P182 182 YLE TEKSTI-TV 18.01. 2117:31  NEWS IN ENGLISH WEDNESDAY Estonia votes on its language bill The parliament of Soviet Estonia has opened a debate on a draft for a new language bill. In December it was decided to make Estonian an official language of the country where Russian has been the only official language. The new law would mean that all administrative and public service employees would have to be able to speak both languages in 4 years' time. The Estonian Communist party reform branch considers the language a key to the survival of Estonian culture. Soviet withdrawals 183 INDEX 180