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3 weeks ago | 
news.err.ee | Helen Wright |Andrew Whyte
Under the current law, anyone with permanent residence can vote in a local election. However, the new amendment will close this down to only 27 nationalities, those who are citizens of EU countries. The change was proposed by politicians after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to remove voting rights from Russians and Belarusians. They said citizens of aggressor nations should have no say in Estonia's politics.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Marko Mägi |Airika Harrik |Andrew Whyte
The study highlights the essential requirements for the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), or Kanakull in Estonian, which include ample flight space and access to secondary nesting locations. The fragmentation of Estonian forests poses a significant challenge, as this species depends on large, contiguous forest areas that support both primary and secondary nests.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Moe Ameri |Nagham Al Zubidi |Azadeh Razmandi |Andrew Whyte
PURPOSE: Targeted cancer therapy (TCT) is a significant advancement in oncology with promising survival improvement in patients with cancer and remarkable effects on various cancers. There is evidence suggesting a connection between specific TCT classes and the occurrence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs).
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Andrew Whyte |Helen Wright
The atrocity took place near a small village just around 40 kilometers west of Tallinn, where around 2,000 people, many of them women, were brutally murdered by Nazi forces in one of their last actions before fleeing the advancing Soviet army. The event holds further significance as one of the first Nazi death camps to be photographed and documented, revealing the horrors of the Holocaust to the world. Nazi occupation of Estonia startsEstonia's prewar Jewish population was around 4,400.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Rene Kundla |Andrew Whyte
The amendments, which affected several laws, were rejected by President Alar Karis over 18 months ago. MP Jaak Aab (independent) who chairs the Riigikogu's economic affairs committee, conceded that the so-called law on the removal of Red monuments has not been a priority for the committee. "The issue has been such that officials have not managed to work on it quickly enough, while the committee has had more urgent matters to address," Aab said.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Rene Kundla |Andrew Whyte
The mayor is paid €5,000 per month gross, and an increases will encourage other municipalities in Ida-Viru County to follow suit, proponents argue. Opposition deputies in Kohtla-Järve have criticized the salary hike, however, noting that mayor Henri Kaselo's (SDE) wage is already higher than that of Narva mayor Jaan Toots (Center), in a town with more inhabitants.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Aleksander Krjukov |Andrew Whyte
Helme has said that as early as November last year consideration had been given to removing Madison from EKRE's candidate list for the June European elections, but the party feared that this would be a hard sell for rank and file party members and voters. In a long interview given to ERR, Helme said believes that the party should in fact have struck off Madison. You have been a bit removed from public life lately. What have you been up to over the summer?
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Aleksander Krjukov |Andrew Whyte
Voog noted Isamaa lost five percentage points of support in the space of a month, though the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), too, has seen falling support, Voog noted in an interview given to ERR which follows. The latest Kantar Emor poll shows a record low rating for EKRE. What has brought the party down to this level? There haven't been many easy times for EKRE lately.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Karin Koppel |Andrew Whyte
The documentation in question, when awaiting coordination within a ten-day period as standard, was marked for internal use only, however, an issue which has caused controversy in the past. The ministry says the drafts were so assigned in error. The drafts to amend the ministerial regulations in the health sector were published within the framework of the legislative information system, by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
news.err.ee | Simona Zeno |Andrew Whyte |Mait Ots
Closer inspection revealed the snake was not a deadly new species, but instead a rather unusually colored adder (Vipera berus), Estonia's only venomous snake and also known as the Common European Viper. The peculiarity of the find lay in the absence of the characteristic zigzag back pattern typically found on adders, which led experts initially to question whether it was indeed that species or instead a harmless grass snake (Natrix natrix).
