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The heads of Estonia's two major oil shale companies told Prime Minister Kristen Michal that without a European Commission exemption, oil shale production would stop being economically viable within five years. Yet on Thursday, a new oil plant will be formally opened in Auvere.

Thirty-four years ago, Estonia's first presidential election since restoring independence pitted four candidates against one another in a popular vote before the final decision passed to the newly elected Riigikogu and Lennart Meri emerged as president.