Postimees Digest, Thursday, April 4
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Ministry recalls Puusaag.
Minister of Culture Rein Lang has replaced recent chairman of the Estonian Puppet Theater's (SA NUKU) council Jaan Puusaag with Kalju Komissaarov due to loss of confidence. Puusaag and director of the theater Meelis Pai maintain that the institution has not violated copyright or let its finances run away from it.
The theater's new council will convene today to discuss an ongoing EU subsidies audit and other pressing matters. Puusaag said that NUKU's problems are due to poor financing compared to other theaters, that several other theaters received additional sums not reflected in the state budget last year and that the ministry's message to the theater seems to be: do less work and you'll get more money. The criticism was overturned by culture ministry chancellor Paavo Nõgene who said that theaters are paid based on how many people are involved in performances and that it is clear the national opera will get more than the puppet theater in this regard.
Pharmacists to demand drugs market audit source data in court.
The Estonian Pharmacies Association (EAÜ) has decided to turn to the administrative court as the National Audit Office has repeatedly refused to disclose the source data of its medicinal products market overview despite numerous applications by the association. The EAÜ finds that it is impossible to assess the validity of the audit's conclusions without having access to source data. The National Audit Office published an overview of the medicinal products market in September of last year, based on which Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder proposed the abolition of current restrictions on founding new pharmacies.
People to be able to verify their votes using smartphones.
This fall's e-elections will allow people who vote online to verify their votes using smartphones in order to rule out election tricks. Senior research fellow at science and development firm Cybernetica Jan Villemson said that as the popularity of e-voting grows, so must security. "We saw various attacks aimed at e-elections in 2011," Villemson said.
Tallinn Music Week talent hunt starts today
By its 5th year, Tallinn Music Week has evolved into a self evident phenomenon, never really fading in between the festivals. This time round, TMW features 233 artists, 165 of these from Estonia.
Helen Sildna, the TMW chief engine, underlines the novelty of this year’s discussions series called TMW Talk – discussing and dissecting music related topics with experts at the helm. Three nights running, movie music, music apps, and Estonian diaspora’s vinyl records etc will be talked about.