Today is Estonia’s Independence Day. Although they are geographically distant, one at the very north and the other at the south of Europe, Malta and Eston
Estonia celebrated its Independence Day yesterday. The origins of this national day go back to 1918.
Estonia has a population of around 1,300,000 people. It is a member of the United Nations and also joined the European Union in 2004. Estonia is also a member of the OECD, the OSCE, Schengen and the International Labour Organisation. The country had joined NATO in 2004.
Estonia is the only country in the world which has an elected female prime minister and president. Kersti Kaljulaid was elected as the country’s president after the 2016 elections while Kaja Kallas, the leader of the Reform Party, was asked to form and lead a new coalition government at the start of this year.