Marek Kuul

Estonia

Editor, Domestic Desk at Baltic News Service (Estonia)

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JAANUS PIIRSALU ⟩ A potent new weapon: blocking Russian oil and cargo in the Baltic Sea

Mar 7, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Jaanus Piirsalu |Marek Kuul

Estonian newsOpinionThe Russian ship Mikhail Dudin in North-France. This ship visits also Russian ports of Baltic Sea. Photo: Michel Spingler / APDue to a threat of terrorism, Russians should be banned from entering and exiting the Baltic Sea. What if a 5000-ton ship filled with explosives blows itself up in the Kiel Canal?
EDITORIAL ⟩ We offer a better path

Mar 6, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsOpinionYoung Russian: Please, borrow me the psaltery, Vanemuine! Vanemuine (mythological Estonian figures): Only if you will promise that you don't make it a balalaika. Illustration: Urmas NemvaltsIntegration in Estonia shows improvement. Sociological data may not capture the full picture. Russia does not present a compelling alternative to Estonia.
RAUL EAMETS ⟩ Something's amiss in Estonia's unemployment statistics

Mar 6, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Raul Eamets |Marek Kuul

Estonian newsOpinionPhoto: logoSo far, the labor market has successfully weathered the economic downturn. There are two tools for measuring unemployment, one of which is by the Uneployment Isurance Fund. The other indicator is the unemployment rate determined through the Estonian Labor Force Survey. I have previously written that the economic crisis starts to really affect people when unemployment begins to rise.
Average monthly gross wages rise to EUR 1,904 in Estonia

Mar 6, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsThe average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,904 euros in the fourth quarter of 2023. Photo: Marko SaarmThe average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,904 euros in the fourth quarter of 2023, which is 9.7 percent higher than in the same quarter the year before, according to Statistics Estonia. In 2023 as a whole, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,832 euros, up by 11.3 percent compared with 2022.
Rupture of Estonia-Finland gas pipeline put the Chinese on the defensive

Mar 6, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Meinhard Pulk |Marek Kuul

Estonian newsEstoniaThe Chinese-owned ship Newnew Polar Bear became the main suspect, which put the Chinese on the «aggressive» defensive,. Photo: Mihkel MaripuuWhen gas and communications interconnections at the bottom of the Baltic Sea ruptured in October, Russia was the first to be looked at, but soon the Chinese-owned ship Newnew Polar Bear became the main suspect, which put the Chinese on the «aggressive» defensive,.
EDITORIAL ⟩ Infarction of the heart of the city

Mar 5, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsOpinionDaily caricature. Photo: PostimeesThe planning of traffic in the capital is chaotic. Due to road repairs, all traffic participants suffer. Tallinn should show that it really cares. Traffic congestion caused by the construction of Tallinn's Old City Harbor tramline indicates that the capital's traffic organization remains chaotic and does not consider the needs of road and street users.
Location of fault in Estonia-Finland electricity cable found, no outside actor suspected

Mar 2, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsElering has located the fault site of the Estlink 2 power cable between Estonia and Finland. Photo: Mihkel MaripuuIn cooperation with the cable manufacturer, Estonia's state-owned transmission system operator Elering has located the fault site of the Estlink 2 power cable between Estonia and Finland. The fault site is located in the submarine portion of cable on land on the Estonian coast, and the malfunction is not a result of external intervention.
Estonian prosecutor's office ends criminal investigation against Swedbank

Feb 29, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsThe Office of the Prosecutor General has ended the criminal investigation initiated against Swedbank Estonia for suspected money laundering, due to insufficient information to prove the crime. Photo: Remo TõnismäeThe Office of the Prosecutor General has ended the criminal investigation initiated against Swedbank Estonia for suspected money laundering, due to insufficient information to prove the crime.
19 European Speakers call on the USA to provide assistance to Ukraine to continue its fight

Feb 28, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsSpeaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson. Photo: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images / AFP / SCANPIXSpeakers of the parliaments of 19 European countries sent a joint letter to Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson. In the letter, they call on making efforts to assist Ukraine and adopting a historic decision that will provide Ukraine with the necessary funds to continue its fight against Russia that is waging a war of aggression.
Estonian MEP: Western countries' intervention in war in Ukraine does not seem realistic

Feb 28, 2024 | news.postimees.ee | Marek Kuul

Estonian newsEstonian MEP and former defense chief Riho Terras said that sending of Western troops to Ukraine does not seem realistic at the moment. Photo: Tairo LutterCommenting on French President Emmanuel Macron's statement about the possible sending of Western troops to Ukraine, Estonian MEP and former defense chief Riho Terras said that this does not seem realistic at the moment. «The direct intervention of European countries in the war is not foreseen today.