The police intelligence service arrested Urmas Laane, a leading specialist with the emergency services, with licence suspended after attepmting to bribe the traffic police with 1000 crowns.
The commander of the Estonian armed forces, vice-admiral Tarmo Kouts is hosting a visit by NATO supreme commander general Joseph W. Ralston.
Villu Reiljan, a member of parliament from the Peoples Federation asked the interior minister about slavery in Estonia.
The amalgamantion of the finance and the communications/highways ministries will cost, according to initial estimates, hundreds of thousands of cowns even though many agreements have not yet been struck.
The people's Moderate Party and the Reason and Heart Union are holding a conference in Tallinn today to discuss perspectives for social democracy in Europe and Estonia.
The justice ministry wants to eliminate the court in the island of Hiiumma which would mean no local access to the court system there.
The Estonian defence forces were given the musical instruments of the Finnish defence forces. Lt. col Harri Saksa, the head of the Finnish military's music centre is arriving in Estonia today to formally hand the gift over.
Tallinn in initiating negotiations with Nordea bank who had made the best offer to the city for a bank loan.
The board of Estonian Telecom has approved the proposal of the executive to pay shareholders dividends of 755.617 corwns, or 97 percent of last year's net profits.
The Estonian telecommunications frim OU Via Tel is offering a full telephone package, "Riigitelefon" in June to compete with the state company.
The Kupio city court has declared the bankruptcy of PTA Group OY in Finland, the parent company of Estonian garment manufacturer AS Klement who has applied to continue operations under a bankruptcy trustee.
The minister of the environment, Heikki Kranuch is not compensating the Viru Chemical Group for transportation which the latter consider to be an investment in environmental protection.
The Tallinn zoo needs a subsidy of 100 crowns to survive.
According to Eesti Paevaleht, the idea of defence minister Sven Mikser to eliminate the national guard has shocked the organizations board of eleders and the parliament.
Aripaev has stated that the largest commercial concern in Estonia, ETK, has been late in meeting its financial obligations.
Maaleht carries a denial by environment minister Heikki Kranich that the state forest lands will be sold to private interest.
