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Estonia is about to undergo a work capacity reform which will establish a new system to support capacity for work. The aim of the changes is to shift the attitude towards people with reduced work capacity and help them...
October 23, 2014 8:00 am / no comments
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Over the last few years, the subject of lowering the voting age at local government elections has been one of the most common political topics among young people in Estonia. This year, Estonian National Youth Council...
October 22, 2014 9:25 am / no comments
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The results for the Estonian Reform Party were very positive as we won the elections in Estonia with 2 seats in the European Parliament (out of a total of 6 seats). Overall, ALDE got 3 seats in Estonia. This is a very...
May 30, 2014 11:51 am / 3 comments
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Minister Paet – dear Urmas,
Miss Lind,
Miss Mulenok,
Dear Friends,
First of all thank you Urmas for the kind welcome. It’s great to be back in Estonia....
May 14, 2014 12:36 pm / no comments
On May 1st, 2004, right before the centennial of the first Young Estonia almanac, Estonia became a fully-fledged member of the European Union. Gustav Suits, a poet, had once famously called upon the readers of the almanac by saying, “Let us...
April 2, 2014 1:14 pm / 8 comments
It is very common to mistake social policy for socialism. Yes, there are a lot of countries in Europe where those two words can be almost synonyms, but there is a clear choice – a better and, surprisingly, more just choice. Of course, I am...
October 21, 2013 5:53 pm / no comments
March 25, 2013 2:06 pm / 1 comment
Synthesis of the analysis “Fiscal rules – what is effective?”:
Current fiscal crisis in the EU is, among others, a result of expansionary fiscal policy conducted in previous periods and especially during economic booms.
Large...
June 26, 2012 1:03 pm / no comments
The aging Estonia and Europe need to accept that the state has to earn and save before it can spend and must remain within its limits both financially and functionally, writes Jürgen Ligi, the Minister of Finance.
Right now, large English language...
May 10, 2012 12:48 pm / 5 comments
Presentations of the opinion poll (ppt)
Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians think that the primary cause of smuggling is taxes higher than the living standards in these countries, which generates differences in prices and gives rise to incentives...
April 13, 2012 10:35 am / 1 comment