A memorial ceremony Thursday marked the reinterment of the remains of over 200 people, both civilians and military, at a Tartu cemetery, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported.
Plans are in place to remove Soviet-era monuments in four different locations on the island of Hiiumaa, following the removal of memorial from the village of Emmaste earlier this week.
A Soviet-era tank used as a war memorial in the eastern border town of Narva and now relocated to a war museum near Tallinn was found on Wednesday to be more than just a chassis, and contains an engine.
Work has started to remove a controversial Soviet-era monument in the eastern city of Narva, with access to the site and that of at least two other monuments closed to the public. The prime minister gave a press conference at 8.30 a.m., joined by the interior minister, the foreign minister, and the chief of the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA).
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