Estonia: ex-PM criticizes budget strategy

Riigikogu speaker and former prime minister Juri Ratas’ criticisms of the recently-unveiled state budget strategy are puzzling, given he has been involved in discussions on the topic and his party, Center, is one of the two coalition partners which reached an agreement on the strategy, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) says. “It is strange when…

Estonia: retail trade enterprises turnover up in March 2021

In March, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was EUR 657 million, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Compared to March 2020, turnover increased by 4% at constant prices. Jaanika Tiigiste, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that despite the coronavirus-related restrictions that were re-introduced in March, retail trade enterprises recorded turnover growth. “Among the stores…