Postimees Digest, Monday, February 18
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Police official: illegal entrants often not welcome back home
Toomas Kuuse, head of Police and Border Guard’s migration bureau, told Postimees in an interview why it often takes so long expelling illegal entrants from Estonia, and how some third world countries seek to enrich themselves on account of emigrants.
Ministry working on tenancy contracts good practice.
The justice ministry decided on Friday to assemble a good practice document for tenancy contracts to alleviate problems in the field. The document will be published on the ministry's website with practical recommendations to follow when entering into such contracts.
Roundtable participants included representatives of various associations, bailiffs, trustees in bankruptcy, lawyers and Minister of Justice Hanno Pevkur. The participants concluded that while corresponding legislation is sufficient, problems arise when counter-parties refuse to follow the rules. The roundtable meeting was called in light of recent cases where the media has covered stories of so-called vampire tenants who refuse to move our or pay rent based on legal loopholes and leniency of potential sanctions.
Kiisler looking for more efficient road maintenance supervision.
Minister of Regional Affairs Siim Kiisler has turned to the Road Administration for information concerning supervision of compliance with road maintenance requirements in place for public roads. The minister believes that several local governments clearly fail to meet standards in place for paved roads and have failed to comply with obligations as concerns maintenance of roads and streets.
Editorial: merging municipalities is up to local leaders
In today’s Postimees, mayor of Vändra town talks of the daily struggles of a small local government – in January, Tallinn’s free public transport took nine of Vändra’s taxpayers. In a small town of 2,400, that hurts. Yet, looking at the statistics, Vändra town is no small place; after all, half of Estonia’s local governments come under 1,800 people. Still, for the mayor, picture looks bleak and future mergers unavoidable.