TALLINNEuropean Union opponents in Estonia are receiving private money and, for the first time, state funds to help bolster debate on joining the 15-member bloc.The anti-EU think tank Free Europe received 100,000 kroons (6,400 euros) on April 14 from the London-based euroskeptic organization the Bruges Group.Free Europe and one other group, No to the European Union, will also split 243,389 kroons in state funding that government officials hope will foster debate ahead of the nationwide Sept. 14 vote on joining the EU.Free Europe head Ivar Raig, a college professor and one of Estonia's most ...
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