Estonia

Estonia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

June 22, 2023

In a significant stride towards inclusivity and equality, Estonia’s parliament has passed a groundbreaking law legalizing same-sex marriage, making it the first ex-Soviet country to do so. This progressive step reflects the country’s commitment to recognizing and protecting the rights ..

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StartupBlink Ranking of Countries for Startup Environment

April 24, 2019

StartupBlink has ranked 100 countries for startup environment of countries globally. The rankings were based on the data from over 61,000 startups, more than 500 accelerators, and over 1,400 coworking spaces registered on its platform along with data gathered from ..

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Corruption Perception Index 2018

January 30, 2019

The Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index make the following observations: Denmark is the world least corrupt country scoring 88 out of 100 points. Denmark is followed by New Zealand and Finland. Somalia has been ranked last with a score of 10 ..

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Kersti Kaljulaid elected as first female President of Estonia

October 4, 2016

The parliament of Estonia has elected Kersti Kaljulaid (46) as the President of the Baltic country. With this, she became Estonia’s first female president. She had won vote 81-0, with 20 members absent in the parliamentary voting. She will be ..

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Ukraine crisis: NATO suspends civilian and military co-operation with Russia

April 6, 2014

Following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, NATO suspended all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia.  Russia’s annexation is being considered as a threat to European security. The 28-member NATO bloc gathered in Brussels (Belgium) for their first meeting since Russia’s ..

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Belgium became second country to allow Mercy Killing for children

February 20, 2014

The Catholic country, Belgium became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age. This action of legalizing death for the children came 12 years after the country legalized euthanasia for adults. The Parliament of Belgium ..

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Lativa becomes the 18th state to join the Eurozone

January 1, 2014

The Baltic nation, Latvia joined the Euro Zone, with the expectation that the euro will lower its borrowing costs and encourage investors by eliminating currency risk. It became the 18th member of the European Union, which uses the Euro as ..

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Cyber Coalition 2013: NATO’s largest-ever cyber-security exercise held in Estonia

December 1, 2013

NATO held Cyber Coalition 2013: Largest-ever cyber-exercises to practise averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states and their allies. The drill was hosted by National Defence College training center in Tartu, Estonia. Objective: Cyber Coalition an exercise with technical components ..

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