ERR — broadcast 20260920 180000 UTC 427 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] about the residents of Võru. The question is whether they can be trusted. [00:00:04] Watch the show "Relvavennad" (Weapon Brothers). Monday evening at [00:00:06] 8:00 PM on Estonian Television. [00:00:34] "Estonia's heart health is one of the worst in the European [00:00:36] Union, [00:00:39] whatever we can think of to make youth overweight and lack of [00:00:42] movement less of a problem than it is now. [00:00:45] On the last day of the Russian elections, Moscow was hit [00:00:48] by a large-scale Ukrainian [00:00:50] drone attack. [00:00:52] The rising price of car fuel makes filling the fuel tank [00:00:55] more modest. [00:00:58] The heating season is coming, so..." in that sense, indeed, diesel is currently the biggest concern [00:01:02] primarily in Europe and worldwide. [00:01:05] The autumn political season has started [00:01:08] vigorously. It is also a moment where there is a little [00:01:14] given that testing of who can potentially be cooperated with after the elections and who [00:01:17] cannot. Good evening, viewers, the "Aktuaalne kaamera" [00:01:21] weekend program on September 20th. Estonia's [00:01:25] heart health is one of the worst in the European Union, both premature mortality and [00:01:28] health loss are very high. According to cardiologists, the most important thing [00:01:32] would be to get under control both childhood obesity [00:01:35] and cardiovascular diseases. To detect diseases [00:01:38] earlier, hopes are now being placed [00:01:40] on occupational health doctors. [00:01:42] If one thing is the most important in the world of diseases, then it is cardiovascular [00:01:46] diseases. These are the most common chronic [00:01:50] diseases in Estonia, but also the most common cause of death. They also [00:01:53] cause the most premature mortality. The peculiarity [00:01:57] of heart diseases is that we know quite well [00:02:00] why heart diseases arise, unlike many other diseases, and [00:02:04] we have means to intervene, but these means must [00:02:08] be applied and one must be consistent. According to Elmet, [00:02:11] these are largely lifestyle diseases, the risks of which can be reduced [00:02:15] by changing one's behavior. It is many times cheaper to prevent diseases, to avert them, than [00:02:19] to treat the consequences, i.e., to extinguish the fire. [00:02:22] This is very expensive, and not only us, but also other European [00:02:26] rich countries cannot afford it financially. [00:02:30] "If cardiovascular diseases account for 25% of preventable [00:02:34] mortality in Europe, then in Estonia it is 30%. According to cardiologist Alar [00:02:37] Irs, to reduce preventable deaths, it is necessary to urgently address [00:02:41] the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity. If in [00:02:44] 2001, 7% of teenagers were overweight, then twenty [00:02:48] years later, 20% of children are already overweight. Whatever [00:02:52] we can think of to make youth obesity and lack of [00:02:55] movement less of a problem than it is now, that [00:02:58] must be done. Secondly," it is definitely necessary to start dealing with people who are at [00:03:02] risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. For example, [00:03:05] high blood pressure in Estonia is the clearest [00:03:09] target, these people can be found based on current data, [00:03:13] if we find them. And education and treatment [00:03:17] in that direction will prevent them from getting heart attacks, strokes [00:03:20] as complications of hypertension. Since visiting an occupational health doctor [00:03:24] is the only mandatory doctor's visit, in the near future, they will start testing if it [00:03:28] would be possible to detect diseases earlier there. The occupational health doctor performs various [00:03:32] analyses, asks for health information, and then [00:03:34] assesses that if a person has a higher risk of developing [00:03:37] a cardiovascular disease or [00:03:40] already has a disease that is not monitored, then [00:03:43] the occupational health doctor creates a more specialized [00:03:46] prevention plan for them, advises them, and perhaps [00:03:50] documents it a little better than today. Keeping an eye on a person's health [00:03:54] remains the family doctor's responsibility. On average, 27 [00:03:57] to 70 thousand people with high blood pressure visit [00:04:00] the doctor within a year, whose treatment costs are nearly 36 million [00:04:03] euros. The cost of circulatory system diseases to the Health Insurance Fund [00:04:07] is on average 203 million euros per year. [00:04:11] On the last day of the Russian state elections, Moscow was hit by a large-scale [00:04:14] Ukrainian drone attack, which killed at least two people and [00:04:17] damaged a large oil refinery. [00:04:20] The ongoing elections are the first since the start of Russia's war of aggression, and [00:04:24] residents of occupied Ukrainian territories [00:04:26] are also participating. According to Moscow Mayor Sergey [00:04:30] Yanin, approximately 1600 Ukrainian drones flew towards the capital, [00:04:34] of which Russian air defense shot down 450. It is not known [00:04:37] how many drones Ukraine actually sent towards the Russian capital. [00:04:40] not known. [00:04:46] I literally take 20 steps from the entrance, [00:04:49] and there's an explosion, glass flies, screams and shouts start, [00:04:53] I turn around, that's it, the entrance door is torn off, [00:04:56] everywhere everything is debris, this is lying around. [00:04:59] However, [00:05:00] political observers are generally convinced that besides [00:05:08] the usual destruction of oil refineries, the aim of today's attack was [00:05:11] to show Muscovites that the war is still on their doorstep [00:05:15] and elections will change nothing here, change can only be brought by the Russian government's [00:05:19] decision to declare the war over. According to the Central Election Commission, [00:05:21] Russia's electronic election system was also hit by countless [00:05:25] cyberattacks, and Russia's telecommunications infrastructure [00:05:28] as a whole was also attacked. Regarding the election [00:05:32] results in a country where it is wiser not to express your opinion if it [00:05:36] does not align with that of the rulers, there is, of course, no doubt. Especially since [00:05:39] the only party opposed to the war of aggression, Yabloko, [00:06:17] According to the Central Election Commission, voter turnout was already [00:06:21] 45% by noon. There were practically no [00:06:24] foreign observers at the elections; for example, observers from the Organization [00:06:28] for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were not allowed [00:06:31] at the elections. The campaign was sluggish, often even the candidates themselves [00:06:34] did not bother to show up at events. According to Hungarian journalist Lili Takashi, [00:06:38] it's not about who wins the elections, but about how big. [00:06:46] to leave an impression. According to Russian political scientist [00:06:49] and coordinator of the Moscow Political Club, Ivan Preobrazhensky, [00:06:52] the unserious nature of the elections is shown by the fact that the most important topic for Russia, [00:06:56] the ongoing war in Ukraine, was not allowed to be discussed [00:06:59] during the campaign. Also, the falsification [00:07:02] of election results has reached unprecedented proportions, he said [00:07:05] in an interview with the [00:07:06] national broadcaster. [00:07:12] something was voted on, because these elections are totally [00:07:15] falsified, electronic voting [00:07:19] is not controlled by anyone at all by [00:07:21] definition, that is, where you can simply measure [00:07:25] the number of votes by pressing buttons on the computer. [00:07:27] the number [00:07:33] of votes was cast today outside Russia as well, in 152 countries [00:07:37] around the world, 333 polling stations were opened, including [00:07:41] at the Russian Embassy in Tallinn. [00:07:43] At the entrance to the embassy, the police checked and photographed the documents of all people [00:07:47] who wished to participate in the voting. [00:08:03] A small protest action took place today in front of the embassy. Participants [00:08:06] called the elections illegal. When we [00:08:09] protested there, they came to us several times. [00:09:48] German Chancellor Friedrich Merz decided to remain in office despite [00:09:52] his party, the Christian Democratic Union, suffering a devastating defeat in the state [00:09:55] of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the city of Berlin [00:09:58] parliamentary elections. [00:10:02] The Christian Democrats had to bow to the right-wing populist alternative [00:10:06] for Germany. In the capital, they lost [00:10:08] to the Left Party. [00:10:12] the populists received as much as 38% of the votes. They probably [00:10:16] won't form the state government, however, because no other party there wants to [00:10:20] cooperate with them. According to Merz, the election results are [00:10:23] catastrophic, but... [00:10:28] "I take this responsibility because [00:10:31] I want to move our country forward. I am also [00:10:34] firmly convinced that the success of our reforms not only [00:10:38] improves our coexistence, but also our self-image [00:10:41] and our image in the world. Germany is [00:10:44] capable of reform. I even go so far as to say [00:10:47] that these reforms are the means [00:10:51] against the authoritarian poison that comes with the " [00:11:02] The sharp rise in fuel prices, especially diesel, has not made [00:11:06] people drive significantly less. However, fuel sellers' statistics show that [00:11:10] significantly smaller quantities are being refueled, in the hope [00:11:13] that the price will fall again. Fuel sellers confirm that prices will remain high [00:11:17] for a longer time. The high fuel price has not yet [00:11:21] significantly reduced people's driving, but one [00:11:25] fills up less fuel per fueling and therefore visits [00:11:28] the gas station more often, hoping that the price will be [00:11:32] a little more favorable on the next visit. The last couple of weeks these prices have been significantly higher [00:11:36] than they were in August, and for ordinary people, this affects [00:11:39] consumption the most in that they start consuming less [00:11:43] fuel at once, and this means that they fuel up more often per month, so [00:11:47] necessary trips are mostly not left undone, actually [00:11:50] fuel costs have increased financially, because fuels have become [00:11:54] more expensive per liter. This consumption [00:11:56] is rather similar to last year, maybe a [00:12:00] little smaller overall, but the number of [00:12:03] fuelings has increased, so tanks are definitely not kept full, [00:12:07] rather people drive with emptier tanks in the hope that fuel prices will drop again tomorrow. [00:12:10] Fuel sellers do not expect a rapid [00:12:14] price decrease right now; high prices will remain for a longer time already. Today, there are conflicts [00:12:18] still present and rather escalated, meaning that [00:12:21] reserves have at the same time diminished and the heating season is coming, [00:12:24] so... in that sense, indeed, diesel is currently the biggest [00:12:28] concern in Europe and worldwide, meaning that these reserves are [00:12:31] small. If the high price persists, its impact will no longer [00:12:35] be limited to a larger fuel bill for drivers. [00:12:38] The increase in diesel prices raises transportation [00:12:41] costs and passes into the prices of goods and services. All goods move [00:12:44] generally on diesel-powered cars, right? So [00:12:48] there is this fear that these high diesel prices might start [00:12:51] spreading everywhere else. And well, one thing is [00:12:54] like Estonia. "but the other is perhaps a general European picture here, [00:12:58] that if we now look at the Eurozone inflation, then today [00:13:01] on the market there have been speculations that the central bank [00:13:04] is forced to raise interest rates maybe even twice [00:13:08] and well, that will then translate into [00:13:11] loan interest rates, so well, the places where, where today's [00:13:15] diesel prices can start affecting life are more than just what we see at the gas station. [00:15:45] week now. [00:15:50] A smaller government demands more willingness to cooperate [00:15:52] and compromise. I believe that in the current Riigikogu [00:15:55] composition, there is [00:15:57] enough of it. [00:16:14] If we look at these sums, then actually this profit [00:16:18] (400,000) is almost the total cost of some projects. [00:16:34] On Friday, we have planned a joint singing event, [00:16:38] where we expect all the people who come [00:16:41] to the song festival grounds [00:16:43] to join the choirs. [00:16:47] now wonderland [00:16:51] among some key partners of Europe, including the UK and Canada. [00:17:04] The goal is in sight and [00:17:07] it will be pursued with effort in terms of costs [00:17:11] and the deficit [00:17:13] will still be reduced. [00:17:16] The autumn political season has started quite turbulently, and [00:17:20] it has included a presidential election, a mortar scandal, a change [00:17:24] of ministers, and the opposition's threat to overthrow the government. Anne [00:17:27] Raist investigated how political observers and analysts assess [00:17:30] the events and what the pre-election period for the Riigikogu elections [00:17:34] will be like. [00:17:36] When the Riigikogu convened on Monday, political life was already [00:17:40] underway, but usually the opening session of the Riigikogu is the moment when [00:17:43] parties seriously start lining up. It is quite [00:17:47] turbulent for us and it is clear that both [00:17:50] the coalition and the opposition are preparing for the elections and [00:17:54] in addition to testing their [00:17:56] advertising slogans, they are also using various power tactics [00:18:00] against each other. Less than half a year remains until the Riigikogu [00:18:03] elections. Kadri Simson says that in previous times, the election [00:18:09] campaign started in January. This time, because the government's popularity is so low and [00:18:12] the opposition feels much more [00:18:16] supported, the campaign is [00:18:19] exceptionally long. In the presidential elections, however, the parliamentary parties [00:18:23] found common ground and elected Ülle Madise as president [00:18:26] with 71 votes. Kadri Simson, who has a long political career [00:18:30] behind her, believes that the achieved consensus could continue for [00:18:33] the parties in the future, at least during this autumn. [00:18:37] an elegant agreement between the four parties, will probably also set the tone [00:18:41] for the rest of the autumn, that in Estonia there are parties who, without [00:18:45] personal gain, are willing to [00:18:47] cooperate on difficult issues, and [00:18:50] the ability to cooperate is probably [00:18:53] the biggest deficit [00:18:56] in today's Estonian politics. Political scientist Tõnis Saarts [00:19:00] , however, does not share Simson's opinion and says that the consensus was related [00:19:03] to a specific moment, where there was a strong candidate and other [00:19:06] scenarios. A pre-election agreement would not have brought bonus points [00:19:10] for the parties, possible opponents were unable [00:19:13] to mobilize at the decisive moment. Well, [00:19:17] Isamaa here made its pragmatic choice, which [00:19:20] actually also determined that in the Riigikogu [00:19:24] already in the first round, the president was elected. [00:19:28] The Reform Party continues with new ministers. According to Tõnis [00:19:31] Saarts, the failed mortar acquisition will leave a mark [00:19:34] on the Reform Party either way, because the scandal [00:19:37] related to the Ministry of Defense eroded confidence in the party's most [00:19:40] important area of competence. The fact that they chose [00:19:43] Martin Herem as the new [00:19:46] Minister of Defense was, I think, [00:19:48] a very good public relations move, [00:19:52] to show that yes, there were problems, [00:19:56] but we brought one of Estonia's top specialists to solve [00:19:59] these problems. If anything else should emerge [00:20:03] when Herem starts dealing with this field more seriously, [00:20:06] then that could further erode the Reform Party's [00:20:09] credibility, and in such a case, this [00:20:13] could have quite catastrophic consequences for the party. [00:20:17] Kadri Simson says that in her opinion, the Reform Party is one [00:20:21] of the most experienced parties in terms of political technology. Simson adds that renewing their image [00:20:24] before elections has brought them success in the past, but then they had changed [00:20:28] their coalition partner. You kick out the social democrats, you take Isamaa's [00:20:32] place, in some other year you kick out Isamaa, you take the social democrats' [00:20:36] place, and it would be like a new choice. But this time they didn't succeed [00:20:39] last year, so no one was ready [00:20:43] to fill the vacant seats of the departed social democrats, [00:20:45] so now it's being done [00:20:49] with a new... mission at this micro-level. [00:20:52] The opposition has been talking about snap elections and [00:20:56] a no-confidence vote for the Prime Minister for a long time. It is certainly [00:20:59] in the opposition's interest to end this situation [00:21:02] where the Reform Party holds such a dominant position, and [00:21:05] it's understandable that snap elections are being talked about. Technically, [00:21:08] again, it is very unlikely that the current government [00:21:12] would fall in this form, or that there would be no Reform Party government, that would be very difficult for me to imagine. [00:21:16] The no-confidence motion would pass if the opposition were united [00:21:20] in favor of it. The Social Democrats do not support [00:21:23] the no-confidence motion as long as it is not clear what the new functioning [00:21:26] government will be. However, this is difficult to put together, because the Social Democrats [00:21:29] do not cooperate with EKRE and will not join a new government. The "window-sitters" [00:21:33] or unaligned MPs, or at least some of them, are also not [00:21:36] firm supporters of the no-confidence motion. Well, they [00:21:39] perfectly know that it probably won't be realized, [00:21:43] and therefore they rather tried to give their voters [00:21:46] a signal that well, it's being done, [00:21:49] to remove the current unpopular [00:21:52] government and replace it with a better [00:21:55] alternative, and it was indeed rather [00:21:58] such a mobilizing and [00:22:01] reassuring signal [00:22:04] we are dealing with your concerns and expectations. Kadri Simson, however, [00:22:07] believes that a vote of no confidence will still be submitted, even if it does not [00:22:11] pass, to try to show the government's weakness. Mariliis [00:22:14] Jakobson says that the opposition's behavior can be interpreted from [00:22:18] another angle. Currently, the opposition is quite [00:22:21] diverse, so they certainly won't find [00:22:24] consensus on all issues. And [00:22:27] perhaps now is also a moment where there is a little [00:22:30] testing of who can potentially be cooperated with [00:22:34] after the elections and who cannot. According to Jakobson, [00:22:37] the approaching elections may make the political situation increasingly [00:22:41] tense. You can almost be sure that [00:22:44] something will definitely happen, that during [00:22:47] the election campaign, they will certainly [00:22:50] look for ways to gain public [00:22:54] attention and also maintain it. Kadri Simson, however, believes that this time [00:22:58] politicians will be more restrained in their statements before the elections [00:23:01] than before. Election results are not directly [00:23:05] predictable as blocks, and several [00:23:07] parties would like to keep open the possibility of cooperating [00:23:11] with several different parties, and therefore [00:23:15] they will not go into such an old-school [00:23:18] confrontation where bridges are burned before [00:23:21] elections and partners are excluded. According to political scientists [00:23:24] and political observers, the main issue of the elections [00:23:28] could be the economic situation and coping. [00:23:31] According to recent polls, economic issues, [00:23:34] issues of livelihood, are still important to people, [00:23:37] and these have largely been ever-present issues. These issues [00:23:41] will generally revolve around the economy, as I say, the voter's emotion must still be stirred up [00:23:45] before the election so that they go to vote and feel that they are making the right [00:23:48] decision and so on, so there will certainly be quite a lot of these [00:23:52] opposing themes. The rapid development [00:23:55] of artificial intelligence raises increasingly more questions: can [00:23:59] humans always control increasingly capable systems? This [00:24:02] week, both its developers and politicians demanded tighter [00:24:06] control over AI. Veronik Uibo followed the course of events and asked what [00:24:10] role Estonia plays? [00:24:14] This here is just a small selection of recent incidents where [00:24:17] AI agents have been performing tasks. [00:24:52] Few events can bring political opponents together [00:24:55] in the US for a common cause, but this week in Washington, [00:24:58] both Senator Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump's ally [00:25:02] Steve Bannon demanded stronger AI oversight. [00:25:21] According to Estonian scientists who attended the AI conference in Washington, [00:25:24] we currently have no certainty that an artificial intelligence much more capable [00:25:28] than humans could be kept under control. If we build [00:25:31] such an unlimited succession of increasingly smarter [00:25:35] artificial intelligences, then such an AI much smarter than humans [00:25:38] cannot be controlled according to the current situation, [00:25:42] and until we have better control measures, [00:25:45] we should not build them either. In every sense, these large [00:25:49] super systems, slowing down their development would be somewhat good, [00:25:53] as it reduces such a big risk that we can do something, and [00:25:56] also that the economy and society can get used to it. [00:26:00] Superintelligence is currently called [00:26:02] a hypothetical AI that would be smarter than humans [00:26:05] in almost all areas. This was also [00:26:09] warned by Jacob Cookson, who helped train large [00:26:12] AI models, but recently resigned, warning that by continuing [00:26:15] in the same way, super AI will soon be ready [00:26:19] and sci-fi movies, such as Terminator, will become [00:26:22] a reality, and people are indeed [00:26:26] scared. [00:26:30] For example, if someone rides a bicycle their whole life, [00:26:33] the risk of dying from it is [00:26:37] circa 1%, meaning that many [00:26:40] believe that the probability that artificial intelligence will wipe out [00:26:44] all humanity, not just one person, but everyone, is [00:26:48] at least five times greater, maybe even more, some believe it's over [00:26:50] 10% chance, so [00:26:54] this is actually very worrying and it's not just, [00:26:57] I say, it's not just a few individuals in artificial intelligence [00:27:00] companies, but these are academics who conduct [00:27:03] scientific research. To mitigate fears and dangers, it is [00:27:07] absolutely necessary to set limits on the development [00:27:10] of artificial intelligence. In the European Union, rules for AI have already been established, [00:27:13] but a global agreement is needed. China already [00:27:16] has its own regulations, Korea, for example, has adopted [00:27:20] some things from the European Union, [00:27:23] in Brazil, everywhere these are starting to emerge, [00:27:26] so the next step would be for us to collectively [00:27:30] discuss it globally as well, [00:27:33] that... we could reach. Estonia can influence AI development more than [00:27:37] often thought, both through the European Union and at an individual [00:27:41] level. Europe has a huge amount of power and influence [00:27:44] over these technology companies, because the European market [00:27:48] is very large. The European Union can theoretically say [00:27:51] that if you don't implement correct safety practices, don't ensure security, [00:27:55] don't ensure safety, you won't get into our market. And Estonia as well, Estonia [00:27:59] is one member state in the European Union, so I would like [00:28:02] "Estonians to get rid of such [00:28:04] a feeling of helplessness, we can talk about [00:28:08] it a lot, and at an individual [00:28:10] level we can vote, choose [00:28:14] politicians who care about artificial intelligence, [00:28:17] we can learn about artificial intelligence ourselves, use it, see how it can [00:28:21] be useful, how it can be harmful, we can do all these things [00:28:24] so that we don't have to take such a [00:28:27] hopeless position, especially since [00:28:31] AI-related risks" and paradoxically, AI [00:28:34] itself helps to mitigate them. If we said, don't [00:28:37] use us, then we, then we, then we would fall into an especially big [00:28:41] trap, that we should actually try to maximize AI in our activities [00:28:45] and economies, go into it, because it keeps [00:28:49] us at least at the forefront [00:28:50] of this wave. Fuel demand in the world is [00:28:54] higher than supply, and stocks are low. In just two weeks, [00:28:58] diesel has become 36 cents per liter more expensive on the world market. [00:29:01] On the Estonian market, competition is fierce, and this prevents our gas stations from [00:29:05] raising prices equivalently. The European Commission collects fuel [00:29:09] consumer prices weekly in European countries. And [00:29:12] according to data published this week, for example, Estonia was [00:29:15] 14th in the ranking of diesel pump prices, [00:29:19] which means an exact middle position among [00:29:23] 27 countries. Finland has been at the top of the ranking for some [00:29:26] weeks now, and currently 2.51 [00:29:29] euros per liter of diesel. [00:29:32] This is 44 cents more expensive than in Estonia, almost half [00:29:35] a euro. Denmark and the Netherlands are also in the [00:29:39] top three. In Latvia, diesel is slightly more expensive than [00:29:42] in Estonia, and in Lithuania it is 11 cents more expensive than [00:29:46] in Estonia. Below 2 euros per liter, there are 11 countries [00:29:49] in the diesel table, the cheapest fuel is in Malta, [00:29:53] 1 euro and 21 [00:29:55] cents. Gasoline is cheaper [00:29:59] than diesel at all gas stations, and here are... [00:30:02] EU gasoline prices, where the top three are [00:30:05] Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany. Finland is in [00:30:08] fourth place in this table, and our Estonia is again quite [00:30:11] average. In 12th place, [00:30:14] gasoline costs 95, [00:30:16] 1.91. There are eight countries [00:30:20] with gasoline prices over two euros. The cheapest gasoline [00:30:23] 95 is again in Malta, i.e. one euro and [00:30:27] 34 cents. We also asked people in Pärnu, Narva [00:30:31] and Kuressaare how the rising fuel prices since the end of summer [00:30:34] have affected their driving [00:30:36] habits, [00:30:40] if you have to drive, you have to drive, but of course I don't drive too much, [00:30:43] you know and you have to refuel, there's nothing to do, [00:30:47] you can't be without a car in the countryside. We are very [00:30:50] surprised about the price [00:30:52] and I think if I had a car, I would [00:30:56] change my driving habits.