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Back to homepageChairs of Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees speak at a panel in Cambridge
NordenBladet — The panel will be hosted by the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge and discuss how the relations between the United Kingdom and the Baltic States could develop in order to meet the evolving geopolitical challenges
Read MoreThe Bill on amendments to this year’s state budget passed the second reading
NordenBladet — The Bill will amend the distribution of expenditure by activities included in programmes and the distribution of funds between expenditure and investments. According to the State Budget Act, the Government may initiate an amendment of the State Budget
Read MoreThe Riigikogu wants the EU to move forward with developing defence industry
NordenBladet — Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee Liisa Pakosta underlined that in the new security situation, the European Union had to free the defence industry from unreasonable bureaucratic restrictions and considerably increase real defence capability. “In my speech
Read MoreHussar to Prime Minister of Latvia: Better transport connections bring Estonia and Latvia closer to each other
NordenBladet — Hussar pointed out that, on the one hand, Estonia and Latvia had excellent defence cooperation, both as neighbouring countries with a common history and as NATO allies, and on the other hand, transport connections between the two countries
Read MoreThe Riigikogu passed an Act promoting the fight against VAT fraud in cross-border e-commerce
NordenBladet — The Act on Amendments to the Value Added Tax Act and the Taxation Act (225 SE), initiated by the Government, will improve the fight against VAT fraud in cross-border e-commerce. The Act establishes an obligation for payment service
Read MoreThe Riigikogu heard the replies to eight interpellations
NordenBladet — Members of the Riigikogu Jaanus Karilaid and Ester Karuse had submitted an interpellation concerning the underfunding of roads to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. The interpellators referred to the report by the National Audit Office according to which the
Read MoreChairs of EU parliamentary committees discuss Moldova’s European integration
NordenBladet — Mihkelson pointed out that Russia’s hostile plans did not involve Ukraine alone, but the security of Europe in a wider sense. In his opinion, the Western allies must therefore do all in their power to help Ukraine win
Read MoreMihkelson: If we lose in Ukraine, we will also lose in Middle East
NordenBladet — Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson welcomed his Norwegian colleagues and said that fighting against Russia’s aggression against Ukraine continued to be a priority for us. “There is also a war going on in the Middle
Read MoreThe European Union Affairs Committee discusses opportunities and impacts of AI at a public sitting
NordenBladet — Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee Liisa Pakosta pointed out that so far it had not been the practice to discuss EU initiatives at public sittings, so it was a unique opportunity to follow the sitting both
Read MoreChairs of Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees are on a joint visit to Turkey
NordenBladet — Mihkelson said that the main topics of the visit would be supporting Ukraine in Russia’s ongoing war of aggression, as well as Sweden’s NATO accession process. “I am very happy that the protocols of the North Atlantic Treaty
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