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00:00:09The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to American economists
00:00:12Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for
00:00:15their research on the role of monetary and fiscal
00:00:18policies in stabilizing the economy. According to
00:00:21the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, their work laid the
00:00:24foundation for models that today are used by central banks and
00:00:28governments worldwide to combat economic
00:00:31shocks.
00:00:35In Estonia, negotiations on the minimum wage for
00:00:382027 have begun. More on the topic with comments
00:00:41from trade union leaders and employers in our next
00:00:45report. About 20,000 people
00:00:49in Estonia receive the minimum wage, say the Central Union of
00:00:52Trade Unions, adding that its increase could affect
00:00:55the wages of other workers earning less than
00:00:58the average. The increase is necessary so
00:01:02that all working residents of the country can at least make ends meet
00:01:05with their salaries. If prices
00:01:08rise, if everything becomes more expensive, it becomes increasingly difficult
00:01:12for low-income people to cope with expenses, which
00:01:14increases the burden on our social security system,
00:01:18as people have to apply for living
00:01:21benefits. Trade unions want the minimum wage next
00:01:25year to be 47.5% of
00:01:28the average wage. This is the next step towards the goal that
00:01:31trade unions and employers agreed on in 2023:
00:01:34to bring the minimum wage to half
00:01:37of the average. Currently, it is 946 euros, which is
00:01:4142% of the average earnings. It is currently
00:01:44really difficult to say when an agreement will be reached.
00:01:48Employers have taken a break to discuss everything, form their position, and
00:01:52obtain the relevant mandate for negotiations. After that, we
00:01:55will meet again. At the moment, we don't even know when
00:01:59it will take place.
00:03:00in the third quarter, 38,000 people were registered
00:03:03as unemployed, 5,600 fewer
00:03:06than a year ago. The registered unemployment rate was
00:03:105.5%. This is the lowest level since the beginning
00:03:14of 2020. At the same time, the Unemployment Insurance Fund notes that finding
00:03:17a job has become easier, but not in all
00:03:20sectors.
00:03:23The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law aimed at strengthening the protection
00:03:26of children from sexual and other dangerous criminals. In
00:03:30particular, it is proposed to place photos of criminals
00:03:33who are forbidden to work with
00:03:37children in the criminal record. In Estonia, more than 11,000
00:03:40people are prohibited from direct contact with children, and for more
00:03:44than 6,000 of them, this prohibition is lifelong. However, not all of them
00:03:48are pedophiles. Employers are obliged to check employees working with children at least
00:03:52once a year. In the future, these checks are planned to be made
00:03:55automatic and conducted monthly. For this purpose,
00:03:58the criminal record will be combined with the register.
00:04:02We want to make a clearer distinction both in the interests of
00:04:05public justice and in the interests of protecting
00:04:08children. People who have committed the most serious crimes will
00:04:12be distinguished by the presence of a photograph. Of course,
00:04:15it is already possible to determine this by articles of the law, but we have received feedback
00:04:19that it is too difficult for people to understand them.
00:04:23If the system detects violations, the information will be sent to the Social
00:04:26Insurance Department, which will check compliance with the prohibition. Access to
00:04:30register data will remain restricted; only persons with a legal right
00:04:34to do so, including employers and legal representatives of
00:04:38children, will be able to obtain information. Employers today must already check
00:04:42information about people who start working with children. This applies to
00:04:45volunteers who help in children's camps or participate in other similar
00:04:49activities.
00:04:51The employer enters the system as a legal entity,
00:04:55selects the function to check restrictions on working with children, and enters the data
00:04:58of the person being checked. After that, they receive a response as to whether the
00:05:02person has any restrictions on working with children. Thus, the verification
00:05:06procedure is actually maximally simplified. Lawyers point out
00:05:10the weak points of the bill. They can help identify individuals but do not
00:05:14guarantee the identification of dangerous people. Moreover, there is a risk of mistaken
00:05:18identification and stigmatization of innocents.
00:05:21The main thing is that we notice people who need help and
00:05:25report it. A photograph in this case is not the main
00:05:28tool for identifying a criminal. Only those
00:05:31against whom a guilty verdict has been issued by the court
00:05:34are entered in the criminal record. This means that many, so to speak,
00:05:38sexual perverts are not in the criminal
00:05:40record at all.
00:06:42in the entire concern, about 100 jobs in Estonia will be cut, which is
00:06:45about 7% of the total number of employees of the company in
00:06:49Estonia. The main reason is
00:06:52cost reduction, since the company is actively implementing
00:06:56technologies, and today they require additional funds, so decisions have been made
00:06:59to cut some positions whose tasks artificial intelligence
00:07:03can take over. Before, we were used to technologies becoming cheaper
00:07:07year after year, but recently these costs have also started
00:07:11to rise. If we do not want to pass all the pressure of rising costs on
00:07:14to final prices for consumers, we need to honestly assess our own
00:07:18efficiency, improve working processes, introduce
00:07:21digitalization and automation, including artificial intelligence solutions, to reduce the overall cost
00:07:25base.
00:07:27According to Vissa, they have three main
00:07:30cost items: energy, personnel, and technology, and
00:07:33since developing technologies is becoming more expensive, costs need to be reduced
00:07:37somewhere. At the same time, Telia notes that their agent
00:07:40already performs excellent technical support over the phone.
00:07:44We are still developing a voice robot, and
00:07:46it continues to learn. It cannot yet answer some questions, but it
00:07:50is empathetic enough and honest; if it doesn't know
00:07:53the answer, it admits it and redirects the client to a customer
00:07:56service employee.
00:07:58Tele2 notes that a similar process of personnel cuts and active
00:08:02implementation of AI in the company took place two years ago, when they
00:08:05cut about 20% of their staff. However, AI
00:08:09is capable of not only covering work with... For example, for many years we have been using artificial
00:08:22intelligence systems to optimize network operations. They allow us
00:08:26to analyze how our networks react to various
00:08:29loads from customers and adapt the operation of the mobile
00:08:32network, depending on how people use it. At Elisa, we were told
00:08:35that there are no plans to cut staff, despite the active
00:08:39implementation. Tartu opposition criticizes
00:08:45the growing debt burden of the city. By 2030, the debt could
00:08:49reach 260 million euros. The authorities
00:08:52of the student capital explain the need
00:08:55for borrowing due to the fiscal
00:08:57reform of local self-governments, as well as
00:09:01investment programs.
00:09:04In the next 4 years, Tartu plans to invest about
00:09:08290 million euros. For this, the city
00:09:11will have to significantly increase its debt burden. According to
00:09:14Vice Mayor Martin Beck, one of the reasons is the so-called
00:09:18Robin Hood reform, due to which Tartu will lose about
00:09:2217 million euros. Income from
00:09:25income tax for Tartu has decreased, however, for
00:09:28financially stable self-governments, an exception is provided:
00:09:32instead of a debt limit of 60% of the city's
00:09:36main revenues, a limit equal to eight times the
00:09:39operating financial result applies.
00:09:42This allows for increased borrowing capacity.
00:09:46According to forecasts, by the end of the budget strategy period,
00:09:49Tartu's debt will rise from the current 190 million
00:09:52euros to approximately 260
00:09:55million. Additional borrowed funds will be used for the implementation
00:09:59of planned projects, including 26 million
00:10:02euros for the construction of Veriku school. The largest
00:10:06investment item is culture - about 100 million euros, including
00:10:10for the construction of a cultural center. Another
00:10:1360 million euros is allocated for
00:10:15education, schools, kindergartens, current repairs
00:10:19and comprehensive renovation of buildings. In addition, the city
00:10:22will continue to repair roads and streets.
00:10:55difficult to comment, so we will choose which school we, for example,
00:10:58will not build, because promises have already been made to everyone, but we must be very
00:11:02critical in the future and simply
00:11:05not live such a lavish life as we
00:11:09are accustomed to doing now. The Social Democrats, also representing
00:11:12the opposition, agree with the main directions of the budget strategy,
00:11:15but also believe that the city needs
00:11:18to monitor the growth of its debt burden. We
00:11:21will definitely review the strategy again to pay attention
00:11:25not only to the Siuru and school buildings, but also to the possibility
00:11:28of reducing less significant expenses. In addition, we
00:11:31need to constantly monitor how much we pay in interest and
00:11:35decide whether, after the completion of the Siuru construction,
00:11:38to adjust the amount of
00:19:18it will be cloudy, rain will fall in many places, with occasional fog, wind of variable
00:19:22directions 2-7 m/s, gusts up to 15 m/s. After
00:19:25midnight, 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
00:19:33rain, wind of variable directions 1-7
00:19:36m/s. Air temperature from 7 to
00:19:3812 degrees.
00:19:41Such was the day in the lens of the current camera. TV Plus will continue with
00:19:44the program "My Truth." Thank you for your attention and see you on air.
00:20:24Good evening! In today's Impulse, we will talk about
00:20:28illegal immigration.
00:20:30The Minister of Interior announced that illegal migration to Estonia has sharply
00:20:34increased, and last week over 50 people were detained.
00:20:38Due to migration pressure, the state increased forces on the land border
00:20:41in ports and also assisted on the Latvian and Belarusian border. The broader
00:20:45question is what to do with uninvited guests.
00:20:47Hello, dear guests, let's go straight
00:20:58to the discussion without a lengthy introduction. We have all
00:21:02heard that migration pressure has increased, but who are these people who
00:21:05are coming here? Kert Valdaru?
00:21:08Who comes here, simple
00:21:11people come from all
00:21:15over the world. Mainly,
00:21:18today we still see that... from Africa,
00:21:22from Asia, these are the main ones who
00:21:25enter Europe. They then
00:21:28travel through the
00:21:31Mediterranean migration routes,
00:21:33through North Africa to Italy or Greece
00:21:37or Spain, or then today here we
00:21:40are talking about what we are worried about, and
00:21:44our neighbors are very worried. People have been
00:21:47somehow brought, whether by flights or some other way, to
00:21:51Belarus, and from Belarus they are now trying to
00:21:54come to Europe. The main
00:21:57place today, and for the last couple of years, has still been
00:22:01Latvia, from where they come through Latvia, and
00:22:05through Latvia they then enter Estonia.
00:22:07Well, let's look at the statistics
00:22:11here first, which confirms that
00:22:14illegal migration has accelerated. In
00:22:172024, there were 70
00:22:21foreigners who illegally entered Estonia. In
00:22:242025, there were 27, and this year,
00:22:27as of yesterday, 269 people, of whom
00:22:31228
00:22:33had arrived since July. So, Veiko Komusar,
00:22:37why isn't the police, or what does the police and border guard board conclude
00:22:41from this, why has migration pressure on Estonia increased?
00:22:44Yes, first of all, the question is that in the context of all this
00:22:47migration attack or the smuggling of these people,
00:22:50there is nothing accidental about it,
00:22:53that the Belarusian regime or our
00:22:56eastern neighbors have been intensifying this for the last
00:22:59five or six years, and
00:23:02this is a very deliberate chosen path
00:23:05where these people are invited to their country
00:23:09as tourists to fulfill certain objectives, which
00:23:13then appears as such, but the real
00:23:16direction is only one, that through these channels...
00:23:20to find a way to Europe. But let's be clear, the
00:23:23269 people who have been caught in Estonia this year, well, that's
00:23:27what has been caught, but in reality, that number is probably much, much higher. And if we
00:23:31look at the whole number, this year
00:23:35Latvia alone has
00:23:37stopped more than 11,000 people
00:23:41from moving from Belarus to Latvia, and well,
00:23:45it'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,
00:23:49but it's clear that people still get through
00:23:52there, but not in such masses, that the
00:23:56external border is very strongly tried to be guarded and
00:23:58protected, to keep that mass on the other
00:24:02side. Now, why we have found ourselves on this path
00:24:05is rather that an attempt is being made to open
00:24:08a new alternative route from here for further movement to
00:24:12Scandinavian countries, and conversely, there is also
00:24:14an impact of various
00:24:17additional compensation measures,
00:24:20temporary border control solutions, which
00:24:23Schengen area countries have then
00:24:26established among themselves. Eero Janson, are these people who come here
00:24:30just fortune seekers, or do they really have, for example,
00:24:33the right to apply for asylum, to get refugee
00:24:36status? How is it usually assessed, whether
00:24:39a person has a need for protection, meaning
00:24:43refugee status, whether they need refugee status, additional
00:24:46protection status, legal protection status?
00:24:50This assessment is individual.
00:24:52If we look at the current public statistics regarding
00:24:56who these people are that have been detained in Estonia
00:24:59and it has been established that they
00:25:03entered, for example, through Latvia and are using Estonia as
00:25:07a transit route for further migration,
00:25:10among them are people from, for example,
00:25:13Eritrea, Somalia,
00:25:16among them are people from India, Bangladesh. If we
00:25:20now look at the historical recognition percentage of these countries,
00:25:23then Eritrean citizens
00:25:26in the European Union have approximately a
00:25:2975% probability of indeed receiving protection.
00:25:32This, of course, does not say anything about whether that particular
00:25:36Eritrean, who has been detained in Tallinn, for example,
00:25:39personally needs international protection
00:25:42or not. However, it is quite likely that
00:25:46if this is actually assessed, then there may be a need for protection there."
00:25:50It is very important within this debate to distinguish that
00:25:54a person can actually be simultaneously
00:25:57used by Belarus for political
00:26:00purposes. They may have
00:26:03simultaneously crossed the state border
00:26:07illegally, and they may simultaneously
00:26:11also be a person in need of protection.
00:26:14If they need that protection, then we also have an obligation to process their application and
00:26:18provide them with protection if necessary. I would just like to clarify the number, because Eero
00:26:21mentioned that Eritrea has about
00:26:2460-70%. He also mentioned people from Bangladesh.
00:26:27For Bangladesh, only about 3% of asylum applications are granted,
00:26:31and if we look at the trends in Europe over the last year, how
00:26:35many asylum applications receive a positive response, it's
00:26:38about 30%, meaning 70% of asylum
00:26:41seekers actually receive a negative response.
00:26:45So, in the end, it's an individual assessment
00:26:48based on the subjective and objective circumstances of the person. Sandra Lauri,
00:26:52as a politician, when you look at the number of over 200 people detained
00:26:55in Estonia since July, does that concern you? Of course,
00:26:59it concerns me, and it's actually very simple.
00:27:02Illegal border crossing must not grant
00:27:05the right to stay here. We must not have any loyalty
00:27:08to these illegals, because, according to the PPA's own
00:27:12press representative, half of them lie to us
00:27:15that they are minors in order to get additional rights. So, the
00:27:19state must treat them as minors until proven otherwise. Even if some
00:27:22minors may have a beard and more life experience than the official
00:27:26processing them. Now a commission has been created, where
00:27:29all sorts of representatives - medical workers, psychologists, representatives
00:27:32of the Welfare Board - will then deal with proving their so-called
00:27:36age. But can you imagine what a waste of
00:27:39money and time this is today,
00:27:42that cases of minors already constitute a third
00:27:46of the workload of child protection specialists at the Welfare Board,
00:27:49a third. And instead of dealing with our
00:27:53own people, we have to pamper and feed them, while79.62/811"> for the comforts of these illegals in our country.
00:27:56meie enda inimesed võitlevad elukallidusega, peame me nende
00:27:59In other words, it is
00:28:03extremely important that Estonia takes a very concrete position, a very
00:28:06clear message. Everyone who comes to us illegally
00:28:10will be sent back. Of course, we can offer humanitarian aid, but we do not
00:28:13offer entry. Katri Raik, you have also been a former Minister of Interior,
00:28:17how dangerous do you consider this migration pressure and do you agree with Sandre
00:28:21Lauri? Well, if I were coming from Rae municipality now, I would definitely be very, very
00:28:25worried, because I imagine that the Mayor of Rae and the people of Rae are very worried
00:28:28and and surely they are looking to the local authorities,
00:28:32asking why. aren't they helping, how are they helping? Well, in Rae municipality there is this detention
00:28:35center, which is currently under the greatest pressure,
00:28:39right? Undoubtedly, it is a hybrid attack, as was
00:28:42already mentioned earlier, it is clear that one cannot cross the
00:28:46Belarus-Latvia border without cooperating with the Belarusian authorities,
00:28:49the question is serious, we must learn from all crises,
00:28:53this is also a crisis right now, perhaps not so big yet, but
00:28:56still a crisis, uh, Kerd and I have
00:29:00experienced in our time, uh...
00:29:02mm, in different positions, when Ukrainian
00:29:05war refugees, which cannot of course be compared to today's situation, but they crossed
00:29:09the state border in Narva and then it was asked what the local government
00:29:13is doing, we must learn
00:29:15more cooperation in this current situation, what is the state's
00:29:19task, what is the task of different institutions, what is
00:29:22the task of the local government and local authorities, let's take this
00:29:26as a lesson and here I agree with Sandra in this sense, whoever
00:29:29has come illegally must also go back. "where he has
00:29:33come from, but while he is in our territory, we must still
00:29:36deal with him, Estonians had to deal
00:29:39with illegal migration this summer both in Estonia and
00:29:43Latvia and we went on patrol with
00:29:46border guards on one day
00:29:48in August.
00:29:54The police stop a rented Saab in the port of Tallinn because there is a suspicion whether the three-person group
00:29:57of Belarusian, Indian and Kazakh
00:30:01citizens are..." legally passing through going to do a
00:30:05test, welding test,
00:30:07welding,
00:30:10welding, how long you plan to stay there? maybe
00:30:14tomorrow, come back, tomorrow come back, this summer
00:30:17the increased illegal migration prompted Estonian authorities to react more
00:30:21actively and now those entering Estonia
00:30:24by land and those leaving here at the port
00:30:27are checked more carefully, how did you meet this
00:30:31might be? "your company, one one
00:30:34company, one company, one employer, okay, well, our
00:30:37job is actually then to sift
00:30:40through the crowd and
00:30:44identify those people who would then need
00:30:47more attention in terms of control, migrants
00:30:50who have come, maybe they don't feel
00:30:54so comfortable here and because of that they behave
00:30:57a little".