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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:58:19 +0200
New government brings gender balance
The Reform Party and Center Party presented their ministerial candidates for Kaja Kallas’ government on Sunday morning. Seven of the new government’s 15 ministers are women and Estonia’s most gender balanced cabinet is no coincidence, political...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:44:36 +0200
No agreement over protection money
Even though the Reform Party has refrained from participating in the practice of distributing direct regional investments or so-called Riigikogu protection money for years, sides to the incoming coalition did not manage to agree on abolishing the ins...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:34:44 +0200
Coalition talks sides clash on citizenship
The Reform Party and Center Party failed to find consensus regarding citizenship topics on Wednesday and decided to continue without changes. Amendments to the Aliens Act will not be taken forward, while the recently controversial concept of marriage...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:10:53 +0200
Felling volumes and new fossil fuel investments to be cut
The Reform Party and Center Party agreed to lower felling volumes in state-owned forests and stop investing in new fossil fuel projects during coalition talks on Tuesday. The sides also agreed on an amendment to allow minors to seek psychiatric help ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:10:46 +0200
COVID-19 outbreak forces parliament to switch to remote work
Four members of the Riigikogu Isamaa faction and three Riigikogu officials were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday and have around 20 close contacts between them.

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:07:01 +0200
No clear education plan laid down
The Reform Party and Center Party decided to gradually move toward a universal Estonian school system during the fifth day of coalition talks. The parties did not agree on a timeline or any concrete steps and simply said an activity plan would be put...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:19:54 +0200
Taavi Rõivas: People peak young in Estonia
Former PM Taavi Rõivas left politics and joined Väino Kaldoja’s self-driving cars project toward the end of last year. Whether Rõivas was given a stake in the venture remains unclear nor is he forthcoming about his investments.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:48:48 +0200
Restrictions in Ida-Viru, Harju counties to continue until February
Members of the Estonian government on Thursday approved in principle the continuation of restrictions in Ida-Viru and Harju counties until February 1.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:46:16 +0200
Reform and Center to hammer out coalition agreement over week and a half
Estonia’s candidate for prime minister Kaja Kallas (Reform Party) said at a press conference on Thursday that Reform and Center will try to move quickly as the country find itself in the middle of COVID-19 and economic crises. It has been suggested...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:50:37 +0200
Kaja Kallas’ second shot at becoming prime minister
Even though Prime Minister Jüri Ratas’ resignation was initially followed by rumors of the recent coalition moving forward  together, it became clear by noon on Wednesday that the Center Party does not wish to stay in the same coalition with the ...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:58:47 +0200
Prime Minister Jüri Ratas resigns amid property project financing scandal
After a meeting of the board of the Center Party that lasted many hours, Jüri Ratas announced his resignation as the prime minister of Estonia in the early hours of Wednesday, public broadcaster ERR and Postimees reported.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:57:22 +0200
Teder promised close to a million in return for favor
Suspicions brought by the Office of the Prosecutor General suggest businessman Hillar Teder has tried to secure favorable decisions for his Porto Franco real estate development in both Tallinn and on the state level. Five individuals and the Center P...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:51:24 +0200
Kaljulaid proposes extraordinary elections in case of referendum ‘no’ answer
President Kersti Kaljulaid turned to Riigikogu parties on Monday and proposed tying the planned marriage referendum to a vote of confidence in the Riigikogu. This would mean holding extraordinary parliamentary elections should the people say “no”...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:15:35 +0200
Obstruction to end in cluster vote
The Riigikogu Constitutional Committee on Sunday decided to send the marriage referendum bill to its second reading with four individual motions to amend pertaining to marriage and a so-called obstruction cluster made up of the opposition’s remaini...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:07:15 +0200
The authorities still covered up what happened to Enn Valli at his funeral
A grand funeral was held in Põlva in January of 1981. Despite extraordinarily cold weather, the cemetery was full of people. Many looked on from afar. The funeral was for Jr. Sgt. Enn Valli who was not yet 22 when he died as the first Estonian Sovie...

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:59:58 +0200
Minister of Defense: Year to be dominated by the rise of China
Minister of Defense Jüri Luik (Isamaa) says that isolating defense from political currents is one of the trump cards of national security in Estonia. The minister also says that the threat of NATO disbanding has disappeared and that the new year wil...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:19:36 +0200
Popov: A pandemic was considered unlikely
Postimees’ Person of the Year 2020 Dr. Arkadi Popov said on the “Otse Postimehest” webcast on Tuesday that the Health Board’s crisis center had an activity plan in place for the second wave of COVID-19. “There need to be plans on every leve...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:40:04 +0200
Health Board chief: We are too small to buy vaccines independently
Director of the Health Board Üllar Lanno would like to realign the agency to be able to handle any situation, also during crisis time. Secondly, he deems it important to renew the board’s databases and get an overview of the situation of ambulance...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:21:24 +0200
Helmes’ statements draw flak from EKRE member
The new year’s first episode of the “Räägime asjast” talk show on Tre Raadio did not differ much from the one that cost Mart Helme the post of interior minister in November. This time parliamentary elections in Lithuania were at the heart of ...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:21:52 +0200
Opposition’s cannon loaded
The Riigikogu opposition has loaded its attempt to kill the coalition’s marriage referendum draft resolution with 9,480 motions to amend that were handed over to the Riigikogu Constitutional Committee on Wednesday. Voting on individual motions to a...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:42:38 +0200
Partial remote learning to continue in Harju and Ida-Viru counties
Minister of Education and Research Jaak Aab (Center) has made a proposal to the COVID-19 scientific council and the government to return to contact study in most Estonian schools after the Christmas break. Exceptions will be left in place for Harju a...

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:40:41 +0200
Greater quantities needed to hit vaccination target
Estonia’s COVID-19 immunization target of making vaccination freely available by June is unrealistic considering current vaccine quantities.

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:10:59 +0200
«The adrenaline rush meant I did not even feel the needle»
The first person vaccinated against COVID-19 in Estonia is resident doctor at the Ida-Viru Central Hospital Jelena Rozinko (24) who has been treating coronavirus patients since September and finds that her specialization as an infectious diseases spe...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:33:06 +0200
The Presidents of seven countries expressed their support to the new President of Moldova
The heads of state of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia made a joint statement today expressing their support to Maia Sandu, the new President of the Republic of Moldova and her extensive plan to restructure the countr...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:00:25 +0200
Restrictions similar to Ida-Viru County to come into force in Harju County
The Estonian government will impose extensive COVID-19 restrictions in Harju County and extend the measures already in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Ida-Viru County.



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