ESTONIA WILL NOT EXTEND ALIEN REGISTRATION DEADLINE.

Tallinnwill not extend the July 12 deadline for non-citizens to applyfor residence and work permits, Prime Minister Tiit Vahi toldBNS May 23. Estonia’s insistence on such registration has beena major bone of contention between Tallinn and Moscow, althoughit has drawn little adverse reaction from the ethnic Russiancommunity in Estonia itself. Vahi said that his governmentwould do what it could to promote such registrations in orderto avoid future legal problems.

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