The Ministry of Culture says it does not intend to contest a decision by the first-tier Tallinn Administrative Court which would require the ministry review operating support allocated to theater concern SA Vaba Lava. The latter has said that support granted is too meager.
Layoffs and structural changes at the state National Heritage Board (Muinsuskaitseamet) have not resolved all the issues they set out to, the departing acting head of the agency says.
President of Estonia Alar Karis has announced he will not be attending February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing political factors, daily Postimees reports. Karis' announcement follows news that political representatives from the U.S., the U.K. and other countries will not be visiting the games, which start February 4.
The United States and some allies have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, but the Estonian government has not yet decided if and who of Estonia's leaders will head to Beijing.
Public broadcaster ERR board chairman Erik Roose said Minister of Culture Tiit Terik told him that the development of ERR's new TV house will not be left on the backburner even if the funds for it will be allocated to the reconstruction of the National Library building.