Kadri Põlendik

1 week ago | news.err.ee | Iida-Mai Einmaa |Kadri Põlendik

The government introduced the new levy this year, one of the last countries in Europe to do so. The pledge was written into the newly completed coalition agreement by Reform and Eesti 200, released on Saturday. It aims to ease the financial burden for families with underage children. The government said money generated from the tax will be reinvested in Estonia's road infrastructure, which suffers from a funding gap. It is not known how much money the tax cut will cost the state.

1 month ago | news.err.ee | Kadri Põlendik

In 2024, second-pillar pension funds earned more income than ever before. The return for third-pillar funds was 20.5 percent, and 16.5 percent for second-pillar funds. Tõnu Lillelaid, adviser at the financial services policy department of the Ministry of Finance, told ERR that for the second pillar, said this was an increase of almost €0.9 billion. In total, second-pillar investment income at the end of last year was €2.6 billion.

1 month ago | err.ee | Kadri Põlendik |Aivar Pau

Rahvakohtunikud toodi Eesti õigussüsteemi selleks, et kaasata tavakodanikke õiguse mõistmisse, rääkis ERR-ile Harju maakohtu kohtunik Katre Poljakova. "Et tagada kohtumenetluse läbipaistvust ja avalikkuse usaldust kohtupidamise vastu ja tuua nii-öelda inimlikku mõõdet sellesse menetlusse, kus lisaks siis professionaalsele kohtunikule osaleb esimese astme kuritegudes õigusemõistmises kaks rahvakohtunikku," ütles Poljakova.

1 month ago | err.ee | Kadri Põlendik |Aivar Pau

Rahvakohtunikud toodi Eesti õigussüsteemi selleks, et kaasata tavakodanikke õiguse mõistmisse, rääkis ERR-ile Harju maakohtu kohtunik Katre Poljakova. "Et tagada kohtumenetluse läbipaistvust ja avalikkuse usaldust kohtupidamise vastu ja tuua nii-öelda inimlikku mõõdet sellesse menetlusse, kus lisaks siis professionaalsele kohtunikule osaleb esimese astme kuritegudes õigusemõistmises kaks rahvakohtunikku," ütles Poljakova.

1 month ago | news.err.ee | Kadri Põlendik

The land tax issue came to the fore three years ago when a new land valuation was carried out in Estonia, revealing that land values had increased several times over the past two decades. On average, they had grown about eightfold, Marko Udras, head of policy and legal affairs at the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told ERR. Higher land value also means higher land tax. The results of the 2022 land valuation came into effect last year.