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| Country name: |
Republic
of Estonia |
Capital:
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Tallinn
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Form of
government:
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Parliamentary
Republic
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| Foundation: |
1918 (1941-1991 Part of the Soviet Union) |
| Population:
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1,34
Million |
| Ethnics by percentage: |
Estonians (69,7%), Russians (25,7%), Ukrainians,
Belarussians, Finns |
Official
languages:
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Estonian
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Other
languages:
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Russian, German
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Country size:
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45
226 km² |
Neighbouring countries:
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Latvia, Russia, Finland, Sweden |
| Current
President: |
Toomas Hendrik
Ilves |
| Current Prime Minister: |
Andrus
Ansip |
| Parlamentary
Majority: |
The Reform Party, Pro Patria and Res Publica
Union, The Social
Democratic Party |
| Parliamentary Opposition: |
The Center
Party, The People’s
Union Party, The Green Party |
| Non-parliamentary
Opposition: |
The Independence
Party, The Left Party, The
Christian Democratic Party, The Constitution Party, The Russian Party
in
Estonia |
Regional
cooperation:
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EU, NATO, Baltic Assembly,
Baltic
Council of Ministers, CDC, Council of Europe, OSCE
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Global Income
per Capita:
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€
8127 |
| Corruption
Perceptions Index
(CPI): |
6,7 |
| Human
Development Index (HDI): |
0,858
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| see
reports by Amnesty
International |
| see
reports by Human Rights Watch |
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