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Feb 3, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
According to the current design, the Pelguranna tram will run along Puhangu tänav and the final stop will be at Stroomi Beach. Support for the route is split. "In summer, the buses are so crowded, and a tram line would be great. It would bring a lot more people to the beach and make getting around much more convenient," one Pelgulinn resident Velda told Sunday's "Aktuaalne kaamera."But another resident Tiiu disagrees: "The street is so narrow there, and it is almost impossible to walk.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe |Aktuaalne Kaamera
EKRE said it opposes wind farms for two reasons. Firstly, the party considers them too expensive, and secondly, it sees them as a threat to local residents' health and property values. "This is all being done by overriding the local community, and we have mobilized our party's local level to oppose it. There are many administrative decisions that need to be made at the municipal level. Planning needs to be revised — general plans, detailed plans, special plans.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe |Aktuaalne Kaamera
On Sunday, Sweden detained the Bulgarian ship Vezheni, that sails under a Maltese flag, after an undersea cable running between Latvia and Gotland was broken in Swedish waters. Swedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation on suspicion of sabotage. Over the last 18 months several cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea and it is suspected that ships dragging their anchors are the cause.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
The leaders of Estonia's coalition parties are unanimous in saying that the country's defense capabilities have to be increased given the current security situation, and that NATO's defense plans provide for continued investment. "Whether it will eventually come to five percent, 4.7 percent or 6.2 percent is still a matter of calculation. The percentage itself is not the main issue here.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
Kent took up the role of ambassador in January 2023 and served for two years. The previous ambassador James D. Melville, Jr. resigned from the position in 2018 over Trump and there was a five-year gap until the next representative was appointed. But this time, Kent's replacement – Roman Pipko – has already been announced. Pipko is an Estonian-born lawyer who emigrated to the USA in the 1980s with this family.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe |Aivar Pau
Eestist asus Ukraina poole teele üheksast suurest haagisest koosnev demineerimislinnak. Suurema vaevata ühest kohast teise liigutatavas linnakus on demineerijate tööruumid, magamistoad ja köök. Samuti on olemas hügieenivõimalused. Praegu Ukrainal samasuguseid mobiilseid demineerimislinnakuid ei ole. Eesti rahvusvahelise arengukoostöö keskuse tegevjuhi Klen Jääratsi sõnul peaks Ukraina demineerijate töötingimused nüüd oluliselt paranema ja nad saavad minna rinde lähedale.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
The Joe Biden administration has been criticized for not delivering the necessary weapons to Ukraine quickly enough and in the right quantities. Do you agree with this criticism? Collectively, the other allies and the United States, what we have done for Ukraine was not enough for Ukraine to win. And I think that's what has to be kept in mind – the goal is for Ukraine to win. We all could have done more and we all need to do more going forward. Will the new administration do more?
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe |Aktuaalne Kaamera
Twelve days ago, the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel factions launched a major offensive in north-western Syria. On Sunday, Russia announced that President Bashar al-Assad had stepped down and left Syria. His family ruled the country for over 50 years. The future of Syria remains unclear due to the multitude of groups in the country. Currently, the most influential Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, previously had close ties with ISIS.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
Concerns about TikTok's data collection practices as well as potential targeted influence operations are not new. However, the recent Romanian presidential elections have the EU particularly worried. According to intelligence reports, Russia paid social media influencers hundreds of thousands of euros to promote the previously little-known right-wing populist candidate Calin Georgescu, who unexpectedly emerged as the winner of the first round of the elections.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Maria-Ann Rohemäe
Concerns about TikTok's data collection practices as well as potential targeted influence operations are not new. However, the recent Romanian presidential elections have the EU particularly worried. According to intelligence reports, Russia paid social media influencers hundreds of thousands of euros to promote the previously little-known right-wing populist candidate Calin Georgescu, who unexpectedly emerged as the winner of the first round of the elections.
