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2 months ago | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
More than €7 million was stolen from Estonian residents last year by phone scammers, the Police and Boarder Guard Board said earlier this month. Scams are also on the increase. "Unfortunately, financial fraud has become part of our daily lives.
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2 months ago | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
Pensions, benefits and some public sector salaries and are indexed annually to keep them inline with changing prices and wages. "As a starting point, we could freeze indexation for one or two years – this way, we would not reduce anything for anyone, but we a would also not increase costs. As employers also pointed out in their statement, this year alone, indexation increased state budget expenditures by €500 million.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
In October, Chancellor of Justice and Children's Ombudsman Ülle Madise launched an inquiry to determine whether officials present during a scuffle that occurred while transferring a child from one parent to another in a high-profile custody case had done everything possible to protect the child.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Taavi Libe |Kirke Ert
Last Wednesday, Margus Tsahkna, the former leader of Eesti 200, suggested on ERR's "Otse uudistemajast" webcast that the struggling party should consider cooperating with other political groups, particularly Parempoolsed (the Right-wingers). This viewpoint was echoed by the current leader of Eesti 200, Kristina Kallas.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Aleksander Krjukov |Taavi Libe |Mait Ots
Politics in Narva, a majority Russian-speaking town on the eastern border, are idiosyncratic even compared with the rest of Ida-Viru County. While the region was traditionally a Center Party stronghold, this has been in decline since 2019, leaving a power vacuum and frequent changes in Narva's governing coalition. Any new coalition agreement would only be a stop-gap measure ahead of the October 2025 local elections.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Taavi Libe |Kirke Ert
In light of the child custody dispute involving a well-known couple that has captured public attention over the past week, Pakosta explained on the "Vikerhommik" radio program Tuesday what the state's options are for mediating in such cases and, above all, protecting the children caught in the middle of these conflicts. Every year, courts handle between 2,500 and 3,000 cases in which children suffer due to their parents' disputes, often leading to legal battles.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
In an interview with "Vikerhommik," Gert Raudsep explained that the organizers of the protest do not believe that the cultural sector should receive preferential treatment compared to others, but rather that it should be treated equally. "Solidarity should extend to actors even when the country is doing well. The minimum wage for cultural workers is stagnating at €1,600, but the average wage is moving in the other direction in a situation where sectoral cuts now seem to reflect solidarity.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
In an interview with "Vikerhommik," Gert Raudsep explained that the organizers of the protest do not believe that the cultural sector should receive preferential treatment compared to others, but rather that it should be treated equally. "Solidarity should extend to actors even when the country is doing well. The minimum wage for cultural workers is stagnating at €1,600, but the average wage is moving in the other direction in a situation where sectoral cuts now seem to reflect solidarity.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
The payment would continue to be €5 for children and pensioners, Sikkut told Tuesday's (September 10) "Vikerhommik". There is no plan to introduce a fee to see a family doctor. The fee to visit the emergency department EMO could also be raised to €20 in the future. Sikkut said this could help change people's behavior and direct them to seek help from a family doctor instead. The proposal also includes an increase for the "In-patient fee in hospital" fee from €2.5 to €5.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Kirke Ert |Taavi Libe
The contracts for the current provider and bins, mostly fixed to lamp posts, are about to expire and they will be replaced later in the year. "Tallinn will not be buried under garbage, neither now nor in the fall. We had known that these contracts were either about to expire or the company wanted to terminate them earlier. We are ready for that.
