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The president's Independence Day reception will be canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus also this year. ERR will bring the Independence Day concert and President Alar Karis' speech to the public from the Estonia Theater on February 24.
0"> President Kersti Kaljulaid giving her speech at last year's Independence Day event. Source: Siim Lõvi / ERR This year's Estonian Independence Day festivities will be broadcast by ETV without the traditional reception or invited guests, as a result of coronavirus considerations. The events on the day, February 24, will take place in the central Estonian town of Paide. President Kersti Kaljulaid's press adviser Taavi Linnamäe told BNS that: "This time, the epicenter of all events on the evening of February 24 will be Paide, the heart and center point of Estonia." "We ...