Amendments to Estonia's main immigration law which had been on the table for over a year-and-a-half and across two administrations, and whose provisions required altering to take into account the arrival of Ukrainian war refugees in Estonia, passed its final Riigikogu reading on Monday, with 61 votes in favor and 30 against.
Wednesday saw the first meeting of the Riigikogu MS Estonia shipwreck support group that hosted State Secretary Taimar Peterkop and head of the former investigative committee Margus Kurm. Peterkop told members of the committee of recent developments and differences in legislation of the countries involved.
The meeting concentrated on cooperation between Estonia, Finland and Sweden and the fact that laws of the latter two make diving to the wreck impossible.
Peterkop told ERR after the meeting that there are no legal hurdles in Estonia. We have carried out an expert analysis in terms of the state s and technical capacity, scientific and private sector means. So we would have a clear picture once things get underway, the state secretary added.