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Back to homepageThe Riigikogu passed eight Acts
NordenBladet â The Act on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act and the Act on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act and Other Acts (145 SE), initiated by the Government,
Read MoreThe European Union Affairs Committee: Estonia must be able to decide for itself on mining
NordenBladet â Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee Liisa Pakosta underlined that Estonia already was the largest producer in the EU of rare earths and several critical raw materials. âWe mine, and mining is part of our prosperity. As
Read MoreThe Riigikogu continued the deliberation of a Bill concerning taxes which had been declared to be a matter of confidence
NordenBladet â The deliberation of the Bill on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act and the Act on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act and Other Acts (145 SE), initiated
Read MoreVerkhovna Rada delegation visited Riigikogu
NordenBladet â During the meetings, support to Ukraine in the fight against Russiaâs aggression, the current situation in the war-torn country, the consequences of the Kakhovka disaster and Estoniaâs possibilities to help Ukraine were discussed. Cooperation in Ukraineâs accession to
Read MoreBaltic Foreign Affairs Committees discuss objectives of NATO Summit
NordenBladet â Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Marko Mihkelson said that the committees as close partners wished to coordinate their further activities thoroughly in order to follow the same course in their foreign
Read MoreExtraordinary session of the Riigikogu will be held on Monday, 19Â June
NordenBladet â 1. Oath of office of Margit Vutt, Justice of the Supreme Court. 2. The deliberation of the Bill on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act and the Act on Amendments to the Alcohol,
Read MorePresident of the Riigikogu at the meeting with Tsikhanouskaya: Estonia strongly supports democratic and free Belarus
NordenBladet â âIt is extremely important for Estonia and the whole Europe that democracy in Belarus develops,â Hussar said. âThe democratic opposition in Belarus plays an absolutely essential role in guiding the country to a democratic future,â he said, declaring
Read MoreThe Riigikogu demands holding to account the perpetrators of crime of aggression against Ukraine
NordenBladet â 85 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of passing of the Statement of the Riigikogu âOn Accountability for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraineâ (228Â AE), submitted by 94Â members of the Riigikogu. In the Statement, the Riigikogu commemorates
Read MoreVerkhovna Rada delegation visits Estonia
NordenBladet â During the visit, which lasts until Friday, the members of the Verkhovna Rada will meet with President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Lauri Hussar, Vice-Presidents of the Riigikogu Toomas Kivimägi and JĂźri Ratas as well as members
Read MoreMihkelson participates in the visit of six Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs to the USA
NordenBladet â Mihkelson said that on Tuesday, the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ukraine would participate in the meeting of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on
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