The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has started to submit hundreds of amendments to the Riigikogu to block various bills. Martin Helme, the party's chair, said that EKRE has already forced the coalition to make concessions on several occasions, adding that the party will continue with the tactic through to the March 2023 general election.
The lifting of ban on four newspapers that had been barred from publishing since 2016 and 2017 for exposing alleged corruption and human rights violations is a positive step, but the Tanzanian authorities must do more to guarantee media freedom going forward, Amnesty International said today.