At its first extraordinary session today, the Riigikogu heard the political statement of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, in which she announced the resignation of the Government.
At the beginning of the sitting, Vice-President of the Riigikogu Hanno Pevkur announced his resignation.
The second extraordinary session of the Riigikogu will begin today, one hour after the end of the first session, that is, at 10.07 a.m. The agenda of that session will include authorisation of the candidate for Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to form a Government, and the third reading of the Bill on Amendments to the Fertilisers Act, the Chemicals Act and the Product Conformity Act (614 SE), initiated by the Government.
At the debate on the authorisation to form a Government, Kaja Kallas will present a twenty-minute report on the bases for the formation of the Government. Each member of the Riigikogu may pose up to two oral questions to the candidate for Prime Minister. After the questions and answers, voting will be held. The candidate for Prime Minister will be authorised by the Riigikogu to form the Government if more members of the Riigikogu vote in favour of it than against.
If the candidate for Prime Minister is authorised by the Riigikogu to form the Government, the third extraordinary session will be held on Monday, starting at 3 p.m. The agenda for the session will include the Government’s oath of office, and the third reading of the Bill on Amendments to the Law of Ship Flag and Registers of Ships Act and the Maritime Safety Act (571 SE), initiated by the Government.
Today, President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Jüri Ratas convened the extraordinary sessions of the Riigikogu for Friday, 15 July and Monday, 18 July on the proposal of the Government of Estonia and 29 members of the Riigikogu.
On the proposal of the Government, the first extraordinary session will take place in the Session Hall of Toompea Castle on Friday at 9 a.m. The agenda for the session includes the political statement by the Prime Minister on resignation of the Government.
The second extraordinary session will be held on the proposal of 29 members of the Riigikogu on Friday one hour after the end of the first session. The agenda of the session will include authorisation of the candidate for Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to form a Government, and the third reading of the Bill on Amendments to the Fertilisers Act, the Chemicals Act and the Product Conformity Act (614 SE), initiated by the Government.
If the candidate for Prime Minister is authorised by the Riigikogu to form the Government, the third extraordinary session will be held on Monday, starting at 3 p.m. The agenda for the session will include the Government’s oath of office, and the third reading of the Bill on Amendments to the Law of Ship Flag and Registers of Ships Act and the Maritime Safety Act (571 SE), initiated by the Government.
NordenBladet – Do you know how old you get? You see, I never know how old I am and how old I am getting… When I think about it or when someone asks me that, I will subtract my year of birth from the current year… Of course I know generally, if it’s „this age” or „that age”.. but WHICH one then, tht I will always need to calculate… Is that normal?
Until some point I desired to be older than I really was (like all of us do). I also see the same tendency in my children. For example, when I tell Ivanka, „Oh my little chickling” then she gets annoyed.. She says she is no chickling, she’d rather be a hen since the hen is older and the chickling is just a baby. hahaaa..
There was a time when I thought that before this or that age I won’t be taken seriously.. if only I could be 26 or 28, etc. Even before that I thought that in order to become successful it only takes to study well and make an effort, or take the other way and find a rich husband. Neither answer is right. I lacked self confidence and I thought that a 19-year-old talking about her ideas will not be taken seriously. And I wasn’t taken seriously because I destroyed a large part of my creativity with my wrong beliefs and even when I had a good idea I lacked knowledge how to realize that idea, whom to consult, how to act. Nowadays the youths are so much more advanced compared to my younger self – the society knows that already a 20+ youth can become the leader of a unicorn, playing with power and money.
I have a bit more than a month until my next birthday and I thought I would write down what I have achieved and what I would recommend for the 19-year-old Helena-Reet.
What have I achieved by today and what I wish today that I had known when I was younger?
1. I have two wonderful daughters, 16-year-old Estella Elisheva and 14-year-old Ivanka Shoshana. Though I am quite fed up with the children (pardon!), their wishes, their hobby classes, caring for them, waking up early and chauffeuring them around, still they are so amazing, I love them very much and until now they are the greatest achievement of my life!!!
2. I can look back to nearly 20 years of partnership with the father of my children with whom we separated two and a half years ago and which gave me a super useful lesson:
a) no relationship, even the one that started in the most beautiful way, will last if you do not care for it with full awareness and don’t put your reciprocal attention and love in it.
b) even the biggest of love and trust can end in an ugly way and unexpectedly. The person who you believed to be the one who „sleeps the sleep of death with you some day” can pull everything down and no verbal agreements, thoughts, decisions, etc are not valid anymore. A love that has been hurt (that has often also turned into convenient habit) can be very sensitive and even spiteful.
c) your relationship (with literally anyone) is exactly as good as good, caring and mindful YOU ARE. If only people knew that (and understood it profoundly), then all relationships would be extremely beautiful and happy!
3. If for some reason you have gone through a divorce…….then still do not stop believing in TRUE LOVE. Money is very important but love and kin spirit is even more important!
Once you have found the kin spirit – then KEEP, HONOUR, CONFORM and LOVE! ? (Allan and Helena-Reet, 2022)
4. If only young women (girls) would understand how much more they put in the relationship as compared to the (old) men that they are chasing. It’s like a penny compared to a million. How fragile and pure their soul is and HOW different the memories and background they come from, it will never beat in the same rhythm with their partner.. There are always exceptions, but it’s more safe and statistically more useful and more reasonable to spend the youth loving, not loving money. There are no free meals, there are transactions to which both sides agree to but which can truly be understood only by the older partner.
5. For over two years I have been contemplating, thinking about one question that I once posed to Allan as a joke:
„Woud you choose me over 10 billion euros?”, „Woud I choose you over 10 billion euros?” … Think about it, profoundly and seriously..which would you choose..honestly? I once found one, then another answer (mostly I tended to choose the money).. but today I know precisely – I would choose You! I couldn’t sit on all of the world’s money without You.. without love, without a friend, a kin spirit. Love is worth it all – risk, loss, victory, and at least I believe that it would be better to suffer with a loved one than sit alone on a throne with a stripped soul, in solitude.
Allan, I love you UNCONDITIONALLY, TRULY, PASSIONATELY, MINDLESSLY and WILDLY, and Margus, I love You just the same, today a bit differently, but always and forever. ❤ ❤ ❤
6. Once more I am only talking about my own experience.. but I believe that the so-called „old pattern” works well and the woman is happy when she can be feminine. A feminine woman will need a masculine man, and the man is masculine only when the woman is gentle and feminine. It’s a circle and you cannot put your finger on the starting point. But the starting point is really simple… YOU are the starting point! You can always start with yourself. People will always treat you the way you let them treat you! You always get what you think you deserve! I love it when the man is wearing the pants and dominates.
7. …which doesn’t mean that I couldn’t be a powerful and active woman. I am INDEPENDENT.. I have a large garden and house (without a bank loan!), I completely lack any bank loans (if you don’t count daily trading and the temporary amplifications), I have many businesses and working brands, I have a 5-lingual media business that caters tens of thousands of Scandinavians daily, I have investments in several Scandinavian and American entreprises, I have hobbies (I paint and try to write books). And on top of it – I know that ME, ME MYSELF am the maker of my own luck! Only me.. and everything else is great luck, great blessing, dividends and life’s bonuses.
I never want to be alone, but I am not afraid of being alone and I am not bored while being alone. I like to plan the future with my loved one, it would rock to become very successful together and conquer the world together, but I know that my current achievements are such that they have earned me honour and success.
8. It is always worth investing in health and studies.
9. It is not necessary to be afraid of setbacks and failures.. if you don’t have them then possibly you have never risen and achieved.
10. Not everything is perfect, need not be perfect and cannot be perfect. Share your dreams also „halfway ther” and „on the way”. Myself for example I have omitted sharing several things in my blog since I have thought I’d wait until things are „ready”. The majority of things will never be ready, they DEVELOP, GROW, TAKE SHAPE.
11. And to end it with.. YES, also when you are 40+ you somehow have to wait until your parents pass away so that you can begin living eventually. Agree with that or start living! (I agree with it or I’d choose a different opening picture….hahaa ? lol
NordenBladet – June is over.. another school year has ended for the children, financial reports of the year have been submitted, a proper collapse on the stock exchange has been witnessed (I’m still digesting it.. and possibly also in August), plans for the summer have been made (gardening works, more gardening works, heat insulation of the house and certainly work across the websites, etc) …at the same time I enjoy everything that I do and I do everything just as much as I please and just at the moments when I please. What a luxury!!
The days have been so busy that today on July 11th I am posting the blog that I started on July 1st 😛
Last week we purchased two-day passes for Retrobest festival that takes place in Pühajärve park in Otepää, but on Thursday it suddenly appeared that nobody can look after Ivanka on Friday, so we decided to sell our tickets with financial losses. And more financial losses were to come on Friday. Since the end of the month was depressing on the stock market, then despite the slight rise on Friday I admitted that May and June produced a lot of losses and it isn’t soon that the markets will rise again – it is more beneficial to own some of the losses and then buy the shares at an even lower price again so that the money won’t be stagnant. Yes, indeed, it is a very depressing feeling (plus…you feel it sharply how the older generation of your family will judge and condemn you, think of you as a casino addict, a gamer…) but it’s not like that. On the stock exchange market you invest money. You invest into the businesses that you believe in. Ok, trading is a bit different, you invest short term, but still, you don’t place the money on the roulette table but into the shares of an actual enterprise. This is a very big difference. Besides, a normal person enters the stock market with the money that doesn’t belong to the wellbeing fund or doesn’t have to do anything with the money that concerns home, long term investments in life, or the daily bills.
I have analyzed, why did that loss occur? And the answer was simple.. Yes, sure, the main reason was that the markets and world economy are going through generally very tough and rough times, but the truth also is, I became greedy…
DON’T GET GREEDY, this is trading rule number one.
KEEP 50% OF THE PORTFOLIO IN MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY aka sell the shares by the end of the stock exchange day, this is rule number two.
DISPERSE PROPERLY.. aka trade several shares of the stock exchange enterprises..
… but now we get back to point one. The less money you have the more beneficial it is to trade one or two things, because you get greedy and want quick profit. Not to say that with too small sums even the volatile market won’t help you – you need money to make money. At an unstable time like this it is especially beneficial to keep the portfolio in money at the end of the day, because tomorrow may bring winds of change. When you have completed 4-5 successful waves during the day (this is how I call injections of finances on the market), then even when in the evening before the end of the market you sell the shares with a slight loss it is safer than keeping the amplification overnight and accepting surprises of the new day (which lately have only been “falling knives”). Currently the markets are so upside down that keeping growth shares seems quite meaningless. I have prepared several excel spreadsheets for myself to quickly calculate which choice is most beneficial – buying more, keeping, or selling or.. selling with losses and buying again at a lower price. July 7th and 8th were promising on the markets… but it seems the joy was ephemeral.
Today the S&P 500, Dow 30, Nasdaq, Russell 2000, Crude oil, etc are all once more in red and in great minus. What can I say…nothing else than it is a peaceful feeling today because on July 7th (before the 15% rise I sold most of the trading shares) 😀
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Summer is a rather bad time for trading anyway… the market is sleepy and it feels better to be outside. The weather is so fine, no doubt, and it is so good to be outside. If you have your own garden, it is a luxury!
I often lay the table outside (I want and like every day to be special, beautiful.. I like taking good care of my man and my children and I like when real life is even prettier than in home design or cooking magazines. I believe that the everyday little things are what make life beautiful. Pleasing the eye is very important and is worth the effort! The little extra effort, and it brings so much warmth to your home and makes your life beautiful and luxurious. LITTLE beautiful moments are what will be long remembered!
What else? I have discovered that quite near to our home there is the Maidla Lake with a neat beach. You understand, I have lived here nearly 20 years and it is only now that I’ve heard of it. A very pleasant place to go swimming, a lot more enjoyable than driving to Laulasmaa to swim.
Read, swim, enjoy the weather and create beautiful moments for yourself! Have a great summer, hugs and kisses and until the next blog post! Hugs!
At the second sitting of the extraordinary session today, the Riigikogu passed the Act that approves the protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Finland and Sweden.
79 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of passing the Act.
During the debate, Marko Mihkelson from the Reform Party Faction, Jaak Aab from the Centre Party Faction, Jaak Juske from the Social Democratic Party Faction, Urmas Reinsalu from Faction Isamaa and Leo Kunnas from the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Faction took the floor. Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt, acting as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, also made a speech.
The Act on Approval of Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (643 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic, approves the protocols that regulate Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. The permanent representatives of NATO member states signed the accession protocols in Brussels yesterday. After signing, NATO member states have to approve the protocols according to their national legislation. Besides Estonia, Iceland, Canada, Norway and Denmark have approved the protocols by now.
Upon the entry into force of the protocols, NATO Secretary General will communicate to Finland and Sweden a formal accession invitation. During the accession negotiations and ratification process, Finland and Sweden have a special status of an observer, which means a position similar to that of the allies, but without the right to vote. For the period between the accession invitation and accession, both countries have received defence guarantees from the US, the UK, France, Germany and the Nordic Countries that cover joint defence activities, including exercises.
According to the explanatory memorandum, Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO will enhance security in the North Atlantic region and contribute to a united, free, democratic and peaceful Europe. It will also significantly strengthen the security situation of Estonia and the whole Baltic Sea region.
The Bill on the approval of protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Finland and Sweden passed its first reading at the first sitting of the extraordinary session of the Riigikogu today. The second reading of the Bill is scheduled for the sitting Riigikogu starting at 3.30 p.m. today.
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt, acting as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said before the Riigikogu that the last two weeks of June, when Ukraine together with Moldova was given the status of candidate country of the European Union and Georgia a clear EU perspective, and historical decisions were adopted at the summit of NATO leaders in Madrid, would stand out in the history of the world.
He pointed out that by inviting Finland and Sweden to join, NATO had opened its doors for the seventh time since the end of the Cold War. “It is in Estonia’s interests that Finland and Sweden join NATO quickly and that both countries integrate smoothly into the political and military structures of NATO. I assure you that NATO’s doors will remail open also to other countries, including Ukraine, and no third country, least of all Russia, can decide who will join NATO and who will not,” he said.
In Sutt’s opinion, Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO will directly strengthen Estonia’s security. “Naturally, this enlargement will not solve all security concerns of Estonia and all three Baltic states. It is clear that the ongoing work within NATO to enhance the security situation of Estonia and our region will continue. It is important to swiftly implement the decisions taken at the Madrid Summit, and today’s ratification is part of this,” he said, and asked the Riigikogu to make a historical decision and vote for the approval of the NATO Accession Protocols with Finland and Sweden. “It is entirely appropriate that Estonia should be among the first countries to complete this process. As a symbol, it is very meaningful and sets an example for other acceding countries. After all, Finland and Sweden are our neighbours and like-minded countries, and we share a long history.
During the debate, Leo Kunnas from the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Faction, Mihhail Lotman from Faction Isamaa, Enn Eesmaa from the Centre Party Faction, and Indrek Saar from the Social Democratic Party Faction took the floor.
According to the Bill on Approval of Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (643 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic, the Riigikogu approves the protocols that regulate Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. The permanent representatives of NATO member states signed the accession protocols in Brussels on 5 July. After signing, NATO’s member states have to approve the protocols according to their national legislation.
The second reading of the Bill will take place at the second sitting of the extraordinary session that starts two hours after the end of the first sitting. At the second sitting, a representative of the foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu will present a report and members of the Riigikogu may each pose up to two oral questions to the presenter. After that, a debate will be held, where all members of the Riigikogu may participate, and after possible motions to amend are reviewed, the final vote on the Bill will be held. A majority vote of the members of the Riigikogu will be needed for the Act to be passed.
Upon the entry into force of the protocols, NATO Secretary General will communicate to Finland and Sweden a formal accession invitation. During the accession negotiations and ratification process, Finland and Sweden have a special status of an observer, which means a position similar to that of the allies, but without the right to vote. For the period between the accession invitation and accession, both countries have received defence guarantees from the US, the UK, France, Germany and the Nordic Countries that cover joint defence activities, including exercises.
According to the explanatory memorandum to the Bill, Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO will enhance security in the North Atlantic region and contribute to a united, free, democratic and peaceful Europe. It will also significantly strengthen the security situation of Estonia and the whole Baltic Sea region.
At its extraordinary sitting tomorrow, the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) will discuss ratification of the NATO Accession Protocols with Finland and Sweden.
At the proposal of the Government of the Republic, President of the Riigikogu Jüri Ratas has convened an extraordinary session of the Riigikogu in the Session Hall of the Toompea Castle on 6 July.
The first sitting of the extraordinary session will start at 12 noon and continue until all items on the agenda have been deliberated. The agenda of the first sitting includes the first reading of the Bill on the Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (643 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic.
One hour after the end of the first sitting, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu will hold its sitting.
The second sitting of the extraordinary session will begin two hours after the end of the first sitting and continue until all items on the agenda have been deliberated. The agenda of the second sitting includes the second reading of the Bill on the Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (643 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic.
NordenBladet —Over the past two decades, thousands of ancient artifacts have been recovered across Norway’s melting mountain ice patches, including the oldest shoe in Norway, a shoe from the Bronze Age that’s over 3,000 years old.
The recovered artifacts found in Norwegian ice patches are often found in perfect condition with minimal decomposition due to ice patches being relatively stable, unmoving, and free from corrosive compounds.
Over the years, weapons, textiles, clothing, plants and animal remains have all been found, which helps map out the country’s history.
The shoe was discovered in 2007 in Jotunheimen, a mountainous region in the south of Norway. The shoe was a small leather shoe, either fitting a woman or a child. Alongside the shoe, a variety of items were discovered, including arrows and a wooden space, suggesting that the site was previously a hunting ground.
Experts have predicted that the shoe dates to approximately 1100 B.C., which makes the shoe the oldest shoe in Norway, and possibly the oldest article of clothing discovered in Scandinavia.
The delegation of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) participates in the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Birmingham, UK. The Session takes place from today until next Wednesday and focuses on European security. The Riigikogu is represented at the Assembly by Mati Raidma, Heljo Pikhof, and Marko Šorin.
Head of the Estonian delegation Mati Raidma pointed out that this year the OSCE PA Annual Session was held at the time the member states of the Assembly were facing very complicated challenges due to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. “The debates at the Assembly will focus on war in Ukraine and its impact on European politics,” said Raidma, who participates in the work of the Committee on Political Affairs and Security at the Annual Session. “We must stand firmly by the Ukrainians and support their positions. There must be no room for hesitation in the current European security environment,” he added.
Member of the Estonian delegation Heljo Pikhof underlined that dialogue and cooperation between parliamentarians were essential for overcoming security challenges because a more secure world and stronger democracies could be achieved only by acting together. At the Annual Session, Pikhof participates in the work of the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions that will also cover the issues of migration, freedom of the media and combating disinformation.
Member of the delegation Marko Šorin said that besides the war and its impacts, the debates of the parliamentarians will focus on economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Šorin participates in the work of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment.
The 2022 meeting is the first in-person Annual Session since 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Session was cancelled and the 2021 Session was held remotely. The Annual Session will be livestreamed on the Facebook and the YouTube channel of the Assembly.
The aim of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is to increase the involvement of its participating states in resolving European political and security issues in order to enhance civilian control over military affairs and to strengthen the responsibility and influence of members of parliament.
NordenBladet – On Saturday morning we packed things with Hanna-Liisa to be loaded on the car to be taken from Tallinn to Tartu, then I quickly watered the entire garden (there is still this heat wave), we drove to the town so that Allan’s mother could feed her cat and then the four of us headed towards Tartu. We thought we’d take Hanna-Liisa to Tartu and then the three of us would continue on towards Viljandi, but on the way the plan changed.
We made a stop at Imavere at Tikupoiss, had hearty meals (gosh how good their BBQ and the poppy seed buns are!) and then we decided that we will all go to Vorbuse to visit my elder sister Marie and her husband Raido. We did as we intended. We took the stuff to Hanna-Liisa’s place, quickly went to the shop and then drove to the bank of Emajõgi to celebrate another Midsummer – once more we barbecued, Raido sang karaoke and we enjoyed the outdoor tub. The music was so loud all night long that I felt sorry for the neighbours and for my own ears.. iccccc. I always look forward to visiting my older sister and while I’m there I look forward to having some peace and quiet 😀 They are always so full of energy and so tiring and then there’s always that loud music… After having visited them I always feel like a senior loner that wishes to hide somewhere alone. On the other hand, nobody else is as much fun as they are! They are the most joyful, energetic and hospitable people that I know!
In the morning after breakfast we drove to Saadjärve for a second and further down to Räpina where Allan’s brother has bought a large plot near the river and where he will be building a house. On the road in several places people sold strawberries that had been picked straight from the Estonian fields.. Gosh, how big, sweet and good, and with half the price as compared to Tallinn. In Räpina we admired the plot, chatted for an hour, and then Allan’s mother stayed with Allan’s brother and me and Allan drove to Viljandi. When we got to Viljandi we were already so tired that we didn’t have the energy to go anywhere. We visited our favourite pizzeria and drove back home.
Midsummer and the long weekend has passed once more. The children are back home and it is time to tune myself to the working frequencies.
hahaaa..
DON’T GET GREEDY, this is trading rule number one.
