Kadri Põlendik

3 weeks ago | news.err.ee | Kadri Põlendik

Named Estlink 3, completion date for the cable is around a decade from now and planning began last year, with the building permit and environmental impact assessment processes currently underway. Priit Heinla, head of offshore grid development at grid distributor Elering, noted that Estlink 3's construction is taking into account any potential sabotage of the kind seen in recent years in the Baltic. "The truth is that we are trying to install it deeper, into the seabed.

1 month 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.