Legal Affairs Committee supported the Agreement between Estonia and India on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons The Legal Affairs Committee expressed its unanimous support for the Agreement between Estonia and India on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. This will allow the ship guards of Estonian nationality to serve their sentences in Estonia, if necessary, should…
Day: February 9, 2017
“Legal Affairs Committee is looking for a solution to face covering ban”
Today the Legal Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) discussed prohibiting of concealment of the face in Estonia, and decided to continue looking for a legislative solution on how to ban the wearing of face covering in public space. “The experts the Committee has consulted said that prohibiting of face covering in public…
Tavi Rõivas at Fintech: laws have to keep pace with new business models
Today Vice President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Taavi Rõivas opened the conference on financial technology, the London Fintech Conference, with a speech providing an overview of the e-solutions of Estonia. Rõivas emphasised in his opening report that laws and regulations should keep pace with new and innovative business models. “At the time when…
9 February 2017 Rõivas: Estonia is interested in close relationship between Great Britain and the EU
Foto from Riigikogu Today, Vice-President of the Riigikogu Taavi Rõivas met with Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union David Jones and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Lord Bridges of Headley in London. At the meetings, Rõivas emphasised the importance…