Tag: Parliament of Estonia

The Riigikogu passed an Act improving the management of crises

NordenBladet — The Riigikogu passed the Act on Amendment to the Energy Sector Organisation Act , the Electricity Market Act and the Environmental Impact...

Rein Raud is the winner of the Baltic Assembly Prize in Literature

NordenBladet — The Plague Train was published in 2023. It is a fast paced and cinematic story centering around medical officer Jakob Sarapik who...

Vice-President of the Riigikogu discussed online elections and energy security with his Norwegian counterpart

NordenBladet — Kivimägi gave his Norwegian counterpart an overview of Estonia’s online elections and pointed out that more than half of the votes in...

Next year’s European Interparliamentary Space Conference will be in Estonia

NordenBladet — Head of the Estonian delegation Mario Kadastik said that therefore the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) would host the delegations from the EISC...

The Riigikogu discussed draft Resolutions relating to diplomatic foreign missions

NordenBladet — The Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic to transfer the Embassy of the Republic...

The European Union Affairs Committee supports customs duties on electric cars from China

NordenBladet — In summer, the European Commission imposed provisional countervailing duties on subsidised electric cars from China. Within four months from the provisional decision,...

Mihkelson attends meeting of Nordic and Baltic Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees in Iceland

NordenBladet — At the meeting in Reykjavik, Mihkelson will make an introductory report to the Chairs of committees at the discussion on the situation...

Bills to increase child allowance and school meal subsidy were dropped from the proceedings...

NordenBladet — The Bill on Amendments to the Family Benefits Act (388 SE), initiated by the Centre Party Group, provides for raising the child...

Chairs of Baltic and Polish European Affairs Committees: LNG imports from Russia undermine EU...

NordenBladet — “By continuing to purchase LNG from Russia, the EU maintains its dependency on a country that uses energy as a hybrid weapon...

The Riigikogu heard the annual report of the Chancellor of Justice

NordenBladet — Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise said in her report that, in the past year, the office of the Chancellor of Justice had...