Estonia

The Supreme Court has overturned a minor traffic fine, siding with a driver whose arguments were previously dismissed by a lower court as "absurd." The ruling suggests that what a lower court views as nonsense, the highest court may view as a valid legal claim.

Raimond Kaljulaid, a Social Democrat MP, has announced he is leaving politics for the private sector, describing the decision as straightforward. He departs just as the Infrastructure Ministry confirms that the long-awaited electric trains between Tallinn and Tartu are finally scheduled to begin service in February.

Isamaa MEP Jüri Ratas has warned the government against cutting pensions, arguing that the state recoups much of the money anyway through the consumption of the elderly. On the border, officials are monitoring a queue of Russian-plated trucks that has begun to form near the frontier.