Prime Minister Kaja Kallas sign a joint statement calling for the role of women and girls to be advanced in addressing climate change in Glasgow at the COP26 conference. The declaration was jointly-sponsored by the Scottish Government and UN Women and launched on Tuesday (November 2). It recognizes that womenContinue Reading
Nauseda said after the meeting he received the American president’s assurance over Lithuania’s diplomatic conflict with China. “Today, we really need moral and other type support from like-minded countries. So, the American president confirmed that he’s following this topic and the United States of America’s readiness to help us byContinue Reading
In an address on Tuesday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said that after more than 40 years of discussing climate change, the world needs to act now. “We have reached a point where we need to move beyond goals andContinue Reading
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and United States President Joe Biden discussed cooperation on global challenges, including climate change, as well as continued close bilateral defense ties at a meeting on Monday, spokespeople for the White House said. Kallas and Biden also talked about ongoing work to strengthen NATO’s deterrenceContinue Reading
Kissojen omistajat saatetaan lähivuosina velvoittaa rekisteröimään ja siruttamaan lemmikkinsä. Kyseessä olisi samanlainen velvoite, joka on tulossa koiraihmisille vuodesta 2023 eteenpäin. Tämä ilmenee perjantaina valmistuneesta maa- ja metsätalousvaliokunnan mietinnöstä. Mietintö liittyy eläinten rekisteröintiä koskevaan lakiesitykseen. Mietinnössä todetaan, että kissat voitaisiin ottaa samaan järjestelmään koirien kanssa, jos koirarekisteri todetaan toimivaksi. Lemmikkieläinten siruttamisellaContinue Reading
More than half of the electricity produced in Finland last year came from renewable energy sources, according to preliminary figures released by Statistics Finland on Tuesday. This marks the first time the share of renewable sources has risen above 50 percent, the number-crunching agency noted. “Electricity produced with renewable energyContinue Reading
As of Tuesday morning, 595 patients are being treated for coronavirus in Estonian hospitals, the Health Board said. There were 1,571 new cases and 10 deaths during the last day. Of those in hospital, 426 have serious cases of the virus and 291 people – 68,3 percent – are unvaccinated.Continue Reading
Lithuania has decided to urgently organize the distribution of humanitarian assistance packages for illegal migrants pushed-back on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. The decision was made during Thursday’s meeting attended by Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite, Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene as well as representatives of state institutions and NGOs, theContinue Reading
Hospitals have started to prioritize treatment for patients with severe cases of coronavirus and people with less serious cases will be treated at home for longer. Head of the Emergency Crisis Department of the Health Board Urmas Sule said the increase in the number of people being admitted to hospitalContinue Reading
Üru’s Hunters’ Society believes the Environmental Board is eavesdropping on radio frequencies made for hunting and is distributing orders through the station. The board has carried out surveillance this way since 2009. The group is consulting with the Technical Surveillance Authority and the Justice of Chancellor. The board’s chief inspectorContinue Reading