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Sajad põllumehed, toidutootjad, maaettevõtjad igast Eestimaa nurgast voorisid neljapäeva õhtul Viljandisse Ugala teatrisse, et tähistada Põllumajandus-Kaubanduskoja 25. sünnipäeva.

President Kersti Kaljulaids decision Thursday to strip former cross-country ski star Andrus Veerpalu of his two state decorations brings the total number of individuals so divested of their awards to fourteen. President Kaljulaid has recalled a total of four state awards from recipients in her tenure so far. Toomas Hendrik Ilves took away the remaining 10, during his two-term stint as president, 2006-2016. Ilves predecessors, Arnold Rüütel and, before him, Lennart Meri, doled out state awards...

On Monday and Tuesday, social media was awash with messages of support for Estonias first female prime minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and her (almost) gender-balanced government. ERRs Estonian portal compared the number of men and women in previous coalitions. Kallas government, which was sworn in on Tuesday, has seven female ministers and eight male ministers, meaning women make up 46.67 percent of ministerial roles in government - the highest proportion for a government in independent Estonias...

( TALLINN) - Estonia on Thursday became the latest eurozone member to approve taking part in the EUs European Financial Stability Facility, as lawmakers voted 59-18 in favour despite vocal opposition. The solid majority came despite heated debate in the Baltic nations chamber, and made Estonia the 13th of the eurozones 17 members to approve new powers for the the 440-billion-euro ($590 billion) EFSF. All 17 eurozone nations have to sign off on the EFSF, created in the face of the currency bloc...