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Estonian TSO chief: Two cables out wouldn’t have greatly swayed power supply
Sunday, December 29, 2024The potential outage of both the EstLink 1 and EstLink 2 Finnish-Estonian undersea power cables would not yet have caused serious problems for Estonia’s electricity…
Stores will stop giving out 1 and 2 cent coins From January 1
Saturday, December 28, 2024From January 1, 2025 the final price of a basket of shopping paid for in cash in a physical point of sale will be rounded…
Eesti Energia preparing to raise fixed electricity package prices
Saturday, December 28, 2024Eesti Energia plans to increase the prices of new fixed-rate electricity packages following the damage to the Estlink 2 cable.It is currently analyzing the potential…
Economist: Electricity cable failure to affect GDP less than tax rises
Friday, December 27, 2024Due to the repair of the Estlink 2 undersea cable electricity prices may increase.Bigbank’s Chief Economist Raul Eamets said the impact on Estonia’s GDP will…
Moldova buys Tallinn’s old trolleybuses
Friday, December 27, 2024Moldova purchased Tallinn’s old trolleybuses at auction and will put the vehicles to use in the country’s public transport system, Tallinna Linnatransport (TLT) said on…
Government cuts support funding for Iru power plant from 2025
Friday, December 27, 2024Eesti Energia, owner of the Iru Power Plant, believes a change to the Electricity Market Act stripping the facility of cogeneration support is unconstitutional.The company…
Ministry planning several new alcohol policy restrictions
Friday, December 27, 2024The Ministry of Social Affairs is drafting a new national alcohol policy, which includes several new restrictions.For instance, there are plans to ban alcohol sales…
Availability of repair ship affecting EstLink 2 repair timeline
Friday, December 27, 2024According to Reigo Kebja, a member of the management board of TSO Elering, the repair of the EstLink 2 cable is being impacted by the…
Estonia’s finance minister describes lower VAT on food plan as waste of money
Friday, December 27, 2024The Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture is set to analyze whether it would be worthwhile to impose a lower value-added tax (VAT) rate on…