Prantsuse sõdurid seisavad täna kõrvu meie meestega Tapal, nende hävitajad on valvanud ja valvad ka edaspidi meie õhuruumi, me osaleme koos missioonidel Aafrikas. On vähe riike, kellega meie koostöö ühiste väärtuste eest seismisel ja julgeoleku tagamisel on nii tihe,“ ütles president Kaljulaid kohtumisel ning tänas Prantsuse kolleegi nende panuse eest. Riigipea sõnul peatuti kohtumisel…
Month: September 2017
“President of Estonian parliament Eiki Nestor to local government employees: The state should not be far from the people”
FOTO : from Riigikogu President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Eiki Nestor said in his welcome speech to the Local Government Day Conference that he hoped the state would not remain far from the people as a result of administrative reform, and that there would be room for both the state power and the local power…
“Yesterday Estonian parliament (Riigikogu )ratified the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada”
Today the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) ratified the economic and trade agreement between the European Union and Canada that will give the European companies the possibility to operate under the same competition conditions as Canadian firms. 66 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the motion and 1 was against. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee…
“Miloon Kothari speak about Rights to housing and to land, in Estonia at Rights for the 21st century? Exploring the need for “new” human rights “
Miloon Kothari served from 2000 to 2008 as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing with the Human Rights Council. Since 2015, he is President of UPR Info. He was convenor of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) from 2009 to 2014, an Indian human rights coalition that…
20 September 2017 Vice-President of the Riigikogu Taavi Rõivas met the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
Foto from riigikogu The Vice-President of the Riigikogu Taavi Rõivas is currently at a working visit to Malaysia and Singapore together with a business delegation. Today, he met the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Charles Chong. Rõivas and Chong discussed ways to tighten cooperation between Estonia and Singapore in the field of…
“Rights for the 21st century? Exploring the need for “new” human rights It is the first global conference ever devoted to the exploration of the new human rights in such magnitude”
Since the end of the 20th century, human rights discourse has brought up a sizeable number of “new” human rights. There are several fundamental questions which the academia and international stakeholders have just recently started to explore regarding these “new” rights – the origins of such rights, the functions and the rhetoric of these rights…
“President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will discuss the future of Europe, social issues and security with the presidents of the Arraiolos Group”
“Malta to host Arriolos group meeting in 2017” The President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will participate today and tomorrow in the discussions of the Arraiolos Group in Malta. This year, the main issues discussed at the meeting are the future of Europe, migration, social Europe and the security of the Mediterranean region….
12 September 2017 Pomerants: Data of national registers has to be precise
Foto from Riigikogu Members of the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) and Chancellor of Justice of Estonia Ülle Madise discussed the overview of the activities of the Chancellor of Justice during last year. One of the most lively topics of discussion was the quality of the data in national registers and the…