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Marti Aavik starts work as editor-in-chief at daily Postimees Thursday, the paper reports.
Aavik replaces Mart Raudsaar, who is transferring within the company to become manager of a foundation aimed at supporting journalism and education in Estonia, Postimees reported on its website (link in Estonian).
Aavik, who was the paper s deputy-editor-in-chief prior to getting the new role, said Postimees is in very good order at present and that he was delighted to land the job. Postimees is bright and innovative - be it Postimees Nädal, which arrives in the mailbox on Saturdays, or the online version, which offers news and updates at any time. Our readers have reason to rejoice, and our competitors to feel anxious, Aavik said.
Täna läheb eetrisse kevadhooaja viimane autorisaade «Raudsaare dialoogid». Postimehe peatoimetaja Mart Raudsaare saatekülaliseks on iga nädal üks tuntud või tähelepanuväärne inimene – seekord on külas ajaloolane ja pikaaegne meremuuseumi juht Urmas Dresen.
The Riigikogu s Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) political group says it sees the danger to freedom of speech in the media service law amendment and has decided to block proceedings. The more than 230 amendment proposals submitted to the draft legislation mean that the proceedings can be stopped in the culture committee. Chairman of the committee, Aadu Must (Center) hopes that an agreement can be made with EKRE.
Deputy-chairman of the committee, MP Jaak Valge (EKRE), confirmed that it s obstruction. Even though the proposals include some formed by the interest groups, they are mainly formed by EKRE.
EKRE is against the law because, in the party s opinion, the hate speech provisions will start to limit the freedom of speech.
Editor-in-Chief of Estonian Newspaper Apologizes for Running CCP Propaganda on Xinjiang
Martin Šmutov, the editor-in-chief of evening newspaper Õhtuleht, one of the most influential media outlets in Estonia, has made an open apology for publishing propaganda after it agreed to print an article on Xinjiang by China’s Ambassador to Estonia Li Chao.
On April 15, Õhtuleht carried a full page of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda in its paid advertisement section written by Li, who tried to refute reports of concentration camps, forced labor, and genocide against Uyghurs and other minorities groups in Xinjiang as “lies and rumors.”
The article pushed the CCP-approved narrative on the situation in Xinjiang, igniting controversy in the former Soviet country in eastern Europe.