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[00:00:00] you are the leaders of this wheelchair parkour, which means
[00:00:04] that you have a serious concern that it is still very
[00:00:07] difficult to get into rooms, into a house, with a wheelchair.
[00:00:11] Hendra, how many such stories do you have where you have been left
[00:00:13] outside the door? Hmm, it has happened, but not
[00:00:17] too much, because there is always a solution.
[00:00:21] Sometimes people get stuck because they panic
[00:00:24] when they see that I am somewhere behind a door and I also want to get in, but
[00:00:28] obviously there is some kind of inaccessible
[00:00:31] so-called elements there by the door,
[00:00:34] then usually what helps is communication,
[00:00:38] that you talk to the person who is organizing the event,
[00:00:41] or anywhere you want to get in, that hey, there is always some
[00:00:45] option, even through the back door, like here, we came in from the warehouse,
[00:00:49] so it's not like that the building is inaccessible,
[00:00:52] exactly, but you have to
 do a little parkour sometimes to get
[00:00:56] in, or just come next time, so that doesn't
[00:00:59] happen. that I have been left outside the door too many times, no, that
[00:01:03] sounds nice. Erki, is this more a problem of old buildings or also in new
[00:01:07] buildings, that you can't get in with a wheelchair, because
[00:01:10] force them? Yes, we I understand that you, as Hendra's companion, walk on two feet and sometimes you have to be very physically
[00:01:14] strong to actually push, even this morning,
[00:01:17] onto the ramp, because the incline was very steep, and and no, that happens
[00:01:21] everywhere, that of course it happens more when
[00:01:25] there are old buildings, but it also happens in new buildings, that so far the awareness
[00:01:29] in our society about accessibility is quite low, and that is also
[00:01:32] the goal of our social media platform channel,
[00:01:36] to raise overall awareness. Actually, we have all the standards, we have
[00:01:39] everything written down on paper, but for some reason it hasn't reached people. I just thought that we
[00:01:43] have been talking about this for, well, I don't want to say for the last five years,
[00:01:47] but for the last 20 years, right, but the results are scarce,
[00:01:51] you feel it yourself, Hendra, yeah, I am, yes, I
[00:01:54] constantly hear that accessibility is being talked about, but
[00:01:57] usually people think it's such a...
[00:02:01] uh, difficult journey to make something accessible, we just,
[00:02:04] I don't know, young wild people just, let's just make
[00:02:07] ramps there, let's talk to the building owner, and we
[00:02:11] have already taken the first steps towards accessibility at
[00:02:15] Möku Baar, the TV Tower,
[00:02:17] Uus Laine, in such
[00:02:28] yes, you had... a good example with Viljandi Folk, yes,
[00:02:32] yes, we went to Viljandi Folk and there was a stage in a church
[00:02:36] I think, and then there was a long, long ramp, everything was well made, but
[00:02:40] there was a small step in the ramp, which really shows that
[00:02:43] uh, that everything was thought through by the architect, but the builder, for example, wasn't, so there was a lack of
[00:02:47] awareness from that side, but at the same time it was funny that as soon as we went looking
[00:02:51] for those things, that well, I went into the storage and started looking for planks, you know, stuff,
[00:02:55] I found a person, I came out, then Hendra was already up there, waving at me, oh,
[00:02:59] the problem was already solved. The problem was already solved, that some four big men lifted you up
[00:03:02] from there, mhm, and that wheelchair is quite heavy to lift, right, it's 200
[00:03:06] kg, plus me, yes, four men, well, you can't carry it up to the fifth
[00:03:09] floor by stairs, yes, impossible, impossible, yes, mhm, we haven't
[00:03:13] done that, but is it true, not yet, maybe that's
[00:03:16] my goal, mhm, yes, you also talk to
[00:03:19] architects, what they should think about and what
[00:03:22] to pay attention to, do they look at you with surprised faces, like, oh, really, never occurred
[00:03:36] we weren't, and actually there isn't such a separate subject, so Hendra and I
[00:03:40] thought, oh, let's do it ourselves, right, you have to start from those foundations,
[00:03:44] right, that architects need to know, builders need to know, property
[00:03:47] maintenance, then all those different foundations are there, so then they can probably
[00:03:51] move forward and it's really important that it's done very practically, not as a dry
[00:03:54] lecture, and that it's experienced firsthand, similarly we are making
[00:03:58] a social media channel precisely for that reason, in a very fun way, because for decades
[00:04:01] it has been seen that it doesn't work, that it's always such a sad and taboo
[00:04:05] topic, no one wants to talk about it, but it's also a bit embarrassing, well, how could we not have
[00:04:09] thought that a person in a wheelchair also wants to come, eyes are cast down,
[00:04:12] right, but if we haven't thought about it, then let's start thinking quickly, mhm, and then
[00:04:16] I think that's it, let's talk about it all in a fun way, then still, when you think back,
[00:04:20] good things always stay in mind longer and people actually want, our
[00:04:23] social media channel has shown very well that when it's joyful, people follow more and then
[00:04:27] they start thinking along with it, yes, exactly, that actually I... I have also
[00:04:30] talked so much about accessibility, but after
[00:04:33] a couple of years of talking about it, I thought that nothing changes from it,
[00:04:37] we just thought, let's just do it ourselves, let's ask for permission
[00:04:40] from the building owner and build it ourselves, that
[00:04:44] we just make the first prototype, so that people would even see what it's needed for and how
[00:04:48] much, how much bigger their clientele can become, then actually we
[00:04:51] get quite a lot of DMs on Instagram, how
[00:04:55] someone just recently was also, that he finished
[00:04:58] 12th grade. and then he was in a wheelchair and then he went for the last
[00:05:02] time with his classmates to celebrate at that place
[00:05:05] Möku Baar, which we made accessible, so it affects so
[00:06:34] appeals,
[00:06:36] that the rehabilitation reform is currently being put on hold, it is really
[00:06:40] being discussed whether the implementation of this reform
[00:06:43] will make life better for those people who need it, who receive help,
[00:06:47] who must receive help, and Hellemaa, the head of the Rakvere doctors' association, and
[00:06:51] Marja Krais Leosk, the executive director of the Estonian Chamber of Disabled People, are on television this morning. Good
[00:06:55] morning. Hello, good morning. Well, the government has already approved it,
[00:06:58] right? This matter has gone to the Riigikogu, but
[00:07:01] with these people and understand what
[00:07:05] the problems are, everything is not very well
[00:07:08] written down. Let's start. Yes, if you look
[00:07:12] from the doctors' side, then we have a lot of questions and proposals, which in our
[00:07:16] opinion have remained unresolved so far throughout this involvement process,
[00:07:19] and it seems that, uh, despite
[00:07:22] the excuse that this reform has been prepared for six, seven years,
[00:07:26] they are still trying to do things very quickly, very hastily,
[00:07:30] in such a way that the nuances are truly
[00:07:32] unresolved. Well, the goal is noble, really, that no one would drown
[00:07:36] in this bureaucracy and that those people who need help would receive exactly
[00:07:39] the help they truly need. but it doesn't
[00:07:43] shine through from there, does it? Is such a goal not achievable with such a description as
[00:07:47] it is written there now? Well, just like with family doctors, we also
[00:07:51] have the same question, that there are still many open
[00:07:54] points, and the devil is in the details, which is why the details
[00:07:58] need to be discussed thoroughly, because otherwise it means that we
[00:08:01] adopt this large reform plan,
[00:08:04] without knowing what actually awaits us
[00:08:07] in the future. From the perspective of family doctors, more bureaucracy will be added, and
[00:08:11] family doctors will also have to start doing this check, whether this
[00:08:14] person needs rehabilitation, what kind of
[00:08:17] specialists they need, but this is like doubling the control,
[00:08:20] family doctors shouldn't actually have to do that, do I understand correctly if I have now very
[00:08:24] simply described that line now? Simply
[00:08:27] put, yes, that if today the
[00:08:29] prerequisite for receiving rehabilitation services is a disability, right, which
[00:08:33] they now want to remove from the middle, which is a positive thing, so that
[00:08:36] people can more easily access rehabilitation services, i.e., what they
[00:08:40] need to cope, now
[00:08:42] it is found that in addition to the assessor of the need for rehabilitation services,
[00:08:46] a family doctor stage should be added, which in our
[00:08:50] opinion is not reasonable, because that would be in addition, in addition there would be
[00:08:54] yes, well, broadly speaking, in today's system, this is replaced by
[00:08:57] the document round and
[00:08:59] the role of the Social Insurance Board, right, so that broadly speaking, this would then be put
[00:09:03] to the family doctor, who would be the first filter, whether they even get
[00:09:06] through, and for us it seems unreasonable because if a person
[00:09:10] comes to me, who
[00:09:12] clearly has a need and interest in these rehabilitation
[00:09:16] services, to cope better in life, then why should I say
[00:09:19] that they don't need them and that I won't let you go
[00:09:23] to the assessor, who will then make the final decision on whether and what services
[00:09:26] they will receive, well, and this immediately brings up the question of who pays for all of this, then
[00:09:30] there will be additional working hours, so as you said,
[00:09:34] the devil is in the details, so all this
[00:09:37] will come in a row, yes, we have a feeling that
[00:09:40] the calculations made in the
[00:09:43] explanatory memorandum of the bill are too optimistic, meaning
[00:09:46] that the calculations have been made according to today's system, where a
[00:09:49] disability is a prerequisite for these services, but
[00:09:52] actually, when it comes to people receiving
[00:09:56] services according to their needs, there are significantly more people
[00:09:59] who would need these services, and they also have easier access, meaning
[00:10:02] that work will definitely increase. Well, some people are already asking what
[00:10:06] this means, is a disability no longer needed, or uh, is a disability
[00:10:10] necessary, but in order to access services... it is actually reasonable that we do not
[00:10:14] make it a filter, because, uh, applying for
[00:10:17] that disability, identifying it, that already takes its time, and do we
[00:10:21] actually aim for people to necessarily have a disability so that they... reach,
[00:10:25] or can we actually prevent it with rehabilitation
[00:10:28] services, meaning that idea is good in that sense
[00:10:32] and we definitely welcome it, that, uh,
[00:10:36] do we have those people who then offer these different
[00:10:39] services, meaning that different people, people with different disabilities, with different needs
[00:10:43] also need different specialists to assist and
[00:10:46] help them, is it foreseen in this reform
[00:10:49] and understood that we actually have and ensured that
[00:10:53] we have these people who help
[00:10:55] those in need? We naturally have rehabilitation service
[00:10:59] providers today, but this is one of the concerns of the Estonian Chamber of Disabled People
[00:11:02] as well, that whether, as this reform is planned
[00:11:06] today, that the Health Insurance Fund or the Health Board has large
[00:11:09] contract partners, and whether smaller ones, so to speak, will reach
[00:11:13] to be contract partners of these large contract partners, because the
[00:11:16] competence and expertise of these small specialized rehabilitation service
[00:11:20] providers is still something that
[00:11:23] is very difficult to find in Estonia,
[00:11:27] if we take, for example, rehabilitation for the
[00:11:30] blind, hearing impaired, people with
[00:11:33] aphasia, that today, actually, these people
[00:11:36] receive the necessary rehabilitation services from precisely these
[00:11:40] small institutions, but these small institutions might now be left
[00:11:43] out by this reform if they don't become subcontractors,
[00:11:47] then the hospital tells them, yes, we'll take you into our list, that's exactly right,
[00:11:51] and that's a very big concern from our perspective, that there is
[00:11:54] no guarantee for that today, we
[00:11:57] have also proposed that there should be some protective mechanisms for this
[00:12:00] or that some funds should be planned as a reserve, that would be meant
[00:12:04] specifically for these people, but, but today we still have
[00:12:07] discussions ongoing and also today there are still meetings in the ministry, so
[00:12:11] let's see what comes out of that, and if there could also be more
[00:12:15] such people in need with this reform, then the question still arises,
[00:12:18] do we have these specialists then? Yes, that may
[00:12:22] also be a justified question, that on the one hand, we are opening the door
[00:12:26] to more people, on the other hand, we think, so to speak, in the
[00:12:29] bill or explanatory memorandum, that some people who are in the system today
[00:12:33] may not need it, and that perhaps the
[00:12:36] total will remain the same or increase slightly, but yes, I agree
[00:12:39] with the family doctors that there is
[00:12:42] such a positive view of the numbers, which we, which
[00:12:46] we look at perhaps with skepticism.
[00:12:48] Financial savings, politicians usually always say, we save money with reforms,
[00:12:52] you know, I have a feeling that with this... they don't even
[00:12:55] say that we are saving money, they even show
[00:12:58] a small increase for this matter, but
[00:13:02] if we think that through the Social Insurance
[00:13:05] Board in today's system, the price of a physiotherapist
[00:13:08] is roughly one third of what it is with the Health Insurance Fund's
[00:13:12] price, right, then these prices will rise according to the Health Insurance Fund's
[00:13:16] price list, meaning basically, if
[00:13:19] today three people received this physiotherapy, then in the future
[00:13:22] one will, right, uh, which is?
[00:13:25] Well, again, it depends on which side you look at it from, from the service provider's perspective it's reasonable, right,
[00:13:28] that a fair price is paid to the one who
[00:13:31] provides this physiotherapy, but again on the other hand, two people might
[00:13:35] not receive this service, that also means, do I understand correctly, that
[00:13:39] the entire package will then fall under the Health Insurance Fund and everything will then
[00:13:43] happen according to its price list, and that is more expensive,
[00:13:46] yes, yes, it is more expensive, and, but at the same time, we see that since the system
[00:13:50] today is actually very fragmented, that one person can receive these
[00:13:53] different therapy services from healthcare, social services, some
[00:13:57] from local government, then actually it would suit us very well if this unified
[00:14:01] nest is created, wherever it then exactly
[00:14:04] becomes payable, but simply, that it must also work well
[00:14:07] both on paper and in reality, and these prices
[00:14:11] can also differ in the sense that, well, if there is an educational special need or
[00:14:14] some other thing, then, I don't know, a psychologist's or
[00:14:18] speech therapist's service can also have a different price, now it is
[00:14:21] simply in this way that, uh, the state pays one price
[00:14:25] through the Social Insurance Board, and another price through
[00:14:29] the Health Insurance Fund, and this naturally also creates tensions in service provision,
[00:14:33] that, uh, whose contract partner you primarily want to be or whose
[00:14:36] order to fulfill, so of course from where you are still offered
[00:14:40] a better price, and currently now the various organizations, all of you
[00:14:44] who have made these appeals, you want this second reading in the Riigikogu to be stopped
[00:14:48] and the substantive part of this reform to actually be reviewed. Well, broadly speaking,
[00:14:51] to postpone this second reading to that stage
[00:14:55] where all the problematic areas that various
[00:14:58] organizations have pointed out are resolved, so that this
[00:15:02] reform would truly be a reform that looks at the
[00:15:05] person, where there are no unreasonable expenses, unreasonable
[00:15:09] time consumption from any party, so that it would still be
[00:15:12] something that everyone would win from. Well, the ministry
[00:15:15] might ask, where have you been all this time, constantly in discussions
[00:15:19] with them, so they certainly cannot ask us
[00:15:22] that we are not coming here for the first time today, that we are coming to television
[00:15:26] or the Riigikogu and start talking about problems, on the contrary, we have always been actively involved and raised these same issues,
[00:15:30] and even expressed our opinion when it
[00:15:34] wasn't asked, mhm, then I would like to ask, that... then
[00:15:37] those opinions and those references have not been taken into
[00:15:40] account at all, that you are still in a position where you have to make a loud, loud voice
[00:15:44] again, yes, that's right, and that's how it
[00:15:48] has actually often been with various involvements, right, on the one hand
[00:15:51] it's the art of compromise, on the other hand it's also that you can't
[00:15:54] just, that why reform if you might not
[00:15:58] make things better at all, that we see that there are places where by a little
[00:16:01] tweaking, things would definitely get better, mhm, and we want a good thing,
[00:18:02] guest in the studio, Kristo Juhanson from the Defence Resources Agency, to talk about it,
[00:18:05] hello, uh. "Right now is the time when
[00:18:09] the health of conscripts is being checked, and our
[00:18:12] discussion is prompted by Õhtuleht's
[00:18:13] investigative work,
[00:18:16] that, uh, famous rally driver Paul Aron has
[00:18:19] avoided medical examination and even received a
[00:18:23] coercive fine, which has been paid off. Uh,
[00:18:26] Krista, why are
[00:18:28] conscripts, what kind of conscripts are being
[00:18:31] checked now, and what are you checking? Good
[00:18:35] morning, that, uh, we..." We
[00:18:37] check the health of conscripts before
[00:18:41] they start military service and
[00:18:43] invite them throughout the year for a health
[00:18:46] assessment, and I am very happy that many young people are
[00:18:50] aware, they are health conscious, want to come
[00:18:53] themselves for a health assessment and also make
[00:18:57] an appointment for it themselves. So, what do you
[00:18:58] check?
[00:19:01] I might explain a little about this health
[00:19:04] assessment, we have made it as convenient
[00:19:08] and time-saving for young people as possible, so first of
[00:19:11] all, the doctor assesses the young person's
[00:19:13] health based on data that is
[00:19:17] available in the health portal, and if the doctor can decide
[00:19:21] based on the data that the young person does not meet health requirements or temporarily
[00:19:24] does not meet health requirements, they can make that decision
[00:19:28] immediately, without having to call the young person for
[00:19:31] an on-site examination, if the young
[00:19:35] person comes for a health
[00:19:39] assessment, then they meet our three
[00:19:42] doctors, they definitely meet a psychiatrist,
[00:19:46] another doctor assesses general health and
[00:19:49] the third doctor we have is either an orthopedist or
[00:19:53] a surgeon, and the entire health
[00:19:56] assessment process takes a few
[00:19:59] hours, and if additional examinations are needed,
[00:20:02] then those must also be completed. So, if health is in order, then
[00:20:06] the next day is immediately...
[00:20:08] to the military? Yes, I will explain that as well, that there is also a slight
[00:20:12] misunderstanding that when a young person comes for a health assessment,
[00:20:15] then a decision about military service is also made immediately, that is
[00:20:19] not how it is, that health assessment, as
[00:20:22] the name implies, uh, during which we only assess
[00:20:25] health, and everything that concerns assignment to military
[00:20:28] service, that is now the next stage, after some
[00:20:31] time, that for that, our military service planner will contact
[00:20:35] the young person and then agree on the details
[00:20:37] of starting military service, what is the health of Estonian
[00:20:41] young men? If we now look at our data,
[00:20:45] then in health assessment, they meet
[00:20:48] health requirements. "About half
[00:20:51] of young people, now the remaining quarter do not temporarily meet
[00:20:55] health requirements, this means, well, they are in a bad
[00:20:58] mood or, uh, I don't know, what does that mean
[00:21:02] temporarily, it means that they get an extension to treat a
[00:21:05] health condition, that these health conditions can be different, and the last
[00:21:09] quarter are those who do not meet health requirements permanently,
[00:21:12] permanently, has this changed over time, half
[00:21:16] are fit for army service, so to speak, that's quite a
[00:21:20] small number, that, uh, what does that show, that
[00:21:23] those who do not meet health requirements, that, uh,
[00:21:26] they predominantly have either behavioral or
[00:21:29] mental disorders or musculoskeletal
[00:21:32] diseases, that these are the main
[00:21:35] diagnoses.
[00:21:38] So, you come, uh, you get a summons, come to the medical
[00:21:41] commission, to the medical commission, I might use
[00:21:44] such Soviet-era expressions, I remember well when we
[00:21:48] went to the polyclinic for adolescents. "I was examined there and
[00:21:51] then and then also at the next place where
[00:21:54] people went into the army, uh, they get a summons and don't
[00:21:57] come, how can you
[00:22:00] would actually prefer a situation where we don't have to force the young person
[00:22:04] at all, but that the young person would come voluntarily for a health
[00:22:07] assessment. If the young person does not come and does not show up, then
[00:22:11] of course we contact the young person, try to explain to them
[00:22:14] that this is a statutory obligation
[00:22:18] and give them the opportunity to come next time,
[00:22:21] if however we see that the pattern is
[00:22:24] repetitive and the young person ignores their statutory
[00:22:27] obligation to appear for a health assessment, yes, indeed,
[00:22:31] then we issue a precept with a warning of a coercive
[00:22:33] fine. How large is that coercive fine? The maximum coercive
[00:22:37] fine is 640 euros, but here too, we always
[00:22:41] consider the circumstances of each
[00:22:44] case and we do not immediately
[00:22:47] set the maximum amount. Uh, what are the interesting or
[00:22:51] justified reasons for these refusals, why
[00:22:55] can't they come on time? Yes, predominantly the problem is
[00:22:58] that they are either abroad or
[00:23:02] they are ill, but
[00:23:05] the reason must still be compelling, if we are talking
[00:23:08] about being abroad, then generally it is possible to
[00:23:11] plan for it, because we send the summons for a health
[00:23:14] assessment at least a month in advance, so"
[00:23:18] a young person can plan their time, but it's completely
[00:23:21] understandable that we all may encounter unforeseen
[00:23:24] situations, so my call to action is that
[00:23:28] if a young person cannot come for a health assessment,
[00:23:31] please contact us and we will find a new
[00:23:35] opportunity to participate in the assessment. So don't let
[00:23:38] it go. I understand that the penalty fee is not always
[00:23:42] the most effective, or, am I right that a well-known
[00:23:45] rally driver's license was
[00:23:48] almost taken away, that he couldn't drive a car on city streets?
[00:23:52] What other coercive measures do you
[00:23:55] use? Yes, I won't talk about
[00:23:59] specific cases, but if we see that even the penalty fee, which is also
[00:24:02] a persuasive tool, doesn't achieve the desired
[00:24:06] result in fulfilling the obligation, and the young person continues
[00:24:09] to disregard the obligation, yes, indeed, then we
[00:24:13] also have the right to suspend
[00:24:16] rights, for example, to suspend driving rights.
[00:24:20] But I still want to say that our goal is not
[00:24:23] to punish, but our goal is to
[00:24:26] support the young person in fulfilling their obligation through cooperation. I
[00:24:30] understand that this year you have made as many as 57 applications to suspend driving licenses,
[00:24:33] and it goes through the court,
[00:24:36] right? But if a person is at the peak
[00:24:40] of their career now as a young person, I don't know,
[00:24:42] a good cellist or a ballet dancer or
[00:24:46] a rally driver, do you grant...
[00:24:50] an extension also not for health reasons, but because
[00:24:53] their career shouldn't be interrupted? Well, such an extension is not really provided
[00:24:57] for. However, my appeal to young people is that
[00:25:01] the sooner you start planning your
[00:25:03] military service, and we are
[00:25:07] in dialogue
[00:25:09] with our office, the better it is for us, or easier it is for us
[00:25:13] to schedule it, the easier it is for us to schedule that military service,
[00:25:16] because, of course, if we can meet you halfway... then
[00:25:20] we consider the circumstances and then we also find
[00:25:23] a solution in cooperation and we try to schedule that military service or also
[00:25:27] the health assessment, but there are no such things
[00:25:30] in Estonia, that I don't know, a respected
[00:25:32] musician with delicate fingers, that he rather wouldn't
[00:25:36] go to the army, because then
[00:25:40] Estonian culture would lose a brilliant
[00:25:42] musician. Directly, no, I really wouldn't
[00:25:46] contrast career building and national defense, both are important.
[00:25:50] And everyone's contribution to national defense
[00:26:17] Good morning, the clock indeed shows eight, which means it's news time again.
[00:26:21] Ülle Madise will be sworn in today as the President of the Republic. At
[00:26:25] 14:15, the elected President Ülle Madise will arrive with her husband
[00:26:28] at Kadriorg Presidential Chancellery, where they
[00:26:31] will be received by President Alar Karis and Sirje Karis. From there, they will proceed
[00:26:34] together to the square in front of the Riigikogu building. President Alar Karis
[00:26:38] will greet the Guard Battalion's honor company lined up on the palace square, and
[00:26:42] the presidents will head to Toompea Castle. At 15:00,
[00:26:45] Alar Karis will deliver a speech. The elected President Ülle Madise will take
[00:26:48] the oath of office and deliver her first speech as president. The oath of office
[00:26:52] and speeches can be followed live via the Estonian Public
[00:26:55] Broadcasting.
[00:26:57] Journalist Vilja Kiisler spoke about the new president and her future
[00:27:00] in office on the television program. In the case of Ülle Madise,
[00:27:04] it should be highlighted primarily that she was already elected in the first
[00:27:08] round of the Riigikogu, with a fairly convincing majority of votes, and that is undoubtedly a pretty
[00:27:11] good position to start.
[00:27:14] She comes from the position of Chancellor of Justice, where she dealt with a very wide
[00:27:18] range of topics, so if she says she is up to date
[00:27:21] with Estonian life, she is not lying. And I
[00:27:25] feel that as Chancellor of Justice, she often had
[00:27:28] to restrain herself, because she actually had that inner
[00:27:31] urge to speak more broadly about societal
[00:27:35] issues, and the presidential office undoubtedly gives her
[00:27:38] that opportunity.
[00:27:40] Police again apprehended 10 Sudanese citizens who were illegally
[00:27:44] in Estonia in the Nõmme district of Tallinn yesterday evening. Yesterday evening
[00:27:47] around 7:30 PM, police received a report of two men on Valdeku
[00:27:50] Street. On the spot, it turned out that the men were in Estonia illegally
[00:27:54] and that more people were hiding in the area. Police began
[00:27:57] a search, which involved service dogs, drones, and
[00:28:00] rescue service employees. From a nearby forest, eight more men were found
[00:28:04] who tried to flee from the police. One of the men injured his hand while fleeing and
[00:28:08] was taken to the hospital. After first aid, he was also taken
[00:28:11] to the detention center. All ten men lacked a legal
[00:28:15] basis to be in Estonia, and only one had an identification
[00:28:18] document with him. From abroad. Six
[00:28:22] civilians were killed in Russia's latest air attacks on Ukrainian
[00:28:26] cities. In the city of Kharkiv, a grocery store was attacked, killing
[00:28:30] three and wounding 20 people. Among the wounded
[00:28:33] are two children. The Kharkiv prosecutor's office was also hit, but
[00:28:37] no one was injured there. A thermal power plant was also attacked, despite
[00:28:40] the so-called energy ceasefire
[00:28:43] between Russia and Ukraine, which US President Donald Trump announced
[00:28:47] yesterday.
[00:28:49] NATO will respond very quickly to any sort of Russian attack on the territory
[00:28:53] of a NATO member state, said NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
[00:28:56] Alexis Krinkevič at the Warsaw Security
[00:28:59] Conference.
[00:29:03] do is we'd see it coming and I'll prevent it from happening to begin
[00:29:06] with validating this in deterrence and we win it by showing our strength and
[00:29:10] we win it by showing our unity behind that strength.
[00:29:14] So I hope the day never comes where we have to respond because we're going to keep them
[00:29:18] on their heels before they even think about taking a move against our
[00:29:20] Alliance.
[00:29:23] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released
[00:29:26] a video recording showing how they blew up a giant tanker
[00:29:30] in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iran, it was a
[00:29:32] 313-meter long supertanker, capable of carrying
[00:29:36] 2.5 million barrels
[00:29:39] of crude oil at once. According to the Guard Corps, the tanker was destroyed by a sea mine when it
[00:29:42] attempted to pass through the strait without permission from Iran and had turned off
[00:29:45] its navigation system. The Iranian Guard Corps
[00:29:49] threatens to destroy all tankers that attempt to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the same
[00:29:53] manner.
[00:29:56] As the French left-centrist candidate, Member of the European
[00:29:59] Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann will run in the upcoming
[00:30:03] French presidential elections. Glucksmann is hoped to be a serious
[00:30:06] alternative to the more radical left-wing views
[00:30:09] represented
[00:30:12] by the People's Forum movement. Glucksmann managed
[00:30:15] to secure 66% of the votes
[00:30:18] in the left-centrist candidate elections. He strongly hopes to
[00:30:21] reunite the deeply divided left-centrists. The pro-European and
[00:30:24] pro-Ukraine Glucksmann considers his main opponent
[00:30:28] in the presidential elections to be right-wing populist Marine Le Pen and rules out
[00:30:31] any cooperation with Mélenchon.
[00:30:35] But let's return home and talk about the weather. Today it will be mostly
[00:30:38] cloudy, with clearings around the Gulf of Riga and in Southern Estonia.
[00:30:41] Rain will fall, and the precipitation will be heavy in places. There may also be thunder in the morning. The wind will be
[00:30:45] variable, 1 to in the northern coast, east and
[00:30:49] northeast wind 7-13, with gusts up to 18 meters
[00:30:53] per second. The air temperature will remain between 8 and 13 degrees