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The historical New Market area behind the National Opera Estonia in Tallinn has become the site for a monument to the first head of government and president of Estonia Konstantin Päts. The statue arrived in its new location on Monday morning and will be unveiled this Friday. ....
The Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper Estonia) surprised its visitors at the start of the autumn season with a change to the hall's interior, when the Leninist motto "Art belongs to the people" was without much ado covered up. The ERR's weekly "AK. Nadal" inquired about the condition of the ceiling painting in a nearly 110-year-old cultural heritage building. ....
The Estonian Greens' list of candidates in Tallinn will be many times bigger than in the past at upcoming local government council elections, with the party prioritizing anti-corruption efforts, Tallinn mayor candidate Züleyxa Izmailova tells ERR in an interview. The Greens aim for a coalition seat in the capital. ....
Rector of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater Ivari Ilja said that retaining the Band of the Estonian Defense Forces is important as it carries an important part of military culture and tradition. It is also vital to maintain musicians jobs as their disappearance would disadvantage professional musical culture in Estonia, Ilja said on the Esimene stuudio talk show. Ilja said that a band is a traditional part of almost every country s defense force. It would be very unfortunate were Estonia to become an exception to that rule, he remarked. On the one hand, it is part of our professional music and military culture, and (EDF Commander) Lt. Gen. Herem said in an interview that the EDF budget is meant for ensuring the state s defensive capacity and not promoting brass-band music or financing Estonian music culture. ....
The Unemployment Insurance Fund rejected the Estonia National Opera s application for wage compensation during the pandemic damage because the opera is not on the list of subsidy receivers. The Ministry of Culture promised that the National Opera will not be left without help. The National Opera Estonia wants to apply compensation for its losses last year. The head of the National Opera Ott Maaten said that the sum is around €300,000. The National Opera turned to the Unemployment Insurance Fund because the measure there is larger than in the Ministry of Culture and would have enabled it to receive €160,000. However, the fund rejected the application. ....