Postimees Digest, Saturday, May 4
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Estonia to compensate victors of Bronze Night court case.
An analysis put together by three ministries concludes that there is little sense in appealing the European Court of Human Rights' decision concerning the obligation to compensate four people, arrestred in April of 2007, for police brutality and failure to investigate complaints
Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet told the government on Thursday that the foreign, internal and justice ministries conclude that the court's decision takes into account special circumstances, is thorough and well motivated and dismisses most complaints and that appealing the ruling would not be sensible for the state. The court ordered Estonia to compensate Sergei Petrov in the amount of 14,000 euros and Aleksandr Korobov, Gennadi Mihhaidarov and Valeri Zatvornitski in the amount of 11,000 euros each and cover legal costs of 3,000 euros.
Swedish fund buys Starman.
Swedish East Capital Explorer has bought 51 percent of telecommunications provider Starman. The contract set the company's value at 107 million euros and saw recent majority shareholder Xalto CDO II B.V. relinquish its holding in the company.
Rumors suggest the new owner might also be interested in acquiring competitor STV and listing the company on the exchange. Chairman of the board Peeter Kern said that the transaction will not affect Starman's employees and clients nor prescribe a price hike at this time. In order to finalize the deal, the participants need to secure consent from the Estonian Competition Board.
Estonia to pull out of anti-piracy missions.
The return of Estonian soldiers from EU anti-piracy mission Atalanta and NATO counter-terrorism mission Active Endeavor in a couple of weeks' time will signal the end of Estonian participation in such missions for the time being due to the altered nature of said missions. Operators have decided to opt for autonomous ship protection teams that require resources Estonia lacks.
"Since our contribution in the form of autonomous ship protection teams would prove much more expensive and complicated, Estonia has decided to pull out of the Atalanta mission, said head of the defense ministry's defensive preparedness and operations department Riho Rõngelep. Both Rõngelep and Chief of Staff of the Navy Jüri Saska said that Estonia's participation in Atalanta has benefited the country and helped improve security near the coast of Somalia.