Postimees Digest, Wednesday, July 24

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Shortage of judges to be remedied.

Minister of Justice Hanno Pevkur says in an interview that should it prove possible to finance the court legists program also in other areas besides Harju County, judicial proceedings will become faster and the search for future judges easier. The Harju County Court's project saw court consultants replaced with court legists who are qualified to write up rulings and take on a large part of judges' workload thus contributing to the speed proceedings. If in the first three months of last year the court managed 263 rulings, that number grew to 472 cases during the same period this year, the minister says. Pevkur adds that the ministry is looking for additional financing to launch the project in Tartu County next and that there is considerable interest on the labor market as the previous competition saw no less than 200 candidates of whom 50 were chosen.

Train ticket prices to rival those of buses.

Chairman of the board of rail carrier Elektriraudtee Andrus Ossip said that the company has applied for an additional 1.5 million euros of state subsidies for next year and that ticket prices will also go up as new trains and more frequent departures require more resources. Ossip added that the economy ministry is expecting the number of passengers to grow by 50 percent on the railroad but that it will take time. Another reason for more expensive tickets is the growing infrastructure fee as the state will charge the carrier a total of 9.5 million euros for the right to use its tracks next year. Ossip said that train tickets should cost about the same as bus tickets by 2014 while the railroad is definitely the cheaper alternative right now.

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