Posts from ‘June, 2008’
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, U.S. report slams Estonia on sex trafficking…
The report said Estonia is a source of children, women and men who are taken abroad for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. The country also acts as a transit destina...
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, MPs call for minister’s resignation…
It's obvious that the actions of the coalitions don't appeal to the opposition and the opposition parties are trying to show themselves. I guess it is simply that [the application] is more likely ...
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Drug dealers get hefty sentence…
According to the State Prosecutor Office's charges, the Central Criminal Police discovered huge amounts of various narcotics on Sept. 18, 2007. There was more than 72 kilograms of hashish, app...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Amnesty lambasts Estonia on human rights…
The report stresses that societal discrimination hasn't improved since the riots, in fact it has gotten worse.
The report drew attention to a number of problems beyond minority rights, inclu...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Courts ‘are unconstitutional’…
"According to the constitution the court system cannot be governed by any minister. That's also in the state budget proceeding. At the moment the minister of justice must weigh budget priorities...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008, City defies church on holy sites…
There was a suggestion that the state and the Lutheran Church should be co-owners.
If the church had been given back to the Lutheran congregation all the art would have to be removed if it is not...
Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Pirates hold Estonian seaman captive…
At the moment the ship has reduced its speed and the radio connection has been lost."
"We have not been able to get in touch with the ship's owner," Cyrus Mody, manager of the International Mari...
Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Guns and drugs gang busted…
They were stopped at the Ikla border checkpoint.
According to the prosecutor's office, last November three other men obtained 30 kilograms from Sergei, the ring leader. The plan was to sell the d...
