Estonia once promoted itself as a leading crypto destination. Now, keen to protect its status as a trusted global hub for tech, its authorities have been cracking down on virtual asset service providers.
The upcoming pan-European crypto regulation freshens up Estonia’s dilemma of how to tackle the risks involving crypto assets but still stay attractive for companies that foster innovation in the crypto business; Estonian World spoke to legal experts and representatives of the crypto companies to find out what’s the way forward.
A county court decision on embezzlement charges lodged against a former government minister may not be made until spring 2023, after the general election in March of that year, and close to two-and-a-half years after the first media reports which led to the allegations were published, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Friday.
The Center Party will cover the legal costs of one of its MPs, who faces both a criminal trial and a civil trial in the new year. The hearings arose from allegations the MP, Mailis Reps, misused ministry funds while she was education minister.
The Ministry of Education and Research is seeking damages of close to €120,000 from former education minister Mailis Reps. Reps stepped down over a year ago over an expenses scandal and the alleged misuse of ministry funds, though the sums mentioned up until this point had been in the thousands of euros.