Estonia becomes first central European country to allow same-sex marriage

A national flag flutters over Estonian Parliament in Tallinn, Estonia April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File photo

TALLINN (Reuters) -Estonia's parliament approved on Tuesday a law to legalise same-sex marriage, making it the first central European country to do so.

Same-sex marriage is legal in much of western Europe but not in central European countries which were once under communist rule and members of the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact alliance but now members of NATO and, largely, the EU.