2023 in Estonia

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Events in the year 2023 in Estonia.

## Incumbents

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* President: Alar Karis
* Prime Minister: Kaja Kallas

## Events

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia

* 23 January — Estonia announces the expulsion of the Russian ambassador in Tallinn to reciprocate Russia's expulsion of the Estonian ambassador in Moscow due to a "downgrade" of relations. Both envoys will depart their respective assignments on February 7.[1]
* 5 March — 2023 Estonian parliamentary election: The Reform Party, led by Kaja Kallas, wins the most seats in the Riigikogu.[2]
* 9 April — 2023 Estonian parliamentary election: Three parties, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, agree to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia.[3]
* 20 June — Same-sex marriage legalized. The parliament approved amendments to the country's Family Law Act legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. The amended act will go into effect on January 1, 2024. This made Estonia the first Baltic and former USSR country to do so.[4]
* 9 October - Estonian satellite ESTCube-2 was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, with the European Space Agency's Vega launch vehicle at 4:36 a.m. EEST.[5] The satellite failed to deploy from its launch vehicle, and was destroyed on reentry.[6]
* 10 October – Finland reports that the Balticconnector submarine pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia has been closed following damage and a gas leak.[7]

## Sport

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Basketball

* 2022–23 European North Basketball League
* 2022–23 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League

Football

Main article: 2023 in Estonian football

Ice hockey

* 2022–23 EML season

## Deaths

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### January

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* 1 January - Kadri Mälk, 64, artist and jewellery designer[8]
* 10 January - Kalle Eller, 82, publisher, cultural researcher and poet[9]
* 7 February - Mati Põldre, 86, film director (Those Old Love Letters, Georg), screenwriter and cinematographer.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Estonia to expel Russian ambassador in tit-for-tat move". anews. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
2. ^ "Parliamentary elections 2023". valimised.ee. Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
3. ^ "Estonia PM's party clinches new coalition government deal". AP NEWS. 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
4. ^ "Estonia becomes first ex-soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage". CNN.
5. ^ ERR, ERR | (2023-10-09). "Estonia's ESTCube-2 satellite launched into orbit on Monday". ERR. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
6. ^ Parsonson, Andrew (2023-10-16). "Two Vega VV23 Payloads Failed to Deploy". European Spaceflight. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
7. ^ Nanu, Maighna (2023-10-10). "Finland-Estonia gas pipeline may have been 'deliberately damaged' by Russia". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
8. ^ "Suri kunstnik Kadri Mälk". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
9. ^ "Suri Kaitseliidu endine ülem Kalle Istvan Eller". Eesti (in Estonian). 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
10. ^ ERR (2023-02-08). "Suri filmirežissöör Mati Põldre". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-02-08.

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