The Office of the Prosecutor General does not make moral and ethical assessments on gatherings and speeches where points of view are expressed, the office says, making its remarks in the context of its rejection of a criminal complaint from a senior Tallinn doctor over protests and statements made by a politician and the head of a conservative think-tank.
Over the next week, a 40 km temporary barrier will be constructed on Estonia's eastern border with Russia as tensions rise with Belarus. The building of the permanent border has been delayed by several governments over the last decade.
Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) chair Martin Helme says that Anneli Ott was the last government minister who needed to resign amid the ongoing pandemic.
Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise considers the currently imposed restrictions in Estonia to be legitimate because hospitals getting overburdened must be avoided. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said doctors no longer want to work in coronavirus wards.