ETA news summary April16,2002

Kuumad uudised | 16 Apr 2002 | EWR

ETA news summary April16,2002

The government is today evaluating the prgramm of development for the broadcast sector, and decide the manadatory conditions under which the public radio and TV will broadcast.

The governing parties of Reform and Centre remain support the position of no party coalitions during municipal elections in the fall and will let the new legislation for parliament to decide.

The governing coalition will discuss supplementary budgetary spending and also next year's budget.

The police have named the former head of Tallinn's public security and ethnic integration chief Galina Pantshenko as a suspect in a case whereby 690,000 crowns were paid out for various projects without the approval of the necessary commissions.

Three political parties have not yet filed financial statements, whihc under the law, should have been registered with the courts ten days ago.

The elders of the congress of Seto's are protesting planned government proposals to terminated the Seto program and its governmental commission.

Ther government will today decide upon proposed legislation which will not change the legitimacy of estonian language qualification diplomas in July.

The Tartu prison, slated for opening in the fall is a very popular potential employer since for every job there are 3.7 candidates.

More than half of Estonian deaths are due to cardio-vascular causes. In the rset of the world it's 40 percent.

According to forecasts by the ministeries of finance and revenue the economic growth rate for the second half of the year will improve but the yearly growth of 4% will lag behind the 5.4% growth of last year.

Coinciding with the visit by European Parliament president Pat Cox to parliament, Estonian farmers are organizing a peaceful demonstration outside protesting the agricultural policies of the European Union.

Elcoteq in Tallinn is laying off 270 of its 2000 employees due to lower demand for its product on the telecommunications market and therefore a decreased production schedule.

The state prosecutor yesterday initiated indictiment processes regarding the falsifying of party membership lists. Those convicted could be sentenced to three years.

According the Paevaleht the commercial TV channels are violating broadcast law by schduling more commercials breaks than legally allowed.

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