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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.