Postimees Digest, Monday, May 20

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Young politicians sign good practice agreement.

The Estonian National Youth Council (ENL), Young Social Democrats, IRL Youths, Center Party Youth Assembly and the Reform Party Youth Assembly signed a good practice agreement yesterday to agree on points with which to ensure the objectivity and political integrity of the shadow elections project. Shadow elections are an ENL project that gives 13-17 year olds a chance to participate in a mock local election and voice their opinions in fall. The undersigned agreed that all participant organizations have the right to introduce their organization and platform but that they will refrain from recruiting new members at shadow elections events. It was also agreed that the project's promotional materials will give all participants the same amount of space and that members will not be campaigning for their parent organizations during shadow elections.

Editorial: summer accidents no statistical inevitability

For some days now, weather in Estonia feels like summer. Sadly, accompanied by news of deaths in traffic and by drowning. A yearly inevitability, some web commentators say. The same sentiment is echoed, it seems, by politicians and officials – let’s aim for three deaths instead of five, attaining to the European level. Why so cynical? We should never be reconciled to tragic accidents.

True: year in, year out, the risks remain the same. Summer heat sets people in motion, floods streets with youthful novice drivers – off to the initial independent kilometres at the wheel, perhaps. Or astride a motorcycle. Add the people who don’t drive in the winter, with their lack of experience. It is always said that, around Midsummer Day, traffic is the heaviest. Tender are the nights… with people bound to visit friends. Schools host graduation parties. Lakes, ponds etc draw like a magnet. Alcohol breeds bravado. Should we continue the list?

Baruto: knee surgery an option

«The injured knee is all swollen up, twice as large as usual. Turning blue,» is how the sumo wrestler Kaido Höövelson aka Baruto described his knee the day after it was hurt during a match with Kisenosato, cutting short the grand Natsu-basho tournament.

These past years, the left knee has been Baruto’s Achilles’ heel. From injury to injury. The knee was indeed taped at this tournament, also. Which was of no help, of course, as Baruto heaved up the 156 kg Kisenosato and let their combined weight fall on that very knee. Down he went to the dohio, holding on to his knee.

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