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Ministry official: Estonia's renewable energy target for 2030 not changing

Jan 28, 2025 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

Monday's coalition deal, which included the decision to organize reverse auctions for 2 terawatt-hours (TWh) of production each for offshore and onshore wind farms, was based on a forecast by Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering predicting that the country's consumption would likely be capped at 11 TWh.Previously, a Ministry of Climate forecast predicted that Estonia's electricity consumption would grow from the current 8 TWh to 15 TWh by 2035.
Prime minister: Estonia's defense spending target should be 5% of GDP

Jan 21, 2025 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi |Arp Müller

Michal expressed support for U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal that NATO member states increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. "The new American president, Donald Trump, has made it quite clear that he expects NATO defense spending to rise to 5 percent. People ask what I think – I support a faster increase in defense capabilities. We know our adversary.
Keit Kasemets: In an impasse, state secretary must quit before prime minister

Jan 15, 2025 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

However, Kasemets, set to replace Taimar Peterkop, hedged his words by noting that if conflicts with the head of government do arise, it is the State Secretary who should step down. State Secretary (Estonian: Riigisekretär) heads up the Government Office and so should not be conflated with the secretary of state role seen in some other major countries. The nature of the job forms a large part of the following.
Minister: Attempt to reduce red tape not a dastardly plan to create more paperwork

Dec 2, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

Estonia and the European Union have been promising a system to reduce red tape for a while now. In Estonia, there has been talk of a one-for-one approach, while Europe wants to lift two bureaucratic obligations for every new one. Why are you going along with it, and what is the problem we're trying to solve? Entrepreneurs have pointed out two key issues that significantly disrupt their productivity and operations.
PM urges parties to stick to compromise on Russian citizens' voting rights

Nov 12, 2024 | news.err.ee | Arp Müller |Mirko Ojakivi

Donald Trump, who has been re-elected as president of the United States, has promised to impose 60 percent tariffs on China and 10-20 percent tariffs on Europe. "First, it's important to understand that campaign promises do not always materialize exactly as stated. It's worth looking at concrete decisions and steps," said Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform).
President: State budget must be easy to understand

Oct 24, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

In an interview with Vikerraadio's Mirko Ojakivi on Thursday, President Alar Karis acknowledged that the current debate over the transparency of the state budget feels very familiar to him from his time as auditor general seven years ago. "The problem is not new, but it continues in the same vein. Back then, the idea of performance-based budgeting was in the air, and I said it could create a more complicated situation in terms of understanding the text.
Former Eesti Energia CEO: Best time to build offshore wind farms missed

Oct 18, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

The wind energy support plan proposed by the Ministry of Climate suggests that only if Estonia's electricity consumption doubles by 2035 will it be possible to pay the promised subsidy for offshore wind farms while keeping the final electricity price low and avoiding an increase in the renewable energy fee.
Interior minister: Defense tax is here to stay

Sep 20, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

Läänemets said putting together next year's state budget has been very difficult, but the need to raise taxes did not surprise SDE. "The Social Democrats said before the last Riigikogu elections that these taxes would have to be raised somewhere if we were to increase public spending. We finally got where we needed to be. It was not a difficult place for us to reach because it did not offer any surprises.
Prime minister: A billion will be cut over four years

Sep 17, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi |Arp Müller

Speaking on "Stuudios on peaminister", Michal explained why the government favors taxing profits over other proposals such as the wage fund or property. "The fixed-term taxation of corporate profits will bring €150 million to the state budget in 2026. The financial impact is smaller, but this option was chosen because its impact on the growth of business and bringing foreign investments to Estonia was the least harmful option," he told the show.
Nortal CEO: Eesti 200 involvement has adversely impacted my financial status

Sep 13, 2024 | news.err.ee | Mirko Ojakivi

In a recent appearance on ETV's "Esimene stuudio," Alamäe discussed why he decided to leave the party he co-founded and distance himself from politics. "I mentioned it in the press release too – conspiracy theories," he confirmed when asked why he decided to leave politics.