Paradoxically, the power shift in Tallinn might inadvertently extend a lifeline to the floundering Center Party, preventing it from sinking entirely, Tõnis Saarts, associate professor of comparative politics at Tallinn University, writes.
With the support of the Social Democrats, the chairman of the Center Party, Mihhail Kõlvart, was ousted from the post of mayor of Tallinn today [Tuesday ed.] with 41 votes out of 79. The Center Party founded by Edgar Savisaar has ruled the capital without interruption since November 2005. This historical event raises the question where is Tallinn heading now and how was such a big Center Party collapse possible in the first place, Sergei Metlev, editor-in-chief of the Russian-language publications of Postimees, writes.
Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart no longer wishes to negotiate with filmmakers and is set to send an ultimatum to the Los Angeles production crew of director Christopher Nolan’s new movie “Tenet”: the team can either accept the city’s proposal concerning road and street closures or not shoot the picture at all.
A real estate company operating in the Rottermann neighborhood and the vicinity of the city harbor in Tallinn proposes rerouting car traffic from Ahtri tänav to the tunnel.