Most newsprint, printing, and distribution facilities are now private companies. There are four major national Estonian language and two Russian language dailies. There are several major independent television and radio stations. Several Russian language programs, mostly Estonian produced, are broadcast over state and private television channels. Russian state TV and Ostankino programs are widely available via cable.
Academic freedom is respected.
Excerpted from the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report 1996. Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997.