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  Estonian parliamentary election, 1995 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Estonian parliamentary election of 1995 was held on 5th March, 1995.
The governing parties were heavily defeated, except for Reform Party, successor of Estonian Liberal Democratic Party.
After the election Coalition Party under the leadership of Tiit Vähi and the rural parties formed government coalition with Centre Party, the government collapsed, however, as early as autumn 1995, after the so-called Tape scandal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Estonian_parliamentary_election,_1995   (439 words)

  
 Estonian Reform Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The party is a full member of Liberal International since 1996, having been an observer member between 1990-1996, and a full member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
Ideologically, the Reform Party is representative of the liberal conservative and libertarian thinking of economists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman.
Up to now, the Reform Party has participated in most of the government coalitions in Estonia, so its influence in politics has been great, especially regarding Estonia's business friendly economic policy and conservative fiscal policy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Estonian_Reform_Party   (204 words)

  
 University of Tartu
The goal of the administrative reform is an increase in the general administrative capacity of the public sector, and the amalgamation of municipalities is seen as one possible way to guarantee this at the local level.
Estonian political parties seem to have recognized the problem, as the increase in municipal capacity to act is considered one of the priorities of the reform at the local level.
Estonian local authorities today are often too dependent on the central government to be able to manage emergency situations, as well as the remainder needs for policy reorientation on their own.
www.ut.ee /ABVKeskus/publ/2001/Local_Democracy.html   (14883 words)

  
 Estonia (10/05)
Religions: Lutheran; the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox, subordinated to Constantinople; the Estonian Orthodox, subordinated to the Moscow Patriarchate; Baptist.
Reform Party Chairman Andrus Ansip became the new Prime Minister on April 13, 2005, leading a coalition of the Reform, Center, and People’s Union parties.
Estonian GDP grew by 6.5% in 2001 and by 6.0% in 2002.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5377.htm   (5527 words)

  
 Estonian Reform Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The party leader Ansip has been prime minister of Estonia since April, 2005, and several other cabinet members, including Urmas Paet are members of the party.
Ideologically, Reform Party is a represetative of liberal conservative and libertarian thinking of econonomists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman.
Up to now, Reform Party has participated in most government coalitions in Estonia, so its influence in politics has been great, especially regarding Estonia's business friendly economic policy and conseravative fiscal policy.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Reformierakond   (201 words)

  
 Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party - Elections 2003
Estonians therefore have to wait and see who will lead their next government, one which is expected to take the state into both NATO and the European Union.
For the past year, his Centre Party has formed part of the current coalition government under Prime Minister Siim Kallas of the right-of-centre Reform Party.
The Reform Party limped into third place in the election, with 17.7% of the votes and 19 seats.
www.esdtp.ee /elections.html   (379 words)

  
 The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
TALLINN - The Estonian Reform Party and the People’s Union are still against motions by Social Affairs Minister Jaak Aab from the Center Party, the third party in the ruling coalition, on how to patch up a 377 million kroon (24 million euro) gap in the medical insurance budget, the daily Postimees reported.
The Russian party does not like the fact that we are conducting the investigation consistently, according to laws, are trying not to politicize the investigation,” he told the Ziniu Radijas radio station.
Party members insist that if this border is to be changed, Article 122 of the Constitution has to be amended in a referendum first.
www.baltictimes.com /hot1.php?art_id=12997   (18122 words)

  
 Estonia (10/03)
Estonian government remained decentralized, with local political and administrative subdivisions emerging only during the first century A.D. By then, Estonia had a population of more than150,000 people and remained the last corner of medieval Europe to be Christianized.
A cultural movement sprang forth to adopt the use of Estonian as the language of instruction in schools, all-Estonian song festivals were held regularly after 1869, and a national literature in Estonia developed.
The Reform Party and the Center Party formed a new coalition government in power as of the 28th of January 2002.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/e/30863.htm   (4956 words)

  
 Estonia: country profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Estonians 64.2 per cent; Russians 28.7 per cent; Ukranians 2.6 per cent; Belarusians 1.5 per cent Finnish and others 3.3 per cent (1998).
Located on the northeastern coast of the Baltic Sea, Estonia is bounded by the Gulf of Finland in the north, the Russian Federation in the east and Latvia in the south.
The Estonian landscape - with its numerous lakes and river - bears witness to its glacial origin.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_profile.cfm?Id=20   (373 words)

  
 Välisministeerium : Estonian Review: January 21 - 27, 2002
Jan 22 - The Estonian parliament approved the appointment of Siim Kallas, chairman of the Reform Party and finance minister in the previous government, as the new prime minister.
Voting in Kallas' favour were the Centre faction, the Reform Party faction, the faction of the mostly Russian-speaking Estonian United People's Party, as well as most members of the People's Union faction.
When addressing the parliament, Estonian prime minister designate Siim Kallas said the main objectives of the new government would be to reduce domestic political tensions, pursue a growth oriented economic policy and maintain continuity in foreign policy.
www.vm.ee /eng/kat_137/717.html?arhiiv_kuup=leht_5   (1872 words)

  
 EUROPA - Siim Kallas - Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Estonian public regards Mr Kallas as “the father of the Estonian kroon”.
The Reform Party propagates a liberal-democratic ideology and is a member of the Liberal International.
In 1999, Mr Kallas was elected to the Estonian Parliament for the second time and was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the new government.
europa.eu.int /comm/commission_barroso/kallas/profile_en.htm   (881 words)

  
 Estonian Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The political parties forming the governing coalition aim at creation of a capable coalition which will remain in power for two years and realise the programme set out in the coalition agreement.
The Reform Party: Prime Minister; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Justice; Minister of Defence; Minister of Population Affairs;
As from March 2006 the position of the President of the Riigikogu belongs to the Centre Party and the position of the first Vice President belongs to the Reform Party.
www.valitsus.ee /?id=1468   (3511 words)

  
 Vision | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is not the first time that Vision has done cooperation with Reform Party.
In the elections Tartu Reform Party received almost 40% of the votes, which resulted in 23 places in the local town council.
Reform Party is one of the two coalition parties in Estonian Government.
www.vision.ee /news.html?id=32   (151 words)

  
 Estonian parliamentary election, 2003 - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Estonian parliamentary election of 2003 was held on 2nd March, 2003.
The threshold is 5% in national level, 6 parties passed the threshold.
The results were rather surprising, as Centre Party was generally expected to win at least a couple of seats more than they really did and albeit Res Publica was generally excpected to be successive, the commentators didn't anticipate Res Publica to get as many seats Centre Party.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Estonian_parliamentary_election,_2003   (185 words)

  
 homo homini lupus EST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Estonian Moderate People's Party - after the last coalition broke, they took a nosedive towards the left, proponents of Blair and Schroeder's 'Third Way'.
Estonian Reform Party - They read Friedman, Hayek, Rand, etc. They fiercely oppose graduated income tax.
Estonian National Awakening, reinstatement of Estonian as official language, the Baltic Chain (1 million people forming a human chain accross the three Baltic nations), demands of devolution and Estonian self-government.
unigolyn.blogspot.com   (2557 words)

  
 Political parties for estonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Law on Parties of 1994 constitutes that the minimum number for a party to be registered is 1000 members.
This means that if a party does not receive five per cent of the national vote it will be excluded from the distribution of votes, thus denying that party a seat in the Riigikogu.
The party spectrum during election campaigns ranges from single issue parties to others that provide a complete political, social and economic programme.
www.unc.edu /courses/2002spring/rues/230/001/Estonia/politicalparties.html   (264 words)

  
 Eesti Reformierakond Definition / Eesti Reformierakond Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Eesti Reformierakond) is a free market liberal party This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world.
Introduction One can argue what a liberal party is. In this list a liberal party is defined as a political party, that adheres to the basic principles of (political) liberalism.
All liberal parties emphasize individual liberty, but they differ in their opinion on an active role for the state.
www.elresearch.com /Eesti_Reformierakond   (124 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Urmas Paet
Urmas Paet (born April 20 1974) is an Estonian politician and currently the Foreign Minister of Estonia.
He is a member of the Estonian Reform Party.
He graduated from the Universty of Tartu in 1996 with a BA in Political Science and continued his graduate studies there, however without ever obtaining the degree.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Urmas_Paet   (169 words)

  
 MOFA : Estonia
Basis of the electoral system: Estonian Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by secret ballot on the basis of a general, uniform and direct right to vote.
The right to vote is given to every Estonian citizen who is 18 years old on election day and to every citizen of the European Union who is 18 years old and permanently residing in Estonia, i.e.
Voting abroad is organised by Estonian representations for Estonian citizens permanently residing or temporarily staying in a foreign state.
www.vm.ee /estonia/pea_172/kat_340/4523.html   (1112 words)

  
 Estonia Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The main functions of the Ministry of Finance of Estonia are to plan for and supervise the implemention of the Government's macroeconomic, fiscal and economic reform policies.
Estonian Enterprises Register is a public institution operating under Ministry of Finance of the republic of Estonia.
The Estonian Export Agency (EEA) is the national trade development organisation, established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1997 as a branch of EIKAS _ the Estonian Investment and Trade Development Foundation.
www.eubfn.com /arts/estonia_links.htm   (351 words)

  
 Childrens party suppliers for children's birthday party UK
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Planning a is difficult enough, why not use our party planner from the menu opposite, it contains a full plan to help you get the timings right and ideas for games etc to make the childrens party one to remember.
www.partydelights.co.uk   (352 words)

  
 The President of the Republic of Estonia: The President of the Republic met with representatives of the Estonian Reform ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The President of the Republic of Estonia: The President of the Republic met with representatives of the Estonian Reform Party
The President of the Republic met with representatives of the Estonian Reform Party
President Arnold Rüütel today at Kadriorg met with First Vice Chairman of the Estonian Reform Party Andrus Ansip and Chairman of the Riigikogu Faction of the Reform Party Peep Aru.
www.president.ee /en/duties?gid=50108   (109 words)

  
 tel321
Due to limited human resources of the research services of the Estonian Parliament we are not able to cope with the required data processing all by ourselves.
Of 857,270 citizens with the right to vote, 492,356 participated in the elections, hence the voter turnout was 57.43 per cent.
Pursuant to the Riigikogu Election Act and the Political Parties Act, political parties and independent candidates submit, within one month of the announcement of election results, to the National Election Committee a report on the election campaign expenses and the source of the money raised.
www.riigikogu.ee /msi_arhiiv/tel321.html   (1851 words)

  
 Rahvastikuminister | Bureau | Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1995-1996, Aarne was a member of the Riigikogu in the Estonian Reform Party faction, and a member of the Legal Affairs Committee.
Ken was also a guest lecturer at Concordia University with his lecture titled "The future of the Russian Federation in the context of European Integration." From the beginning of 2003 and until the 30th of April, he worked as an adviser to the County Governor of Ida-Virumaa.
At the Bureau of the Minister of Population Affairs Ken is the Minister's representative in Ida-Virumaa and at the same time the Minister's adviser in the sphere of population and integration policies.
www.rahvastikuminister.ee /en/bureau.html   (1021 words)

  
 ELDR Party | Diogenes, our members database
Party : Estonian Reform Party - Liberals - ERP
ELDR party - 40, rue Montoyer (6th floor) - 1000 Brussels - Belgium - Tel.
This website is made possible by the support of the European Parliament.
www.eldr.org /diogenes/details_party.php?&id_party=9   (78 words)

  
 The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
TALLINN – The Reform Party and Res Publica parties announced they would run on a joint list in the October local polls in the northeastern industrial city of Kivioli.
Rein Oselin, head of Reform's Kivioli chapter, said the alliance wants to instill more European thinking into the region and make a better push for EU funds.
New Era has attempted to introduce new principles in budget drafting whereby funds are distributed in proportion to each party’s influence in the Cabinet of Ministers.
www.baltictimes.com /hot1.php?art_id=13603   (18109 words)

  
 Rahvastikuminister | Minister | Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cultural Affairs Committee, November 2002 - March 2003 - chairman of the Reform Party faction
Minister of Culture and Education 1990-1992 - cultural consultant at the State Chancellery 1987-1989 - Secretary of the Estonian Writers'Union 1976-1986 - literary editor at the Drama Theatre 1965-1976 - freelance writer 1965 - literary aid of the chief stage director at the Vanemuine Theatre
Literary activities, cultural theories, political science, member of the Estonian Writers' Union and the Estonian Literary Society
www.rahvastikuminister.ee /en/minister.html   (164 words)

  
 ::.Angus Reid Consultants.::
The Estonian Reform Party (ER) is in second place with 15 per cent—a two point drop—followed by the Fatherland Union (EI) and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) with seven per cent each, the Union for the Republic - Res Publica (RP) with five per cent, and the Estonian People’s Union (ERL) with four per cent.
On Aug. 4, Ansip announced a policy geared at allowing Estonian residents to gain citizenship, saying, "In 10 years all stateless persons wishing to become citizens should be able to do so." The Baltic nation is currently home to 135,000 residents of unidentified citizenship.
Methodology: Interviews to 1,005 Estonian adults, conducted from Jul. 27 to Aug. 3, 2005.
www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8495   (345 words)

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