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April 8 (Reuters) - Russia is considering raising its base price for calculating the wheat export tax to 17,000 roubles ($212.23) per tonne from 15,000 roubles per tonne, the Vedomosti daily reported, citing two unnamed sources in exporting companies.
Russia forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after a pro-Moscow president was toppled amid mass street protests.
Kyiv has vowed to recapture the Black Sea peninsula along with all other Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces.
The party councils of Kallas´ pro-business Reform Party, which overwhelmingly won with 31.2% of the vote, the centrist Estonia 200 party and the Social Democratic Party said they would form the coalition after agreeing on government programs for the nex four years .
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Although Reform won nearly twice as many votes as the March election´s runner-up, the far-right populist EKRE party, Kallas needed junior partners to form a Cabinet that can govern with a comfortable majority for the next four years.
"We want Estonia to be protected, the well-being and livelihood of our people to be guaranteed, the state´s finances to be in order, education, language and culture to be preserved, and tomorrow to be better for everyone," she said.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Estonia´s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Saturday that her center-right Reform Party has clinched a deal with two other parties to form a coalition government, five weeks after a general election in the Baltic country.
Boosting France´s growth must go through "investing more" and "working more," he added, vowing to achieve "full employment." The unemployment rate recently reached 7,4%, down from more than 10% when he came into power.
Polls see Macron about 10 percentage points ahead of far-right contender Marine Le Pen, placing them both in a position to reach the runoff and replay the 2017 election. They show that in that case the French president is widely expected to win.
April 8 (Reuters) - A missile fired from Ukrainian-held territory was shot down over the Black Sea town of Feodosia in Russian-controlled Crimea, the Moscow-installed head of Crimea's administration said on Saturday.
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
France holds the rotating presidency of the European Union Council, which gives Macron a key role in coordinating the bloc of 27´s response. Next week, he is expected to be seen alongside U.S. President Joe Biden, at NATO's summit in Brussels.
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pollsters said Macron's greatest challenge as the frontrunner may be a low turnout, with sympathizers not going to polling stations because they think he will win, while those angry at his policies would further mobilize.
Macron went under criticism from other candidates for refusing to take part in any televised debate before the first round scheduled on April 10. Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term on March 3, Macron did not hold any rally yet.
(Ian Langsdon/Pool via AP, File)
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet. The two-round presidential election will take place on April 10 and 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Even though he formally announced he is running for a second term at the beginning of the month, Macron has not held any rallies yet.
He's been criticized by other candidates for refusing to take part in any televised debate before the first voting round, scheduled on April 10.
"It gives the impression that Macron in 2017 has been elected on a promise to renew (politics) and that Macron in 2022 wants to be elected on the promise of (having) experience," he said in an interview with French newspaper L´Opinion. Polls show most French, whether they intend to vote for him or not, consider he is up to the job, he stressed.
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