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After Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, Estonia has also left the UN migration pact. “In forming the governing coalition, we agreed that we make decisions only by consensus. The government has today failed to reach agreement at the Cabinet meeting on support for the UN migration pact. Therefore, the government will not join the agreement, “wrote Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center Party) on Thursday on Facebook.The comprehensive management of immigration is important for all countries, emphasised Ratas. However, the laws of Estonia are already in line with democratic and European principles. This also applies to the future. For the...

HELSINKI, March 19 (Reuters) - A Helsinki court on Friday acquitted Finland's first woman prime minister of charges related to the leaking of secret documents on Iraq, a scandal that forced her to step down a year ago. The court cleared Anneli Jaatteenmaki of a charge of inciting or assisting the breach of official secrets, a scandal dubbed "Iraq-gate" by Finnish media that shocked a nation known abroad for its lack of corruption and straight-laced politics. But it said Martti Manninen, a former presidential aide who fed hundreds of pages of information to Jaatteenmaki by fax, should pay 3,600 euros...