Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) should have resigned, along with the government, on Friday, Center Party chair and Riigikogu speaker Jüri Ratas says.
While Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform), heading up a minority, Reform-only government, would not remain in office for long, a vote of no-confidence in Kallas on the part of the Center Party, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) and Isamaa, runs the risk of ending in an extraordinary general election at which Reform would likely strengthen its position, should the motion fail, political scientist Martin Mölder says.
President Alar Karis noted on Sunday that he was looking forward to the day Ukraine can join the European Union – marking the 18 years since Estonia's accession.
WAR IN UKRAINE - In the absence of any
sign the Russian forces are willing to break the siege on Mariupol, a city on
the Azov Sea, efforts continue to evacuate the civilian population via
humanitarian corridors. 30,000 inhabitants have so far left the city, including
300 people Moscow claims to have crossed into Russia by bus. On Wednesday, a
theatre in Mariupol sheltering hundreds of civilians was hit by shelling.
According to Human Rights Watch, at least five hundred civilians had taken
refuge within the theatre walls. Satellite footage shows the word children
written in Russian on the walls of the theatre. The number of victims left in
the wake of the attack is unknown, considering that rescue teams have so far
been unable to intervene due to uninterrupted bombing. The United Kingdom, the
United States of America, Albania, France, Norway and Ireland have called an
emergency meeting of the UN Security Council as the humanitarian situation in
this country continues to det
2021 has reached an end, so perhaps it is time for reflection on a year in Estonia which has seen changes in national and local government, not to mention a new head of state. The highs of sporting success in the olympics, in tennis, swimming and athletics, all vied for our attention, as did the highs, but not in a good way, of soaring energy prices near year-end, and spikes in coronavirus rates in spring and autumn.