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University of Tartu awards Skytte medal to Ene Ergma (University of Tartu)

noodls 23 Mar 2015
On 24 March, on the occasion of Johan Skytte memorial day, the UT Rector Professor Volli Kalm awards the Skytte medal to Professor emeritus Academician Ene Ergma. The medal acknowledges Ene Ergma's devotion to the wellbeing of Estonian higher education and research and development ...
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Dinosaurs and Decoy Ducks in Estonia

Real Clear Politics 20 May 2014
In March, a new government won power in Estonia ... But Kallas was forced to withdraw following allegations connected with his term as the president of national bank in 1990s ... The joy of six ... Decoy Ducks ... Their top candidates are Tunne Kelam, former party leader and MEP since 2004, and Ene Ergma, a veteran former speaker of the parliament ... .
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Estonia's first ever satellite begins circling Earth

CNTV 07 May 2013
Launched from the Guiana Space Center, the one-kilogram nanosatellite reached orbit at around 07.06 Estonian time (0606 GMT) ... Estonian Speaker of Parliament Ene Ergma, an astrophysicist by training who was in French Guiana to observe the launch, said Estonia is now a "tiny space country," but "it's a really big deal in my opinion." ... Related stories ... .
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Foreign Minister of Denmark to Visit Estonia

noodls 24 Aug 2012
No 33-TT. On Tuesday, 28 August, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark Villy Søvndal will be in Estonia for a visit ... The Danish foreign minister also has meetings scheduled with Riigikogu Speaker Ene Ergma and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip ... Attention journalists interested in covering the visit! ... 14.15 Meeting with Riigikogu Speaker Ene Ergma ... .
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Estonia reels as 10 die in disabled orphanage fire

Yahoo Daily News 21 Feb 2011
TALLINN (AFP) – The small Baltic nation of Estonia reeled after 10 children perished in a fire that swept through a home for disabled youngsters, most of the residents of which were orphans ... A home that is supposed to be secure took the lives of those kids," speaker of parliament Ene Ergma said in a statement ... .
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Tragedy at Estonian orphanage as 10 children die in wooden building fire

The Daily Mail 20 Feb 2011
Ten children died have after a fire raced through an orphanage for disabled children in western Estonia ... Viktor Saaremets, a spokesman for the Western Estonia Rescue Services Centre, said ... Tragedy ... Battle ... One adult was injured, Mr Saaremets said ... Ene Ergma, Speaker of the Estonian parliament, said ... Timber ... Ene Ergma, Speaker of the Estonian parliament.
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Estonia seeks nuclear power to avoid energy dependence on Russia

Novosti 08 Sep 2008
Ene Ergma said during an open parliamentary session that "in a situation where Russia is using its energy supplies as a political weapon, it would be right to consider all ...
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Estonia, Russia trade barbs in Soviet monument row

Turkish Press 29 Apr 2007
(AFP) ... His counterpart in Tallinn, Ene Ergma, said Estonia would use the visit to "dispel the misunderstandings" the Russians have about the removal of the monument to "a more suitable location.". "Mr Gryzlov asked me today on the phone whether we have already dismembered the monument," Ergma said. "This is utter nonsense ... AFP.   ...   ...  .
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Estonian deputies face struggle to elect new president

Tehran Times 29 Aug 2006
Deputy parliamentary speaker Ene Ergma, 62, from the centre-right Res Publica grouping, is backed by four parties, three of them right-of-centre and one social democratic ... But the four parties that support her are three votes short of the 68 needed in the 101-member single-chamber parliament for Ergma be elected.
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Estonian parliament fails to elect president again

Turkish Press 29 Aug 2006
The previous day, deputy parliamentary speaker Ene Ergma missed out by just three votes ... "The parliament expresses the will of the people and yesterday (Monday) a clear majority of the people's representatives expressed the wish to see Ene Ergma, not Arnold Ruutel, in the president's office," Postimees said in an editorial.
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Estonian Lawmakers Fail to Elect President in Three Ballots

Voa News 29 Aug 2006
The ballot was the third and final chance for the Estonian parliament to elect a president.  In the first round on Monday, lawmakers rejected deputy speaker of parliament Ene Ergma, ...
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Estonia fails to elect president

The State 28 Aug 2006
Ene Ergma received 65 votes in the 101-seat legislature, short of the two-thirds majority required to win the Baltic country's presidency ... An expert on the solar system with a doctorate from the Institute of Space Research in Moscow, Ergma, 62, entered Estonian politics in 2002. She now serves as the vice speaker of parliament ... .
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Estonian parliament fails to elect president in first round

Novosti 28 Aug 2006
Ene Ergma, a parliamentary deputy speaker nominated by four parties - the Reformist Party, the Socio-Democratic Party, the Union of Fatherland and the Republic Party - was unable to garner the necessary two-thirds of the 101 members of parliament in today's vote. With 65 votes, she fell three short ... .

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