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A dispute over media freedoms in Estonia reaching the Supreme Court is a good thing in terms of establishing precedent, a former prosecutor general says.

A State Prosecutor has appealed to the Supreme Court to annul a court ruling which lifted fines on two journalists who had authored an online article which divulged pre-trial information in relation to a high-profile money laundering case. The State Prosecutor finds that the journalists and the publication they worked for had violated the Penal Code.

Two court rulings which have found that, in accordance with legislation, journalists must ask the prosecutor's office for permission to disclose the circumstances of pre-trial proceedings, have created an oppressive situation for the media in Estonia in 2022, Urmo Soonvald, editor-in-chief of portal Delfi and daily Eesti Päevaleht (EPL), told ERR in an interview with ERR's Marko Tooming which follows in is entirety.

The Circuit Court of Appeal has overturned fines the first-tier Harju County Court handed to daily Eesti Ekspress and two of its journalists for publishing an article that contained circumstances of criminal proceedings without authorization from the prosecution.