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The Police and Border Guard Board's (PPA) remuneration system has been restructured, with officers now having a clear basic salary.

Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) chiefs are seeing a pay-rise for 2022, ERR reports.

Civilian-military cooperation between the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) in erecting temporary border barricades and obstructions as part of a snap military exercise has been good, the two ministers responsible say.

A snap military exercise called earlier in the week will include strengthening of sections of Estonia's eastern border with the Russian Federation which run along a dry-bed stretch of the Narva river, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Friday night, while Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) Lieutenant General Martin Herem were on the ground in Narva Saturday and received an overview of the situation.

Politsei asub Tartus neljapäeval toimunud gaasiplahvatust uurima kui tahtlikult toime pandud tegu.

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Private parties where the coronavirus restrictions are not observed are a cause for concern, the head of the crisis headquarters at the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) said on Friday. Speaking about residents observance of the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus at a press conference, Vallo Koppel said: "What concerns us is all manner of private parties - in apartments or on rented premises, and also the public meeting at Toompea in Tallinn." He said the police can int...

0"> A government sign urging people to wear a mask on a shopping center door. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR The Estonian Traders Association has introduced new rules to stop the transmission of coronavirus inside shopping malls this week, but issues around a lack of security staff and non-member centers still persist. Last week the government said shopping malls can remain open but only as long as owners and retailers take extra precautions to enforce social distancing and compli...