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Estonian govt abolishes special pensions without offering substitute

TALLINN - Although Minister of Social Protection Margus Tsahkna proposed to the government to eliminate special pensions and to offer the catego...

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Estonian parlt panel chair to attend annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy

TALLINN - The chairman of the Estonian parliament's National Defense Committee, Marko Mihkelson, will on Friday and Saturday be in Ukraine f...

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Non-ethnic Latvians no longer allowed to change their nationality record to "Latvian"

RIGA - Saeima on Thursday decided in the final reading to eliminate a provision from the Law on the Change of a Given Name, Surname and National...

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Belarus disregards possibility of disaster at Astravyets N-plant - Lithuanian official

VILNIUS - A Lithuanian official believes that Belarusians continue to brush off the likelihood of a catastrophe occurring at their nuclear power...

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Baltics, other EU ministers voice support for signing of CETA and continuation of TTIP negotiations

RIGA/VILNIUS - Lithuania, Latvia, and another 10 European nations sent a letter to Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Commissioner for Trade, to vo...

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OECD: Estonian education's biggest problems are teachers, students not graduating

TALLINN - A recent assessment by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that Estonia’s key issues in educ...

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Estonian minister wants to raise retirement age to 70

TALLINN - The minister of social protection, Margus Tsahkna, has developed a plan to increase the retirement age in Estonia to 70 years, to...

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Baltic leaders dispute legitimacy of State Duma elections in Crimea

RIGA/VILNIUS - In a letter to Saeima Speaker Inara Murniece (National Alliance), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (Unity) urges MPs not...

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Ministry submits evidence of Kaljurand being Estonian citizen by birth

TALLINN - In response to a request by presidential hopeful Marina Kaljurand, the Estonian Ministry of the Interior has affirmed that Kaljurand i...

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Criminal process on Slokenbeka Lake pollution forwarded to prosecutor's office

RIGA - The State Police have submitted to the prosecutor's office a criminal case on the pollution of Slokenbeka Lake and Slocene River last...

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