETV's weekly news show "Aktuaalne kaamera. Nädal" (AK) took a deeper look into why Pärnu and Valga counties have low rates of vaccination and why their citizens do not want to get vaccinated against coronavirus.

Compared to previous weeks, the spread of the coronavirus in Estonia has either stayed the same or increased in all regions of Estonia, researchers at the University of Tartu announced.

The official results of the October 17 local elections will be announced in the first half of November, the State Electoral Committee (VVK) says. The intervening time is being used to process election complaints, primarily.