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[00:00:09] The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to American economists
[00:00:12] Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for
[00:00:15] their research on the role of monetary and fiscal
[00:00:18] policies in stabilizing the economy. According to
[00:00:21] the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, their work laid the
[00:00:24] foundation for models that today are used by central banks and
[00:00:28] governments worldwide to combat economic
[00:00:31] shocks.
[00:00:35] In Estonia, negotiations on the minimum wage for
[00:00:38] 2027 have begun. More on the topic with comments
[00:00:41] from trade union leaders and employers in our next
[00:00:45] report. About 20,000 people
[00:00:49] in Estonia receive the minimum wage, say the Central Union of
[00:00:52] Trade Unions, adding that its increase could affect
[00:00:55] the wages of other workers earning less than
[00:00:58] the average. The increase is necessary so
[00:01:02] that all working residents of the country can at least make ends meet
[00:01:05] with their salaries. If prices
[00:01:08] rise, if everything becomes more expensive, it becomes increasingly difficult
[00:01:12] for low-income people to cope with expenses, which
[00:01:14] increases the burden on our social security system,
[00:01:18] as people have to apply for living
[00:01:21] benefits. Trade unions want the minimum wage next
[00:01:25] year to be 47.5% of
[00:01:28] the average wage. This is the next step towards the goal that
[00:01:31] trade unions and employers agreed on in 2023:
[00:01:34] to bring the minimum wage to half
[00:01:37] of the average. Currently, it is 946 euros, which is
[00:01:41] 42% of the average earnings. It is currently
[00:01:44] really difficult to say when an agreement will be reached.
[00:01:48] Employers have taken a break to discuss everything, form their position, and
[00:01:52] obtain the relevant mandate for negotiations. After that, we
[00:01:55] will meet again. At the moment, we don't even know when
[00:01:59] it will take place.
[00:03:00] in the third quarter, 38,000 people were registered
[00:03:03] as unemployed, 5,600 fewer
[00:03:06] than a year ago. The registered unemployment rate was
[00:03:10] 5.5%. This is the lowest level since the beginning
[00:03:14] of 2020. At the same time, the Unemployment Insurance Fund notes that finding
[00:03:17] a job has become easier, but not in all
[00:03:20] sectors.
[00:03:23] The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law aimed at strengthening the protection
[00:03:26] of children from sexual and other dangerous criminals. In
[00:03:30] particular, it is proposed to place photos of criminals
[00:03:33] who are forbidden to work with
[00:03:37] children in the criminal record. In Estonia, more than 11,000
[00:03:40] people are prohibited from direct contact with children, and for more
[00:03:44] than 6,000 of them, this prohibition is lifelong. However, not all of them
[00:03:48] are pedophiles. Employers are obliged to check employees working with children at least
[00:03:52] once a year. In the future, these checks are planned to be made
[00:03:55] automatic and conducted monthly. For this purpose,
[00:03:58] the criminal record will be combined with the register.
[00:04:02] We want to make a clearer distinction both in the interests of
[00:04:05] public justice and in the interests of protecting
[00:04:08] children. People who have committed the most serious crimes will
[00:04:12] be distinguished by the presence of a photograph. Of course,
[00:04:15] it is already possible to determine this by articles of the law, but we have received feedback
[00:04:19] that it is too difficult for people to understand them.
[00:04:23] If the system detects violations, the information will be sent to the Social
[00:04:26] Insurance Department, which will check compliance with the prohibition. Access to
[00:04:30] register data will remain restricted; only persons with a legal right
[00:04:34] to do so, including employers and legal representatives of
[00:04:38] children, will be able to obtain information. Employers today must already check
[00:04:42] information about people who start working with children. This applies to
[00:04:45] volunteers who help in children's camps or participate in other similar
[00:04:49] activities.
[00:04:51] The employer enters the system as a legal entity,
[00:04:55] selects the function to check restrictions on working with children, and enters the data
[00:04:58] of the person being checked. After that, they receive a response as to whether the
[00:05:02] person has any restrictions on working with children. Thus, the verification
[00:05:06] procedure is actually maximally simplified. Lawyers point out
[00:05:10] the weak points of the bill. They can help identify individuals but do not
[00:05:14] guarantee the identification of dangerous people. Moreover, there is a risk of mistaken
[00:05:18] identification and stigmatization of innocents.
[00:05:21] The main thing is that we notice people who need help and
[00:05:25] report it. A photograph in this case is not the main
[00:05:28] tool for identifying a criminal. Only those
[00:05:31] against whom a guilty verdict has been issued by the court
[00:05:34] are entered in the criminal record. This means that many, so to speak,
[00:05:38] sexual perverts are not in the criminal
[00:05:40] record at all.
[00:06:42] in the entire concern, about 100 jobs in Estonia will be cut, which is
[00:06:45] about 7% of the total number of employees of the company in
[00:06:49] Estonia. The main reason is
[00:06:52] cost reduction, since the company is actively implementing
[00:06:56] technologies, and today they require additional funds, so decisions have been made
[00:06:59] to cut some positions whose tasks artificial intelligence
[00:07:03] can take over. Before, we were used to technologies becoming cheaper
[00:07:07] year after year, but recently these costs have also started
[00:07:11] to rise. If we do not want to pass all the pressure of rising costs on
[00:07:14] to final prices for consumers, we need to honestly assess our own
[00:07:18] efficiency, improve working processes, introduce
[00:07:21] digitalization and automation, including artificial intelligence solutions, to reduce the overall cost
[00:07:25] base.
[00:07:27] According to Vissa, they have three main
[00:07:30] cost items: energy, personnel, and technology, and
[00:07:33] since developing technologies is becoming more expensive, costs need to be reduced
[00:07:37] somewhere. At the same time, Telia notes that their agent
[00:07:40] already performs excellent technical support over the phone.
[00:07:44] We are still developing a voice robot, and
[00:07:46] it continues to learn. It cannot yet answer some questions, but it
[00:07:50] is empathetic enough and honest; if it doesn't know
[00:07:53] the answer, it admits it and redirects the client to a customer
[00:07:56] service employee.
[00:07:58] Tele2 notes that a similar process of personnel cuts and active
[00:08:02] implementation of AI in the company took place two years ago, when they
[00:08:05] cut about 20% of their staff. However, AI
[00:08:09] is capable of not only covering work with... For example, for many years we have been using artificial
[00:08:22] intelligence systems to optimize network operations. They allow us
[00:08:26] to analyze how our networks react to various
[00:08:29] loads from customers and adapt the operation of the mobile
[00:08:32] network, depending on how people use it. At Elisa, we were told
[00:08:35] that there are no plans to cut staff, despite the active
[00:08:39] implementation. Tartu opposition criticizes
[00:08:45] the growing debt burden of the city. By 2030, the debt could
[00:08:49] reach 260 million euros. The authorities
[00:08:52] of the student capital explain the need
[00:08:55] for borrowing due to the fiscal
[00:08:57] reform of local self-governments, as well as
[00:09:01] investment programs.
[00:09:04] In the next 4 years, Tartu plans to invest about
[00:09:08] 290 million euros. For this, the city
[00:09:11] will have to significantly increase its debt burden. According to
[00:09:14] Vice Mayor Martin Beck, one of the reasons is the so-called
[00:09:18] Robin Hood reform, due to which Tartu will lose about
[00:09:22] 17 million euros. Income from
[00:09:25] income tax for Tartu has decreased, however, for
[00:09:28] financially stable self-governments, an exception is provided:
[00:09:32] instead of a debt limit of 60% of the city's
[00:09:36] main revenues, a limit equal to eight times the
[00:09:39] operating financial result applies.
[00:09:42] This allows for increased borrowing capacity.
[00:09:46] According to forecasts, by the end of the budget strategy period,
[00:09:49] Tartu's debt will rise from the current 190 million
[00:09:52] euros to approximately 260
[00:09:55] million. Additional borrowed funds will be used for the implementation
[00:09:59] of planned projects, including 26 million
[00:10:02] euros for the construction of Veriku school. The largest
[00:10:06] investment item is culture - about 100 million euros, including
[00:10:10] for the construction of a cultural center. Another
[00:10:13] 60 million euros is allocated for
[00:10:15] education, schools, kindergartens, current repairs
[00:10:19] and comprehensive renovation of buildings. In addition, the city
[00:10:22] will continue to repair roads and streets.
[00:10:55] difficult to comment, so we will choose which school we, for example,
[00:10:58] will not build, because promises have already been made to everyone, but we must be very
[00:11:02] critical in the future and simply
[00:11:05] not live such a lavish life as we
[00:11:09] are accustomed to doing now. The Social Democrats, also representing
[00:11:12] the opposition, agree with the main directions of the budget strategy,
[00:11:15] but also believe that the city needs
[00:11:18] to monitor the growth of its debt burden. We
[00:11:21] will definitely review the strategy again to pay attention
[00:11:25] not only to the Siuru and school buildings, but also to the possibility
[00:11:28] of reducing less significant expenses. In addition, we
[00:11:31] need to constantly monitor how much we pay in interest and
[00:11:35] decide whether, after the completion of the Siuru construction,
[00:11:38] to adjust the amount of
[00:19:18] it will be cloudy, rain will fall in many places, with occasional fog, wind of variable
[00:19:22] directions 2-7 m/s, gusts up to 15 m/s. After
[00:19:25] midnight, the wind will weaken, air temperature from 3 to 8, on the coast up to
[00:19:29] +1. During the day, cloudy weather will persist, with occasional
[00:19:33] rain, wind of variable directions 1-7
[00:19:36] m/s. Air temperature from 7 to
[00:19:38] 12 degrees.
[00:19:41] Such was the day in the lens of the current camera. TV Plus will continue with
[00:19:44] the program "My Truth." Thank you for your attention and see you on air.
[00:20:24] Good evening! In today's Impulse, we will talk about
[00:20:28] illegal immigration.
[00:20:30] The Minister of Interior announced that illegal migration to Estonia has sharply
[00:20:34] increased, and last week over 50 people were detained.
[00:20:38] Due to migration pressure, the state increased forces on the land border
[00:20:41] in ports and also assisted on the Latvian and Belarusian border. The broader
[00:20:45] question is what to do with uninvited guests.
[00:20:47] Hello, dear guests, let's go straight
[00:20:58] to the discussion without a lengthy introduction. We have all
[00:21:02] heard that migration pressure has increased, but who are these people who
[00:21:05] are coming here? Kert Valdaru?
[00:21:08] Who comes here, simple
[00:21:11] people come from all
[00:21:15] over the world. Mainly,
[00:21:18] today we still see that... from Africa,
[00:21:22] from Asia, these are the main ones who
[00:21:25] enter Europe. They then
[00:21:28] travel through the
[00:21:31] Mediterranean migration routes,
[00:21:33] through North Africa to Italy or Greece
[00:21:37] or Spain, or then today here we
[00:21:40] are talking about what we are worried about, and
[00:21:44] our neighbors are very worried. People have been
[00:21:47] somehow brought, whether by flights or some other way, to
[00:21:51] Belarus, and from Belarus they are now trying to
[00:21:54] come to Europe. The main
[00:21:57] place today, and for the last couple of years, has still been
[00:22:01] Latvia, from where they come through Latvia, and
[00:22:05] through Latvia they then enter Estonia.
[00:22:07] Well, let's look at the statistics
[00:22:11] here first, which confirms that
[00:22:14] illegal migration has accelerated. In
[00:22:17] 2024, there were 70
[00:22:21] foreigners who illegally entered Estonia. In
[00:22:24] 2025, there were 27, and this year,
[00:22:27] as of yesterday, 269 people, of whom
[00:22:31] 228
[00:22:33] had arrived since July. So, Veiko Komusar,
[00:22:37] why isn't the police, or what does the police and border guard board conclude
[00:22:41] from this, why has migration pressure on Estonia increased?
[00:22:44] Yes, first of all, the question is that in the context of all this
[00:22:47] migration attack or the smuggling of these people,
[00:22:50] there is nothing accidental about it,
[00:22:53] that the Belarusian regime or our
[00:22:56] eastern neighbors have been intensifying this for the last
[00:22:59] five or six years, and
[00:23:02] this is a very deliberate chosen path
[00:23:05] where these people are invited to their country
[00:23:09] as tourists to fulfill certain objectives, which
[00:23:13] then appears as such, but the real
[00:23:16] direction is only one, that through these channels...
[00:23:20] to find a way to Europe. But let's be clear, the
[00:23:23] 269 people who have been caught in Estonia this year, well, that's
[00:23:27] what has been caught, but in reality, that number is probably much, much higher. And if we
[00:23:31] look at the whole number, this year
[00:23:35] Latvia alone has
[00:23:37] stopped more than 11,000 people
[00:23:41] from moving from Belarus to Latvia, and well,
[00:23:45] it's clear that these are the ones who remained on the other side of the border, these are the ones who remained on the other side of the border,
[00:23:49] but it's clear that people still get through
[00:23:52] there, but not in such masses, that the
[00:23:56] external border is very strongly tried to be guarded and
[00:23:58] protected, to keep that mass on the other
[00:24:02] side. Now, why we have found ourselves on this path
[00:24:05] is rather that an attempt is being made to open
[00:24:08] a new alternative route from here for further movement to
[00:24:12] Scandinavian countries, and conversely, there is also
[00:24:14] an impact of various
[00:24:17] additional compensation measures,
[00:24:20] temporary border control solutions, which
[00:24:23] Schengen area countries have then
[00:24:26] established among themselves. Eero Janson, are these people who come here
[00:24:30] just fortune seekers, or do they really have, for example,
[00:24:33] the right to apply for asylum, to get refugee
[00:24:36] status? How is it usually assessed, whether
[00:24:39] a person has a need for protection, meaning
[00:24:43] refugee status, whether they need refugee status, additional
[00:24:46] protection status, legal protection status?
[00:24:50] This assessment is individual.
[00:24:52] If we look at the current public statistics regarding
[00:24:56] who these people are that have been detained in Estonia
[00:24:59] and it has been established that they
[00:25:03] entered, for example, through Latvia and are using Estonia as
[00:25:07] a transit route for further migration,
[00:25:10] among them are people from, for example,
[00:25:13] Eritrea, Somalia,
[00:25:16] among them are people from India, Bangladesh. If we
[00:25:20] now look at the historical recognition percentage of these countries,
[00:25:23] then Eritrean citizens
[00:25:26] in the European Union have approximately a
[00:25:29] 75% probability of indeed receiving protection.
[00:25:32] This, of course, does not say anything about whether that particular
[00:25:36] Eritrean, who has been detained in Tallinn, for example,
[00:25:39] personally needs international protection
[00:25:42] or not. However, it is quite likely that
[00:25:46] if this is actually assessed, then there may be a need for protection there."
[00:25:50] It is very important within this debate to distinguish that
[00:25:54] a person can actually be simultaneously
[00:25:57] used by Belarus for political
[00:26:00] purposes. They may have
[00:26:03] simultaneously crossed the state border
[00:26:07] illegally, and they may simultaneously
[00:26:11] also be a person in need of protection.
[00:26:14] If they need that protection, then we also have an obligation to process their application and
[00:26:18] provide them with protection if necessary. I would just like to clarify the number, because Eero
[00:26:21] mentioned that Eritrea has about
[00:26:24] 60-70%. He also mentioned people from Bangladesh.
[00:26:27] For Bangladesh, only about 3% of asylum applications are granted,
[00:26:31] and if we look at the trends in Europe over the last year, how
[00:26:35] many asylum applications receive a positive response, it's
[00:26:38] about 30%, meaning 70% of asylum
[00:26:41] seekers actually receive a negative response.
[00:26:45] So, in the end, it's an individual assessment
[00:26:48] based on the subjective and objective circumstances of the person. Sandra Lauri,
[00:26:52] as a politician, when you look at the number of over 200 people detained
[00:26:55] in Estonia since July, does that concern you? Of course,
[00:26:59] it concerns me, and it's actually very simple.
[00:27:02] Illegal border crossing must not grant
[00:27:05] the right to stay here. We must not have any loyalty
[00:27:08] to these illegals, because, according to the PPA's own
[00:27:12] press representative, half of them lie to us
[00:27:15] that they are minors in order to get additional rights. So, the
[00:27:19] state must treat them as minors until proven otherwise. Even if some
[00:27:22] minors may have a beard and more life experience than the official
[00:27:26] processing them. Now a commission has been created, where
[00:27:29] all sorts of representatives - medical workers, psychologists, representatives
[00:27:32] of the Welfare Board - will then deal with proving their so-called
[00:27:36] age. But can you imagine what a waste of
[00:27:39] money and time this is today,
[00:27:42] that cases of minors already constitute a third
[00:27:46] of the workload of child protection specialists at the Welfare Board,
[00:27:49] a third. And instead of dealing with our
[00:27:53] own people, we have to pamper and feed them, while79.62/811"> for the comforts of these illegals in our country.
[00:27:56] meie enda inimesed võitlevad elukallidusega, peame me nende
[00:27:59] In other words, it is
[00:28:03] extremely important that Estonia takes a very concrete position, a very
[00:28:06] clear message. Everyone who comes to us illegally
[00:28:10] will be sent back. Of course, we can offer humanitarian aid, but we do not
[00:28:13] offer entry. Katri Raik, you have also been a former Minister of Interior,
[00:28:17] how dangerous do you consider this migration pressure and do you agree with Sandre
[00:28:21] Lauri? Well, if I were coming from Rae municipality now, I would definitely be very, very
[00:28:25] worried, because I imagine that the Mayor of Rae and the people of Rae are very worried
[00:28:28] and and surely they are looking to the local authorities,
[00:28:32] asking why. aren't they helping, how are they helping? Well, in Rae municipality there is this detention
[00:28:35] center, which is currently under the greatest pressure,
[00:28:39] right? Undoubtedly, it is a hybrid attack, as was
[00:28:42] already mentioned earlier, it is clear that one cannot cross the
[00:28:46] Belarus-Latvia border without cooperating with the Belarusian authorities,
[00:28:49] the question is serious, we must learn from all crises,
[00:28:53] this is also a crisis right now, perhaps not so big yet, but
[00:28:56] still a crisis, uh, Kerd and I have
[00:29:00] experienced in our time, uh...
[00:29:02] mm, in different positions, when Ukrainian
[00:29:05] war refugees, which cannot of course be compared to today's situation, but they crossed
[00:29:09] the state border in Narva and then it was asked what the local government
[00:29:13] is doing, we must learn
[00:29:15] more cooperation in this current situation, what is the state's
[00:29:19] task, what is the task of different institutions, what is
[00:29:22] the task of the local government and local authorities, let's take this
[00:29:26] as a lesson and here I agree with Sandra in this sense, whoever
[00:29:29] has come illegally must also go back. "where he has
[00:29:33] come from, but while he is in our territory, we must still
[00:29:36] deal with him, Estonians had to deal
[00:29:39] with illegal migration this summer both in Estonia and
[00:29:43] Latvia and we went on patrol with
[00:29:46] border guards on one day
[00:29:48] in August.
[00:29:54] The police stop a rented Saab in the port of Tallinn because there is a suspicion whether the three-person group
[00:29:57] of Belarusian, Indian and Kazakh
[00:30:01] citizens are..." legally passing through going to do a
[00:30:05] test, welding test,
[00:30:07] welding,
[00:30:10] welding, how long you plan to stay there? maybe
[00:30:14] tomorrow, come back, tomorrow come back, this summer
[00:30:17] the increased illegal migration prompted Estonian authorities to react more
[00:30:21] actively and now those entering Estonia
[00:30:24] by land and those leaving here at the port
[00:30:27] are checked more carefully, how did you meet this
[00:30:31] might be? "your company, one one
[00:30:34] company, one company, one employer, okay, well, our
[00:30:37] job is actually then to sift
[00:30:40] through the crowd and
[00:30:44] identify those people who would then need
[00:30:47] more attention in terms of control, migrants
[00:30:50] who have come, maybe they don't feel
[00:30:54] so comfortable here and because of that they behave
[00:30:57] a little".