The Estonian Education Personnel Union (EHL) will demand during teachers' salary negotiations that the government fulfill its pre-election promises by raising teachers' minimum salary to 120 percent of the national average.

Varro Vooglaid's recent exit from the EKRE group means that the Riigikogu now has more unaffiliated or independent MPs than at any time before in the 21st century.

Varro Vooglaid's recent exit from the EKRE group means that the Riigikogu now has more unaffiliated or independent MPs than at any time before in the 21st century.

EKRE MP Rene Kokk refuted claims according to which whether he will run for the party again in 2027 is somehow connected to the fate of Varro Vooglaid.

The Estonian Education Personnel Union (EHL) will demand during teachers' salary negotiations that the government fulfill its pre-election promises by raising teachers' minimum salary to 120 percent of the national average.

The government has approved new pet identification rules requiring dogs and cats to be microchipped and recorded in a nationwide registry.

Eesti Hotellide ja Restoranide Liit (EHRL) taunib möödunud nädalal valitsuse poolt heaks kiidetud varjendite rajamist ja varjumiskohtade kohandamist käsitlevat eelnõu, leides, et see paneb sektori ettevõtjad ajalise ja rahalise surve alla ning vähendab nende konkurentsivõimet võrreldes naaberriikidega.

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Among the victims in Kyiv was 12-year-old Lyubava Yakovleva, whose father was killed during the war.

Prosecutors in Nantes say the shooting was drug-related, but the victim's aunt says he was not involved.

Analysts say the moves have been fuelled by concerns a Burnham-led government would increase government borrowing.

The regulator say the energy supplier breached licence conditions aimed at protecting customers in vulnerable situations.

President Donald Trump said he was still deliberating a major arms sale to Taiwan, floating what would amount to a significant change in American foreign policy following a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. “I’ll make a determination over the next fairly short period. I’m gonna make a determination,” he told reporters of the potential sale as Air Force One made its way back to the U.S. from China on Friday, saying he needed to speak to the person “that’s running Taiwan.” The comments from the president — who acknowledged that Xi raised U.S.-Taiwan arm deals in their discussion — could amount to a fairly dramatic shift. One of the commitments that the administration of President Ronald Reagan made to Taiwan in 1982 — known as the Six Assurances — was that the U.S. wouldn’t consult with Beijing on weapon sales to the island. But Trump insisted he wasn’t marking any change to American foreign policy in his conversation with the Chinese president. “He brought that up,” Trump said of Xi. “He talked about that to me, obviously. So what am I going to do, say ‘I don’t want to talk to you about it because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982?’” The president’s comments leave the future of a $14 billion arms deal with Taiwan, which Congress approved back in January, uncertain. Trump’s statement could be of significant worry for the island’s advocates, who have for months fretted that Trump’s desire to strengthen the country’s economic relationship with China may see the president weaken its longstanding ironclad support for Taiwan. The Trump administration has regularly pushed back against the assertion that the president would abandon Taiwan. “An actual kind of haggling or horse trading on arms sales, or a consultation on what we would or would not sell — that would be a break with precedent if that is something that the Chinese asked for, and something that the president is willing to grant,” said David Sacks, a former political-military expert at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Taiwan. Xi, Trump said, “feels very strongly” about the island and “doesn’t want to see a movement for independence.” “I heard him out,” he said. “I didn’t make a comment on it. I heard him out. I have a lot of respect for him.” Trump also refused to commit to coming to Taiwan’s defense in the event of a Chinese attack. Xi, he told reporters, had asked him the same question earlier on Friday. “I don’t want to say that,” he said.“I’m not going to say that. There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person. That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said, ‘’I don’t talk about those things.” Phelim Kine contributed to this report.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday he would no longer advise young people to move to the U.S. for work or study, citing what he described as the worsening “social climate” in America. Speaking at a gathering of German Catholics in the southwestern city of Würzburg, Merz said: “I would not recommend to my children today that they go to the U.S. to get an education and to work” — a remark that drew applause from the audience. The chancellor explained that “the social climate that has suddenly developed” in the U.S. had become deeply concerning and argued that “even the best educated in America have great difficulty in finding a job.” Merz, who is Catholic, has three children and seven grandchildren. “I am a great admirer of America,” Merz added, drawing laughter from the crowd, “but right now my admiration is not increasing.” The comments emphasize the growing rift between Berlin and Washington after weeks of public clashes between Merz and President Donald Trump. The German leader — who previously headed the Atlantik-Brücke, an influential network that promotes U.S.-German ties — told schoolchildren on April 28 that the American president had been “humiliated” by Iran and lacked a coherent strategy for the war that broke out in late February following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian targets. Three days later, on May 1, the Pentagon, following through on an earlier threat by Trump, announced it would withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany.Despite the tensions, Merz wrote on X on Friday that he had “a good phone call” with Trump — the first since the two had publicly clashed — stressing afterward that “the U.S. and Germany are strong partners in a strong NATO.” Berlin has also turned down U.S. pleas for NATO to become directly involved in the Iran war, insisting “it is not NATO’s war” while leaving open only a limited role for German minesweepers in the Strait of Hormuz once fighting ends. The Trump administration, however, has its own view of Europe’s political climate. In its National Security Strategy published in December last year, Washington warned that Europe faced potential “civilizational erasure” driven by migration, weakening national identities and EU policies that allegedly undermine sovereignty.

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