{
  "id": 7768129,
  "title": "Mark Gerassimenko: Why Estonia's minimum‑wage purchasing power is the lowest in the EU?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/mark-gerassimenko-why-estonias-minimum-wage-purchasing-power-is-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610139430/mark-gerassimenko-why-estonia-s-minimum-wage-purchasing-power-is-the-lowest-in-the-eu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The upcoming talks on next year's minimum wage come as Estonia faces the lowest minimum‑wage purchasing power in the European Union and one of the weakest minimum‑to‑average‑wage ratios. A year ago, the government backed away from a tripartite good‑faith agreement meant to address the problem, writes Mark Gerassimenko.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}