Most popular petitions in Estonia in 2021
In defence of professional wind orchestras in Estonia
On 17 May, Estonian Music Council, together with other prominent institutions in the field of music, appealed to the Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet and Minister of Culture Anneli Ott to express concern pertaining to the proposed plan to liquidate the Orchestra of the Estonian Defence Forces. On 18 May, the dissolution of the Police and Border Guard Orchestra was made public within the planned budget cuts in the Ministry of the Interior. From the point of continuity,
Created: 2021-05-20 Statistics
Tampere Disc Golf Center needs to be saved!
Tampere Disc Golf Center is under threat. Some politicians of city of Tampere have addressed lately their will to give land for the expansion of the nearby golf course. This particular piece of land they have in mind happens to be Tampere Disc Golf Center (TDGC). If this is to happen it means the end of TDGC as we know it. Tampere and Finland and actually the whole disc golf community will lose something extraordinary. TDGC was built by the city of Tampere in 2018 and it has 27 beautiful ho
Created: 2021-08-27 Statistics
Theatre Studies must be retained as a degree subject and its future as a scientific discipline secured
Dear Kaarle Hämeri (Chancellor), Sari Lindblom (Rector) and Paula Eerola (Vice-Rector), Dear Hanna Snellman (Vice-Rector), Tom Böhling (Vice-Rector) Dear Pirjo Hiidenmaa (Dean, Faculty of Arts) We the undersigned wish to express our deep concern at the plans put forward by the University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Arts in respect of theatre studies and other smaller arts subjects. These proposals threaten the viability of theatre studies nationally. It would be difficult to overstate the importa
Created: 2021-12-13 Statistics
Diving in Ojamo Mine
The signatories of this petition represent a group of Finnish and international divers who want to establish a new open and transparent operating culture which supports diving in the Ojamo Mine. As the Lohja City decision making body, Vetovoimalautakunta, already stated in its meeting on 15th December 2020: “The Ojamo diving site is so exceptional on the scale of Finland that the management and coordination of the diving activities taking place there should be under the control of a sufficie
Created: 2021-11-26 Statistics
Investigation and Prosecution of Those Individuals Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity
Investigation and Prosecution of Those Individuals Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity 29 September 2021 The International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor Post Office Box 19519 2500 CM The Hague The Netherlands And Ms. Karen Mosoti, or official replacement for the office of Liaison Office of the International Criminal Court to the United Nations 866 United Nations Plaza Suite 476 New York, NY, 10017 USA 212-486-1346/47/62 Email: otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int Dear
Created: 2021-09-29 Statistics
SAVE SUVILAHTI DIY!
(English text below) Suvilahden skeittiparkki on purku-uhan alla Kalasataman alueen uudistuksessa ja tämä on ehdottomasti estettävä! Suvilahti DIYn kaltaiset yhteisöllisesti rakennetut vapaat toimintaympäristöt tekevät kaupungista huomattavasti geneeristä ympäristöä kiinnostavamman ja valovoimaisemman. Tämän päivän kovinta valuuttaa ovat yhteisöllisyys, tarinat ja käsityöläisyys ja sitä kautta syntynyt kulttuurillinen arvo - niitä kaikkia Suvilahden skeittiparkissa on huomattavia määriä suhte
Created: 2018-04-12 Statistics
Horse welfare: No. 1 Priority
We want the welfare of horses to be No. 1 priority in equestrian sports. We kindly ask FEI (International Federation of Equestrian Sports) to: Create a system that makes it easier and more efficient to inform about horse abuse. We ask that FEI could educate us more on how to efficiently inform the right authorities in case we witness animal cruelty. The created system should protect the witness appropriately. Start spreading more information about ethical training and equine welfare in equestr
Created: 2021-04-22 Statistics
Stop the 16 March marches and Latvians revising history!
Stop the 16th March marches in Riga, Latvia and Latvians revising history! Since 1998 on the 16th of March and every year, in the very centre of Riga, Latvia, marches have been regularly held to praise the ‘heroism’ of the former Latvian Legion, i.e.Waffen SS veterans in their combat against the allies during the Second World War. Each year these events have received tacit (and sometimes very explicit and public) support from state authorities (in 2012 from the president himself) and have
Created: 2012-01-21 Statistics
Toomas Vannas. Ametikohast vabastada!
Toomas Vannas töötab Hiiumaa valla all, Kärdla osavallavalitsuse haldusjuhina. Eestimaa loomakaitse liit väidab, et ametnik tappis Kärdlas inimestega harjunud rebasepoja jõhkralt haamriga. Vannas oli väidetavalt ajanud rebasekutsikat taga ning järgnenud pisikesse ruumi, kus ta olevat kuni 15 minuti jooksul tapnud haamriga rebasekutsika (DELFI). Nõuame T. Vannast ametikohast vabastada ning karistada teda KarS § 264 lg 1 p 3 järgi.
Created: 2020-08-27 Statistics