Tag: Estonia

Estonia: National Defence Committee: Defence spending must remain on the planned nominal level

NordenBladet — The National Defence Committee held an extraordinary sitting today to discuss keeping the defence spending on the current level and using loan...

Estonia: The Riigikogu discussed the use of the Defence Forces in a maritime security...

NordenBladet — Two drafts passed the first reading The Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International...

Estonia: Asia’s growing importance was discussed at the seminar

NordenBladet — Today, a seminar on Asia was held in the Conference Hall of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) on the initiative of the...

Estonia: The Riigikogu started its Autumn Session

NordenBladet — Põlluaas spoke about the adoption of the first Constitution of the Republic of Estonia one hundred years ago, and the challenges faced...

Estonia: The Riigikogu has a new system for making verbatim reports

NordenBladet — From today, the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) is using a new system for preparing of verbatim reports of the sittings. The system...

Estonia: The upcoming Pan-Finno-Ugric Day will highlight the importance of Finno-Ugric cultures in the...

NordenBladet — On Saturday, October 17th, Pan-Finno-Ugric Day, which is one of the most important yearly cultural events of the Finno-Ugric peoples, will be...

President of the Riigikogu on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Estonia: It’s a...

NordenBladet — The President of the Riigikogu Henn Põlluaas made a statement on the 26th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Russian troops, saying...

Bank of Estonia museum joins Night of Museums interactive program

NordenBladet - The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) is joining the Night of Museums annual free event on Saturday, August 29, with an audiovisual...

Statistics Estonia: Life expectancy has increased for men and women

NordenBladet - New data from Statistics Estonia shows life expectancy at birth in 2019 was 74.4 years for males and 82.8 years for females....

Estonia: Tartu to consume only renewable electricity from 2021

NordenBladet - The City of Tartu is to enter into an agreement with AS Alexela for the purchase of electricity for street lighting and...