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Off to the races at Gatineau Loppet
3 days ago

It’s Canada’s premier cross-country skiing event, known worldwide on the skiing circuit, but the Gatineau Loppet remains one of the area’s best-kept secrets. That could all change if organizers continue to attract high-profile dignitaries to join the con
Anti-ACTA protests hit high gear across EU
1 week ago

Protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) have kicked into high gear with massive demonstrations across four continents. Protests are being held in over 200 European cities with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets
Sweden: Europeans need to question pension habits
1 week ago

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, right, attend the Northern Future Forum at the Photographic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday Feb. 9, 2012, where leaders from Britain and the Nordic and Ba
Nick Clegg helps to mend European fences : LibDemBlogs
1 month ago

This is the first time in years where this sort of meeting has been held. Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, has offered to host another such meeting later this year. The two key themes of the meeting were (i) the need for EU unity at this difficult
British deputy PM: EU veto is 'temporary'
1 month ago

BRUSSELS - British deputy leader Nick Clegg has predicted the UK will drop its veto on the EU fiscal compact, but urged Brussels not to go too far with reforms. Clegg (l) and Cameron: the deputy PM is a former MEP and EU commission official who studied
Clegg Calls For EU Unity, Not Isolation
1 month ago

Nick Clegg (centre) is joined by guests including Mark Rutte, Olli Rehn and Jan Bjorkland 3:42pm UK, Monday January 09, 2012 Nick Clegg has told a summit of EU liberals the eurozone crisis can only be overcome if Europe sticks together and avoids "needle
Clegg meets European leaders to build bridges after PM's treaty snub
1 month ago

Europe risks plunging into recession unless countries "pull together", Nick Clegg warned today as he sought to rebuild bridges following David Cameron's treaty veto. The Deputy Prime Minister said that only joint working would safeguard jobs and boost gr
Hungary credit rating downgraded by S&P to junk
2 months ago

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday downgraded Hungary's credit rating to "junk" level because of worries about proposed policy changes regarding the country's central bank. The S&P analysts lowered their ratings on Hungary's debt to the non-
Estonia Gas Grid Nationalization Seen as Last Option, Ansip Says
2 months ago

Estonia’s government would only consider nationalizing AS Eesti Gaas’s natural-gas transmission network as a “last option” as it seeks to develop the market for the fuel, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said. “Estonia has a record of privatization in many i
Euro Area’s Newest Member Stands by Currency, Premier Says
2 months ago

Estonia, the newest member of the euro region, will stand by the single currency because its benefits outweigh the uncertainty caused by the region’s debt crisis, said Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. “The euro remains more trustworthy than small national c
Factbox: Pledges of loans to IMF after December 9 EU summit
2 months ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders want to boost the crisis-fighting resources of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the provision of up to 200 billion euros ($260 billion), as one of the ways to persuade markets that money invested in euro zone
OUTLOOK 2012: Fading Baltic bounce
2 months ago

Mike Collier in Tallinn December 19, 2011 One year ago, Anti Poolamets was seen as, at best, a party pooper and at worst a crackpot when he told Estonia that by joining the Eurozone it had bought "the last ticket on the Titanic." The leader of “Save the
Underpinning phobia of Eurosceptics
2 months ago

AS I am driving along listening to the BBC's The World At One, I am left in no doubt about this program's hostility to Prime Minister David Cameron's vetoing of the changes to the EU Lisbon Treaty. When the usually sensible Martha Kearney, the show's hos
Exposed: the snobbery and intolerance of the EU elite
2 months ago

The chattering classes’ hysterical reaction to David Cameron’s veto of the Lisbon Treaty reveals the dark heart of pro-EU sentiment. As I drive along listening to the BBC Radio 4 show, The World At One, I am left in no doubt as to this programme’s deep h
Europe's fiscal agreement falls short for global markets
2 months ago

EU heads of state pose for a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. First row from left to right: European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite, Croatia’s P
Europe forges a fiscal coalition
2 months ago

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. European leaders are wrestling over how much of their sovereignty they are willing to give up in a desperate attempt to save the am
Sir Graham Watson MEP elected president of ELDR party : People's Republic of South Devon
2 months ago

Former leader of the Liberal ALDE group, South West MEP Sir Graham Watson has been elected president of the ELDR Liberal Democrat MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar and the former leader of the Liberal ALDE group in the European Parliament S
President of FIA Jean Todt and Former Head of Ferrari F1 Team Visited Estonia Last Week
2 months ago

From the left: Jean Todt, the President of FIA and Former Head of Ferrari F1 team and Margus Reinsalu. You have a great rally drivers, hopefully in the future you will also have an F1 pilot,“ Jean Todt said at the press conference. Jean Todt, the Pres

About Andrus Ansip

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Andrus Ansip (born 1 October 1956) is the current Prime Minister of Estonia, and chairman of the Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Reformierakond). Full Article