Postimees Digest, Saturday, March 30
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ERR to offer glimpse into local elections.
National broadcaster ERR is planning to display videos of local election debates on its website this fall as it is trying to provide more comprehensive coverage of upcoming local elections. In addition to the company's five major election programs, it has promised to make recordings of local debates available online. While ERR does not have the manpower to cover debates in all local governments, it is relying on local organizers to supply the recordings.
People's Assembly participants chosen.
Polling company TNS Emor has found the 500 people who will take part in the People's Assembly discussion round on April 6. The company's department chief Aivar Voog said that the project once again demonstrated that people inhabit two distinctive information spaces in Estonia as a large part of the Russian-speaking community hadn't even heard about the People's Assembly and participation activity remained low among the group.
Refusals were also more common among those who would have to travel a long way and people with lower education who said they know nothing about politics and it does not interest them. The selection only kept in mind gender and age of participants as all other parameters were left to chance. The participants will be debating and voting on which ideas of the People's Assembly project will be presented to the parliament.
Mathematician saves Veerpalu honour
Upon initial news of Andrus Veerpalu’s positive doping test, took no stand. As a scientist, she had no reason to believe the tests used to prove doping might not work. And, nor reason to believe that Mr Veerpalu verily had sinned with banned substance. A well-balanced person, she didn’t rush to rallies supporting the skier, nor did she join the We Believe Andrus Veerpalu Facebook community.
Back in the winter of 2011, this mild mannered lady never dreamed she would turn out a main hero in solving the case shocking the entire Estonia. And that the hidden role would come at the expense of her most precious possession, the family. For hours, she had to burn the midnight oil, in addition to her principal job as biostatistician at Estonian Genome Centre.