2014 in Estonia
Estonia-related events during the year of 2014
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Estonia.
Incumbents
- President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- Prime Minister: Andrus Ansip (until 26 March), Taavi Rõivas (starting 26 March)
Events
February
- February 23 - Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announces that he will be leaving office before scheduled parliamentary elections in 2015.[1]
March
- March 4 - Andrus Ansip resigns after nine years as prime minister of Estonia.[2]
- March 26 - Taavi Rõivas is sworn in as Prime Minister of Estonia, succeeding Andrus Ansip and becoming the youngest government leader in the European Union at 34 years.[3]
September
- September 3 - The President of the United States, Barack Obama, visits Estonia in a move to reassure the Baltic states ahead of a NATO summit in Wales.[4]
- September 5 - Eston Kohver is abducted by gunpoint from the Estonian side of the border by the FSB.[5]
October
- October 9 - Estonia becomes the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay partnerships and grant equal rights to same-sex couples.[6]
- October 27 - The first school shooting in Estonia takes place in Viljandi.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Estonian premier Andrus Ansip signals departure". 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Estonia PM Ansip resigns - Europe's longest-serving PM". 4 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Right-Left Government Takes Office". 26 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Obama: Vision of peaceful Europe threatened by "Russia's aggression"". 3 September 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ Borger, Julian (8 September 2014). "Estonia says official seized by Russia was lured into FSB trap". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Estonia same-sex law breaks taboo in former Soviet states". 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Teacher Killed in Viljandi School Shooting; 9th Grader in Custody". 27 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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