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Tallinn is at the finish line in its complicated negotiations with the capital's schools' administrative contracts partners, and is aimed at concluding or recalculating unreasonably expensive long-term agreements. If agreement isn't reached to lower the fees with these partners, the city can implement its right to buy out the schools before the deadline.

Voting in the capital at last Sunday's local elections went smoothly, with no major obstacles or incidents, the electoral committee reports, while the official turnout of 54.5 percent of eligible voters in Estonia's largest population center was approximately the same as the figure for the whole country.

Over 30 polling stations are open in Tallinn Monday to Thursday, as the capital, and local municipalities nationwide, go to the polls. On election day itself, there will be nearly 100 polling stations open.

Advanced voting for Estonia's local elections starts on Monday and the final preparations are being made at polling stations. The procedure has been simplified this year.

The average monthly salary of a civil servant in Estonia rose by 3.8 percent last year to €1,948 while the average salary rose by 2.9 percent. Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop had the highest salary at over €80,000.

The Tallinn Social and Health Care Department suspended the design procurement announced last week for the Tallinn Hospital project to exclude any possible conflicts of interest in the project team. A new procurement will be announced as soon as possible, city government announced on Monday. While doing background checks on the project team, it turned out that a member of the team responsible for the procurement had their employment contract and board member authority at their previous employer...